Photo by Diana Haecker HANGING OUT— A group of walruses shared a small ice floe drifting in Norton Sound between Nome and Unalakleet on Thursday, May 1.

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NSEDC won’t jump into wood pellet or propane business yet By Diana Haecker wood pellets and propane gas as Nome and the region turned out to an economy of scale transportation barge. “Could we buy a barge and Norton Sound Economic Devel- heating fuel substitutes. make the undertaking cost-prohibi- price reduction that could be passed bring it up ourselves? Would we opment Corporation’s board of di- The board had directed staff to re- tive. on to the customer. break even?” rectors met for their first quarter search the possibility of expanding “We would not get as good a price An option would be to do a loan Harrelson tasked Rhodes to find meeting in a two-day session last their bulk fuel loan program to in- as the group that started exploring program. out if other western CDQ groups week in Unalakleet. clude alternative heat resources such the idea,” said Rhodes. Don Stiles said that this addresses would be interested in partnering Chief Operating Officer Tyler as wood pellets used in special wood The barge price difference be- another big need of the region: rea- with NSEDC to invest in a barge Rhodes brought to the board a report stoves. tween a quote for NSEDC and the sonable transportation costs for company to benefit western Alaska and recommendations relating to the Rhodes said he investigated prices group was $27,000. goods coming to this region. with reasonable transportation potential expansion of the NSEDC’s of wood pellets and propane, but the Rhodes said there is not enough NSEDC chair Dan Harrelson pro- continued on page 5 bulk fuel loan program to include cost of transporting the goods to demand for those wood pellets to get posed the idea of investing in a Court leaves Michels’ bail at $50,000 By Sandra L. Medearis her and returned with her to the Nome Superior Court turned scene, following a conversation with away two proposed third-party cus- her that lasted three minutes, ac- todians April 30, sending Adrienne cording to court documents. Michels back to jail custody until Judge Paul D. Roetman rejected she can propose another candidate the custodians at a the bail hearing for court approval. April 30 and refused to lower Michels is being held on charges Michels bail requirement, letting it in the death of Wagner Wongittilin, stand at $50,000. 54. Michels was arraigned April 15 Police reports say that Michels on manslaughter, a Class A Felony, struck Wongittilin with her vehicle leaving the scene of an accident in- early April 12, near the corner of volving injury or death, and driving Fifth Avenue and Bering Street. under the influence of alcohol, both Wongittilin, a Savoonga ivory misdemeanors. A grand jury con- carver artist and volunteer fire- vened April 17 indicted Michels on fighter, was pronounced dead about those charges and added another an hour later in the hospital emer- felony charge—failure to render as- gency room. sistance to an injured, a Class C According to a police complaint, Felony. The case moved up to a witness stated that Wongittilin was Alaska Superior Court. Michels ap- with two relatives walking north on peared April 21 for arraignment on Bering Street when Wongittilin the four charges in the higher court. jumped in front of Michels’ Ford At that hearing, the court continued Explorer and waved his arms. her bail at $50,000 with the require- Photo by Diana Haecker Michels left her vehicle with the ment that she be released only to a DANCE STAR— Nikolai Avalun and the Gambell Singers and Dancers entertained visitors to Gambell drivers’ door open, according to third party under conditions to be after the Bering Sea Alliance meeting on Wednesday, April 30. James Goldbeck, and fled the scene. Michels called her father, who found continued on page 4 Bering Sea Alliance brings partners together in Gambell

By Diana Haecker while development occurs. people who depend on the seasonal To residents of the Bering Strait migration of marine mammals and and Norton Sound region, the way Who protects the Bering the integrity of the ocean environ- Arctic development is approached Strait? ment for food. resembles a farmer putting the cart The reason for the meeting is the BSA LLC Chief Executive Offi- before the horse. increasing industrial and tourist ship cer Art Ivanoff organized the meet- This was the message sent to fed- traffic over the top of the world and ing and said in his opening remarks eral agency representatives who at- through the narrow Bering Strait as that the intent of holding the meeting tended a gathering in Gambell to well as industry ramping up for oil in Gambell was to bring the process discuss what it will take to maintain and gas development since a pro- home. a subsistence life in the Bering Strait jected 20 percent of the world’s hy- “There are sessions regarding drocarbons are hidden in the Arctic Arctic development in Anchorage, and more accessible due to climate- Girdwood and Juneau,” he said. “We On the Web: change induced sea ice decrease. have a sense of urgency because www.nomenugget.net Bering Sea Alliance LLC, a group there is a clear understanding of consisting of seven village corpora- what’s going on. At the same time E-mail: tions, staged an Arctic Resource De- the agencies don’t have the sense of [email protected] velopment and Infrastructure urgency that we have — the differ- meeting in Gambell with the intent ence is that we live here. The people to inform St. Lawrence Island resi- who depend on the ocean for their dents of industry plans and govern- livelihood, they want to know what’s ment processes and also to bring the going on with the increase of trans- visitors to “ground zero”, where the portation. There is a real need ex- ship traffic and development will pressing our concerns to the Photo by Diana Haecker have the most impact on the lives of BUILDING CAPACITY— BSA LLC CEO Art Ivanoff welcomed part- continued on page 5 ners in Gambell for a meeting on the region’s future. 2 THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2014 OPINION THE NOME NUGGET Letters Dear Editor: Dear Editor: There is also an immediate need rivers is only one reason. There is administrative action. Why? Ask the “350,000,000 STRANGERS?” Open letter to all Sitnasuak (vil- to dismiss the president of SNC also a formal complaint filed by a full board at the annual meeting. Armed camps are springing up all lage) Native Corporation share- Charles W. Fagerstrom, for failing to shareholder of record since Nov. Shareholder around the nation! These little war holders support the best interests of the share- 2013 and there has be no official Chuck Wheeler zones, however, are often separated May 31, 2014 at 10 a.m. the an- holders. More fish in our adjacent board action to address this serious Nome, AK by nothing more than a few feet of nual meeting of SNC shareholders air that usually bristles with tension will be held at the Nome Elementary and friction! These little enclaves are School. I would highly recommend more commonly referred to, how- shareholders read through the annual ever, as the family home! report before filling out the proxy But why should this come as any statement (ballot). Early bird gifts is surprise, especially considering the not a good reason to vote without fact that just outside of the walls of first examining the profits and or home, there can often exist a virtual losses for each and every subsidiary jungle! A wilderness that is inhabited and llc. Evaluate the performance by like creatures that are kept at bay that the full board and management only through fear, a few laws, and accomplished for the past 5 years. what remains of the human con- There is a need to make change science, or soul if you prefer! in the SNC board and staff/manage- So I ask you, how can we ever ex- ment because there is less accounta- pect security, brotherly love, or even bility and accountability to the board trust on a world-wide scale, when and the owners, the shareholders. many of us can not even get along Since 2007, the company has be- with our immediate family on a day come a financial provider to close to day basis? And how, pray tell, can held llc’s and even the full board we ever attain these wonderful may not be aware of business opera- things when even our own govern- tions. Until after the fact. ment sometimes behaves like it, too, A major concern, SNC share- is strictly in business for itself? holders are not able to attend board H. Rick Tavares meetings because they are provided Campo, CA 91906 an agenda; able to share their con- cerns; then dismissed.

AFTER THE RIDE TO OPHIR. SEPTEMBER 1908.—T. W. Gibson. Scott Turner. T. A. Rickard. C. H. Munro. Jafet Lindeberg. Letters to the editor must be signed and include an address and phone number. Thank you notes and political endorsements are considered ads. The Ride to Ophir From: T. A. Rickard, Through the Yukon and Alaska, chapter 34, pages 363-380

Part IV flung the gray driftwood high on the edge of the land. On the morning of September 4 we started on the re- On the right, also a hundred yards away, a long lagoon turn journey, leaving Ophir Creek at 9:40 a.m. and reach- mirrored the blue and white of the sky; inland stretched Editorial ing Leland’s camp at 5:10 p.m., thus covering the 42 the tundra, in the tawny livery of autumn, crossed by the miles in 7 ½ hours, including the half-hour halt at mid- purple shadows of traveling clouds, while in the distance Itʼs A Dirty Shame day in Skookum Gulch. It was cold and windy weather, northward rose the limestone hills whence come the Bo- Nomeites love to stroll along our beautiful pristine beaches and our culminating in a slight fall of snow. On this day my sad- nanza and Flambeau rivers. At 18 miles from Solomon children enjoy playing on the sandy shores. We do not like to walk in dle-bags contained 561 ounces of gold, in two bars, but the road is interrupted by an estuary at the mouth of and around garbage. We understand that one manʼs trash is not an- the additional weight did not bother Tony, who main- which is Port Safety. Here is the Government wireless other manʼs treasure. It is still trash— especially when it is left stink- tained a steady trot over the uneven trail. Crossing the telegraph station. As we waited for the ferry the only ing and rotting on the beach. divide into the valley of the Solomon, I noted the dome- sound to be heard was the coughing of the gasoline en- Scientists refer to the shoreline as the littoral zone. It is not the lit- shaped hills of limestone, weathered and gray, with tun- gine that runs the dynamo of the wireless equipment. ter-al zone. We have noticed large clumps and piles of mining debris dra clinging to their feet. It was a forbidding landscape: This station is said to be the most successful of its kind and garbage on the West Beach. It is trash left over by the ice-min- cold gray hills against a wintry sky. But the air was brac- in catching messages from passing ships, and it is also ers in their quest for gold at the bottom of the sea. We hope these ing and the swinging gait of the horse made exhilarating the only means of telegraphic communication between miners have acquired a sense of respect for the environment and exercise, ending in a comfortable rendezvous at Oro the Seward Peninsula and the outer world, messages leave the scene of their winter activities as clean or cleaner than when Fino, as the camp of the Three Friends is called. At 7:40 being transmitted to St. Michael, whence they are for- they started to mine. Apparently in their haste to get off the ice before the next morning we were in the saddle again, arriving at warded overland by the military telegraph system, which it swallowed them, they neglected to haul away their trash. Solomon at 8:25; here the gold was taken from me for crosses Alaska by way of Eagle and Fairbanks. To litter our beaches is a slap in the face of the folks who live here shipment by the Flyer, that unhappy vessel being visible Beyond Port Safety the road continued excellent, and harvest the fish, crabs, and shellfish to put on our tables. We en- off-shore, where she was again stranded on a bar; as the clinging to the edge of the land, so that we were always courage our mining visitors to respect our beaches and remember tide was ebbing, the prospects of a start were poor. This close to the sea. Several Eskimo camps were passed. that Nome is our home, so keep it clean. —N.L.M.— was fortunate, for it decided us to ride to Nome on our Countless dogs made the quiet air vibrate with their trusty horses rather than risk a voyage along the coast in melancholy howls. The squaws were picking blueber- a miserable launch. Munro, Turner, and I left Solomon at ries, using wooden rakes made from the covers of cigar- 9:15, and then commenced the finest ride of my life. boxes. One young woman in a gay parka was attended by Illegitimus non carborundum The road ran along a sand-spit, formerly a bar, but a young man who lay idly watching his belle at her pleas- now green with tough grass. With firm ground underfoot ant task. An Eskimo idyll—the same old game! On a and willing horses, the telephone poles flanking the road tent-pole the skin of a hair-seal was drying and on other in long perspective were passed in quick succession. frames fish were hanging like bananas. We saw an oo- Only a hundred yards to the left was Bering Sea, smooth miak or native boat containing a family of ten, the father and sunlit, with no suggestion of the storms that had Member of: Alaska Newspaper Association, continued on page 13 National Newspaper Association P.O. 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THE NOME NUGGET regional THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2014 3 Quick action stops mouse invasion of St. George Island House mice were never meant to lished and the residents of the island the island from rodent introductions. were discovered they worked to- yet spread to adjacent containers or be on the remote and windswept (both people and wild animals) want Merculief, and a crew from the gether with the City to come up with the tundra. Bering Sea Island of St. George, to keep it that way. No nuisance Traditional Council, set traps and a plan to remove the mice. “We got really lucky here” said Alaska, so it was quite a shock for mice, gnawed food packages or spread the news to the Alaska Mar- Two experienced rodent trappers Alaska Maritime Refuge biologist Mark Merculief and his coworkers threats to native wildlife for them! itime National Wildlife Refuge be- from the Refuge, Steve Ebbert and Marc Romano. “If mice had estab- from the City of St. George when “It was a surprise,” said Merculief, cause part of the island is a National Greg Thomson flew to St. George as lished themselves on St. George they they opened a shipping container of “and not a nice one.” Wildlife Refuge and home to two soon as possible, thanks to financial could have threatened the wildlife grass seed and straw, and found Recognizing the threat, the city million nesting seabirds. help provided by the National Fish & and gotten into the village.” Mice house mice scurrying around inside. workers immediately contacted The Refuge and the Traditional Wildlife Foundation. Once the biolo- can kill wild bird eggs and chicks, St. George is one of the few pop- Chris Merculief, President of the St. Council have long been partners gists made it to the island they im- alter native vegetation, and could ulated islands in the world where George Traditional Council, the or- working to keep St. George free of mediately got to work eradicating the have threatened the native lemming house mice have not become estab- ganization charged with protecting invasive rodents, so once the mice mice. species that’s found only on St. When the dust cleared more than George Island. In addition, eradicat- 50 mice were trapped by the collec- ing mice once they’ve become es- tive effort of the Refuge, the Tradi- tablished is expensive and in many Federal Subsistence Board makes tional Council and the City. circumstances nearly impossible. Fortunately, all the mice were inside changes to hunting, fishing regs the shipping container and had not The Federal Subsistence Board proposed changes to Federal hunting July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2016, met April 15-18 in Anchorage to and trapping regulations. will be available statewide by mid- consider 55 proposed changes to the Among the changes approved by June. The regulations also will be Federal subsistence hunting and the Board are: Permit requirements posted on the Federal Subsistence COMMUNITY CALENDAR trapping regulations, recommend for caribou in Units 9A, 9B, 9C, Management Program website, changes to the Secretaries of Interior 17A, 17B, 17C, 18, 19A, and 19B. http://www.doi.gov/subsistence/inde and Agriculture on the Rural Deter- Subarea RG245 in Unit 6D was x.cfm. 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The Board under Section 804 of the Alaska Na- Additionally, the Board delegated *AA Meeting Lutheran Church(rear) 8:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. discussed several options and voted tional Interest Lands Conservation the authority to the in-season man- to recommend to the Secretaries of Act (ANILCA), which establishes a ager the authority to determine when Saturday, May 10 the Interior and Agriculture that the priority among Federally qualified the 60-day emergency special ac- *Open Bowling Nome Rec Center 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. current regulations be revised to subsistence users, was adopted by tions would start. *AA Meeting Airport Pizza (upstairs) 8:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. allow for the Board to determine the Board. Additional information on the which areas or communities in The harvest quota for moose by Federal Subsistence Management Alaska are nonrural; all other com- residents in Units 26C and 26B re- Program’s website Sunday, May 11 munities and areas would therefore mainder was increased from 3 to 5. http://www.doi.gov/subsistence/in be rural. Residents of Units 20E, 25B, 25C, dex.cfm. and 25D were added to the custom- Changes to the Subsistence ary and traditional use determination Hunting and Trapping Reg- for sheep. 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Judge Paul A. risk to the public as this lady Roetman presided at the hearing by would,” Angstman told the court. phone from Kotzebue, as Asst. DA The high bail was based on pun- Tom Jamgochian, using a peremp- ishment, rather than to reduce risk to tory challenge, had bumped local the public, he added. Judge Tim Dooley off the case. Wrong, said Jamgochian— Myron E. Angstman of Bethel, at- Michels’ charges were not the same, torney for Michels’ defense, told the but more serious—she had been court he would not be calling Os- charged on manslaughter, a Class A borne; however, Jamgochian de- Felony. Even had she been charged clared that he would put Osborne on on felony DUI that would be a Class the stand for questions. C Felony. The court needed to con- Michels’ relative, Crystal Lock- sider that a Class A Felony was two wood, came to court also with the levels higher, Jamgochian said. plan to share third party custody du- Michels’ bail remained at ties with Osborne. $50,000. A third-party custodian must The court scheduled Michels’ maintain sight and sound contact next hearing for July 16. with a person released to them at all When Michels is ready to present times and notify police of any viola- another candidate as a third party tion of this and other conditions of custodian, a new bail hearing may be release. scheduled in the interim. Coming into court for her hearing, The trial is set for Aug. 18. Michels smiled at her family. “It’s so Meanwhile, as of May 5, Michels good to see you guys,” she said. remained in custody at Anvil Moun- Angstman told the court that the tain Correctional Center. Photo courtesy of John K. Handeland SWORN IN— New Nome Police Dept. Officer Joseph Dickerson took the oath of office from City Clerk Clarification: Thomas Moran at the April 28 Nome Common Council meeting, as NPD Chief John Papasodora looks In regards to last week’s story on the City Council meeting, Dr. on. Leedy favors a ban on using hand-held cell phones not hands-free phones by drivers. Bethel official on leave after resignation of police chief By Nathaniel Herz unanimously to spend up to $40,000 Foley didn’t remove any materials investigation at several meetings this Klejka said. “But it seemed like it Anchorage Daily News on a lawyer to investigate a series of from his office, Springer said. year, both in public and in private ex- was getting to the point where we contracts and agreements, as well as Foley had already been directed ecutive sessions — some of which needed to actually investigate this.” Bethel’s city council has placed what Mayor Joe Klejka describes as by the city council to turn over all of have stretched for more than two The issue of nepotism in Bethel City Manager Lee Foley on paid ad- an existing violation of nepotism his city-related emails. He initially hours. government is not new, according to ministrative leave as an outside at- rules. had been open to the investigation, Some Bethel residents have criti- Springer. torney examines several city Foley’s son works for Bethel’s in- saying in February that it could cized council members for not re- He said that Foley’s son had contracts and agreements, as well as formation technology department. “offer suggestions that could help us vealing more details. Local worked for the city for several years. an apparent violation of nepotism “Clearly, in Bethel municipal do things better,” according to local contractor Harry Faulkner said in a While council members had been rules. code, it says that the city manager radio station KYUK. phone interview that the city council aware of his employment, Springer The mayor of the Southwest can’t have a family member working The outside attorney hired by the had been micromanaging Foley and added, nobody had specifically Alaska hub community of 6,300 is for them. And he hired his son,” Kle- city, Anchorage lawyer Michael “questioning everything he did.” raised it as a problem. referring to city affairs as a “big jka said in a phone interview. Gatti, is also exploring a tangle of Faulkner added he was worried Councilwoman Heather Pike has mess” following Foley’s suspension The city’s rules also prohibit de- other questions raised by council that the dispute between Foley and also said that she would resign if the April 22 and the February resigna- partment heads from employing their members. Neither Klejka nor the city council would make it diffi- outside attorney deems her to be in tion of Police Chief Larry Elarton. relatives, and the daughter of Elar- Springer would discuss the investi- cult for Bethel to find good candi- violation of Bethel’s rules, given that The city council’s seven members ton, the police chief who resigned, gation in detail, but according to city dates to fill vacant municipal her “significant other” works for a are now awaiting a report within the had been recently hired as a patrol council minutes, it covers: positions. Bethel department, according to next week that could either clear officer. She later returned to her old • Employee complaints of intimi- “All they have to do is Google KYUK. Foley or possibly lead to his depar- job as a dispatcher, Springer said. dation by supervisors. ‘Bethel,’ and they’ll say, ‘To hell In February, Foley submitted a ture, said Councilman Mark The council voted 5 to 2 at a meet- • Agreements between the city and with this place,’ “ Faulkner said. proposal that would have replaced Springer. ing last Tuesday to put Foley on paid Sutton Business Solutions, a firm “There’s certain leeways the depart- the city’s strict nepotism rules with a “As a result of all this, we could leave, replacing him temporarily owned by former city finance direc- ments have to take to get the job more flexible set of guidelines, be patting him on the back and say- with Port Director Pete Williams, ac- tor Bobby Sutton, according to done ... I think it was all justifiable.” though the measure failed by a vote ing, ‘Good job,’ “ Springer said. “Or cording to a story in the Tundra KYUK. Klejka, the mayor, acknowledged of 4 to 1. we could be patting him on the back, Drums newspaper. • Accounting of leave time used that some of the city council’s con- The move would have allowed saying, ‘Go look for one.’ “ Foley was also told to relinquish by the city’s salaried employees. cerns are “pretty minor.” However, qualified relatives of municipal em- Foley, who could not immediately all of his city property, though at the • The awarding of city work to de- he added, “we’re getting concerned, ployees to work in Bethel govern- be reached for comment, has been meeting he apparently refused to turn molish Bethel’s old police station. because there were what appeared to ment, according to the proposal, “as Bethel’s manager — the city’s chief over a book containing police de- • Agreements and leases of the city be violations of Bethel municipal long as such employment does not, executive officer — since 2008. partment records, according to the airport’s sand pit by “private enti- code.” in the opinion of the city, create ac- He’s been under scrutiny since newspaper story. A city police offi- ties.” “I am with Harry (Faulkner) — I tual or perceived conflicts of inter- Feb. 11, when the city council voted cer was asked to make sure that The city council has discussed the don’t like to knee-jerk anything,” est.”

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Photo by Diana Haecker WELCOME TO GAMBELL— Residents of Gambell welcomed visitors to the Arctic Resource Development and Infrastructure meeting held at the Qernguughvik building from April 29-30. • Bering Sea Alliance continued from page 1 a deep understanding of unforgiving ing the right tools in the tool box, agencies,” said Ivanoff. “For the weather and ocean conditions, like a [oil spill response equipment] most part, we have been left at the knowledge of the sea and the ice as depot in Wales and Gambell and to sidelines.” While Ivanoff stressed the well as animal movements and mi- have equipment ready at a moment’s protection of the resources, he also grations. That local knowledge can notice to be deployed,” Ivanoff said. pointed out that this region needs and should be put to use when de- An illustrious group of people and jobs. Rural villages along the Bering veloping the Arctic in a smart way, representatives of federal agencies, Sea and Chukchi Sea coastline bear was a theme heard throughout the non-profits and conservation groups high cost of living and a lack of jobs. conference. did hop on small bush planes to ven- “We need jobs in our region to alle- Ivanoff calls this ‘building capac- ture out to St. Lawrence Island, viate the pain we all feel,” Ivanoff ity.’ where winter still has a grip on the said. “Building capacity to me means land. Only a few bare patches of per- Another topic of discussion was training the people who are accli- continued on page 6 what village residents have to offer: mated to the weather, but also hav- • NSEDC

continued from page 1 mal imaging cameras for every sences, for which an individual may NSEDC member community and leave the region without losing resi- prices. Shishmaref for Search and Rescue dency status, including one that ad- Harrelson admitted that NSEDC’s purposes. dresses absences from the region for expertise in transportation issues is In committee reports, the board medical treatment. minimal, but Stiles said, “Same thing approved bylaw changes updating Dan Harrelson gave a finance with the bulk fuel and we did it.” residency requirements and loan committee report, saying that the Rhodes said one Connex would policies. Alaska law prohibits non- first quarter financial review looked hold enough pellets to heat five profit corporations from making solid. The finance committee recom- homes for one year. loans to directors and officers. mended spending $500,000 to up- Harrelson commented that when NSEDC’s bylaws added to prohibit grade and build an addition to the loans to directors and officers of af- Nome office. The board granted the flying along Norton Sound, he ob- Photo by Diana Haecker filiates, which prevents these indi- recommendation. served miles and miles of driftwood CONSIDER THE LOCALS— Branson Tungiyan urged the agencies viduals from participating in Under new business, Kawerak ap- piled up on the beaches. “If we could present to consider local and traditional knowledge when conducting NSEDC’s fishermen loan programs proached NSEDC to co-fund the devise a system to develop a wood operations in the Bering Strait. pellet product right here in the re- that are available to all other resi- Early Childhood Education with gion, it would provide jobs and avoid dents. The recent change to this pro- $250,000. Don Stiles commented, “If the transportation issue,” he said. vision was to scale back the loan NSEDC takes over federal or state In other business, the board ap- prohibitions to those that are required responsibilities, then we get stuck proved Outside Entity Funding proj- by state law. with it forever. I think education is Get the news each week ects. Each community has an OEF The residency bylaw was the state’s responsibility. It’s group that rates funding proposals amended to clarify the existing re- $250,000 now, but it will be more in and in the end, NSEDC’s board votes quirements regarding residency in the future,” Stiles said. on the short list of projects for the the Norton Sound Region. Resi- The board denied the request. Subscribe communities. NSEDC approved the dency is required to participate in The board went into executive ses- following: NSEDC’s benefit programs, such as sion during SIU Alaska Corp. report; Brevig Mission: $5,000 for a the scholarship and vocational edu- and at the end of the board meeting, 907.443.5235 • [email protected] BSSD bicultural renovation project; cation programs. The changes also the board heard a litigation update $88,500 for the City to hire a Village added several new allowable ab- and an Unaatuq proposal. Police Officer. Diomede: $140,000 for the Diomede Health Clinic. Elim: $17,177 for the Covenant Youth of Alaska youth mentoring program; $24,000 for a mini truck for the City of Elim; $73,900 for a slough proj- ect. Gambell: $24,500 for a summer youth snack program by the Native Village of Gambell. Koyuk: $60,000 for the VPSO housing unit. Nome: $15,000 for the Anvil City Science Academy for laptop funding; $25,000 for the Nome Boys and Girls Club; $10,000 for King Island building expansion; $24,000 for the village of Solomon for emergency communication. Savoonga: $120,000 for a dump truck. Shaktoolik: $120,000 for a gravel storm berm to ward off ero- sion. Unalakleet: $2,200 for the humpy derby; $51,200 for the Native Village of Unalakleet for an Elders nutrition and care program; $25,000 for transportation safety for the Covenant Bible Camp. Wales: $60,000 for the Kingikmiut Dance Festival. White Mountain: $15,300 for a youth mentoring program by the Covenant Youth of Alaska. Kawerak received nearly $23,000 for a cardboard crusher to make pel- lets meant to be used for heating pur- poses. The rest of the $100,000 set aside for regional outside entity funding projects will roll over to next call, click or visit year. ○ The board approved buying ther- 800.800.4800 gci.com 6 THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2014 REGIONAL THE NOME NUGGET

Photo by Diana Haecker KEEPING THE TRADITION ALIVE— Students with the Gambell Hugo T. Apatiki Elementary School and the John Apangalook Memorial High School assemble each Wednesday at 2 p.m. to meet for 30 minutes of Eskimo dancing with the Gambell Singers and Dancers. • Bering Sea Alliance continued from page 5 see more and more opportunities or shipwreck in the Bering Strait as traffic. “We can’t stop progress,” affect us here.” arise in spite of the anxiety we feel happened with the Exxon Valdez in Olson said, “but we need to be in- Mark Fesmire with the federal fectly round beach pebbles peaked about not being in control,” Sen. Prince William Sound or the Gulf of volved and part of the decision-mak- Bureau of Safety and Environmental through the snow and building en- Olson said. He concurred with Mexico with the Deepwater Horizon ing process.” Enforcement in Alaska said that trances were still blocked by snow- Ivanoff to insist on job creation for blowout. “We are inadequately pre- The jurisdiction over the Bering marching orders from Washington drifts. the region. “We want the economic pared for something like this to hap- Strait area is getting further compli- are to keep talking with the Russians, Fresh off from Juneau, Senator opportunity but we also want to pre- pen here,” Sen. Olson said. cated because of its status as an in- but to not travel to any events held in Donny Olson and Representative serve our resources,” Sen. Olson Multi-billion dollar corporations ternational strait, governed by Russia. Neal Foster attended the conference, stated. But he also expressed concern are looking at the Arctic for opportu- international maritime law, and be- Foster also reiterated that he’ll be addressing an attentive audience at that state agencies, particularly the nity as the last frontier and develop- cause of neighboring Russia. Rep. working in Juneau to make sure that the Qernguughvik building. Sen. Alaska Dept. of Environmental Con- ment is going to occur— be it Neal Foster pointed out that current Bering Strait communities have a de- Olson is optimistic of the good that servation, are not ready to respond to through oil and gas development or U.S.-Russian relations are strained cision making seat at the table and may come of Arctic development. “I the worst case scenario: an oil spill increased cargo and tourism ship because of the Russian invasion of not just a token position to deal with Crimea, Russian militarization of its the future of this region. To that ef- Arctic posts and aggressive resource fect, Ivanoff added that the BSA will extraction offshore. The Russian be working with Foster and Olson on government is not as forthcoming drafting language for a bill that with information as would be desir- would deal with oil spill prevention able and yet it is in Alaska’s interest and mitigation in Alaska’s northern to keep relations active. “We’ve got waters. to find a way to bring them into the discussion,” said Rep. Foster. “Any- continued on page 7 thing that happens on their side will

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Photo by Diana Haecker FLOATING— Several groups of walruses caught a ride on small ice floes in Norton Sound between Unalakleet and Nome last week. Very little ice was observed in eastern Norton Sound, whereas larger amounts of ice sheets are moving with the wind closer to Nome. • BSA continued from page 6 Foster heard comments that stressed the importance of subsis- tence as a major issue. Sivuqaq President Paul Apangalook pointed out that last year’s dismal walrus hunt resulted in a “declaration of FREE some sort,” he said, but it really did- n’t do anything concrete to help our residents to fill their freezers or re- frigerators. A trip to the store con- firms what holds true for most rural communities: nearly empty shelves, hardly any fresh produce and exor- PHONE bitant prices. Subsistence food and meat harvested from the island’s reindeer or the ocean is making sur- vival possible. Any threat to the continuance of whales, walruses or seals passing by the island in their biannual migrations, is a direct SERVICE threat to the survival of the resi- dents. Deborah Vo with Senator Lisa Murkowski’s office updated the au- dience on Sen. Murkowski’s fight against the EPA regarding changing air quality rules; improving ice and weather forecasts; and continued mapping of the northwest Alaskan coastline and St. Lawrence Island. Conoco Philipps Director of Vil- lage Outreach Lisa Pekich presented historic and present activities of Conoco in Alaska. Pekich said, “Due to regulatory uncertainty, we Do you qualify for FREE landline or cellular phone service? suspended all activities in the Chukchi lease area.” The company remains active to explore and pro- Lifeline is a government assistance program that provides qualifying households duce oil and gas in the Beluga gas * fields, Kuparuk and Pt. Thomson free landline or wireless telephone service. (Limit one line per household .) gas lease and on its North Slope as- +RXVHKROGVDUHQRWSHUPLWWHGWRUHFHLYHEHQHÀWVIURPPXOWLSOHSURYLGHUV7R sets. TXDOLI\IRUWKH/LIHOLQHSURJUDP\RXPXVWUHFHLYHEHQHÀWVIURPRQHRUPRUHRI In regards to offshore oil and gas For an application, call development, Pekich said that the public assistance programs listed below. Documentation of participation is changing rules makes it hard for Mukluk Telephone Company required. companies to commit to exploring and developing leases. “We need a 1-800-478-7055 ‡6XSSOHPHQWDO6HFXULW\,QFRPH 66, reasonable regulatory frame work, ‡6XSSOHPHQWDO1XWULWLRQ$VVLVWDQFH3URJUDP 61$3  but it gets tougher to drill in the U.S. TelAlaska Cellular IRUPHUO\NQRZQDV)RRG6WDPSV with each incident like the Gulf of ‡0HGLFDLG Mexico.” 1-877-478-2305 Bureau of Safety and Environ- ‡)HGHUDO3XEOLF+RXVLQJ$VVLVWDQFH mental Enforcement Director Mark or visit, www.telalaska.com ‡/RZ,QFRPH+RPH(QHUJ\$VVLVWDQFH3URJUDP /,+($3 Fesmire took exception to that state- ‡%XUHDXRI,QGLDQ$IIDLUV*HQHUDO$VVLVWDQFH ment. During his presentation on ‡7ULEDOO\DGPLQLVWHUHG7HPSRUDU\$VVLVWDQFHIRU1HHG\)DPLOLHV 7$1) BSEE’s role in enforcing drilling ‡+HDG6WDUW3URJUDPV RQO\WKRVHPHHWLQJLWVLQFRPHTXDOLI\LQJVWDQGDUG permits, he said, “Conoco said in ‡1DWLRQDO6FKRRO/XQFK3URJUDP IUHHPHDOVSURJUDPRQO\ their presentation, that there are un- ‡

Photos by Diana Haecker TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE (top)— Paul Apangalook with Sivuqaq Inc. commented during the meeting that when Gambell Eld- ers contribute to traditional knowledge projects the content shall not be politicized.

LISTENING (right) — Gambell residents, BOEM’s Dr. Jim Kendall and BSEE’s Steven Pearson take notes during the BSA meeting. • Bering Sea Alliance continued from page 7 ated with Bering Strait Native Cor- ties. The BOEM manages oil and gas poration and the state’s Alaska In- resource evaluations, environmental dustrial Development and Export studies and assessments, leasing ac- Authority – recently receiving the tivities. Dr. Kendall explained that ability to make loans for arctic infra- BOEM is like the landlord managing structure development. federal properties and that BSEE is In the meantime, BSA will con- the “policeman” enforcing permit re- tinue to work on an action plan to quirements during all phases of off- better the State of Alaska’s involve- shore Arctic exploration and ment and to conduct oil spill training production. The BSEE is only en- in the region. So far, Ivanoff said, 40 forcing activities during the drilling, regional residents have been trained not the mobilization and demobiliza- in Hazmat classes, sponsored by tion of equipment, nor the transit of Shell. ships and drill platforms to and from “We’re going to press the state the drill site. legislature to pony up money to Dr. Kendall said that BOEM will build resources that are badly needed come out with Arctic standards. for the ship traffic increase that is oc- “What are those? My boss says: read curring,” said Ivanoff. “We are also the Shell report and there are your getting ready for oil and gas devel- answers,” Kendall said. In 2012, opment over the next 10 years. I Shell was the first company to set think the villages really understand out on an exploratory drill campaign and have that sense of urgency to in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas. build capacity to protect the re- Shell was allowed to drill two test sources we depend on.” wells, albeit not into the oil-bearing The next BSA meeting is slated zone since they didn’t have a func- for August 12 and 13 in Gambell. tioning cap and containment system. (See more photos on pages 11 and Shell had 11 subsistence advisors in 20) place who advised them regularly, VALUES TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE— Bureau of Ocean Energy they had a conflict avoidance agree- Management- Alaska Director Dr. James Kendall presented BOEM’s ment with the Alaska Eskimo Whal- tasks in permitting oil and gas exploration campaigns. He said he learned ing Commission to not drill until to value local and traditional knowledge in his line of work. whale hunting is over and they were heavily watched and regulated by BOEM and BSEE. Tungiyan re- membered that the subsistence advi- sors told Shell to get out in time before the ice was moving and their advice was not headed. CROWLEY FUELS The vessels and the two drill rigs left the drill sites around November 1 and did make it to Dutch Harbor, but the transit from there to Seattle NOME ended up making headlines when the drill rig Kulluk became separated from its tow tug and grounded near Kodiak. The Coast Guard investi- WHALING CAPTAIN— Merlin and Amelia Koonooka listen to pre- gated and the Secretary of the Inte- senters at the Bering Sea Alliance meeting in Gambell. rior issued a scathing report on Shell and the lack of oversight of its con- tractors. However, Dr. Kendall pointed out that oil and gas exploration only made for 10 percent of all ship traf- fic traversing through the Bering Strait in 2012. Those 10 percent are regulated and watched, whereas the remaining 90 percent of ship traffic were not regulated at all. The U.S. Coast Guard is the agency that enforces U.S. law in the U.S. waters along the Alaskan coast. Many questions from the audience during the meeting remained unan- swered because the Coast Guard chose to not send a representative to Spring is on its way – and so is Crowley! Now is the time to the Gambell meeting. check your tanks and place your orders. From diesel to propane, Senator Lesil McGuire, co-chair and aviation fuel to unleaded gasoline, Crowley fuels Nome and of the Alaska Arctic Policy Commis- Norton Sound. sion, was supposed to attend the meeting as well, but opted out as weather seemed to make a quick in- and-out trip impossible. Lordy Lordy look Also invited but not showing up 443-2219 were Bruce Sexauer who was slated Crowley.com/Nome to give an update on Arctic Ports and who’s turning 40! infrastructure; Ltn. Commander 701 Lomen Ave. Jason Boyle with the U.S. Coast Guard and other presenters associ- Happy Birthday THE NOME NUGGET EDUCATION THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2014 9 Board considers texts, tests and routes to school

By Sarah Miller similar safety plan for the entire stead a proposal to partner with want. We could potentially be BSSD, if the districts did select the In its work session meeting on community of Nome, which will Bering Straits School District in its aligned not only with the Alaska same materials, an added benefit Tuesday April 29, the NPS Board of help raise awareness around the ele- textbook review process. BSSD is standards, but also with school dis- would be the leverage of buying Education heard committee presen- mentary school safety project. currently undergoing a comprehen- tricts around the state.” power from two districts to reduce tations on Safe Routes to School, Superintendent Steve Gast com- sive curriculum review process, The proposal suggested funding the overall cost of the new textbooks. math textbook adoption recommen- mented that next steps would also which is funded by a $1.5 million travel and substitute teacher costs for As another advantage, if the two dis- dations, and school test data. need to include community educa- grant and is guided by experts in cur- two teachers from NES to travel to tricts were to adopt the same curricu- Denise Barengo, executive di- tion. “You can reconfigure the riculum and assessment, in effort to Unalakleet four times during the lum, the result would be a more rector of Nome Eskimo Community, parking lots any way you want, but align all its instructional materials school year to participate in curricu- streamlined, consistent education for and Nicole McCullough of WHPa- it’s teaching the folks which way to with the new state standards. lum meetings with BSSD. The the high number of students who cific, the Anchorage engineering go and how to do it that’s critical. “BSSD is willing to share its pro- teachers would then bring informa- transfer between the districts. firm that has been working with Education is a big part of what has fessional research and findings with tion and findings back to the staff at Even if the districts select differ- NEC to implement the Safe Routes to take place,” he said. Nome Public Schools, with no fur- NES to assist in ent textbooks, the partnership stands to School program, shared task force Betsy Brennan, school board ther commitments for adoption,” ex- While the partnership does not to benefit all students, explained findings with the Board. president, asked what cooperation plained Rick Leistiko, third grade require NPS to select the same math Leistiko. “All of Nome’s students The task force, compiled of com- would be needed from the city or teacher. “We can take their research textbook guiding the local decision munity organizations such as NEC, state authorities to implement the and use it to determine what we for math textbook adoption. as continued on page 18 PTA, NSHC, and the City of Nome, task force’s recommendations re- began its information gathering garding school zones, street signage, phase last fall with monthly meet- and lighting. Depending on what How to teach your kids to save: Five tips for parents ings, surveys, parking lot audits, and type of roads would be impacted, the observations of morning traffic pat- approval and implementation of By Tyler Hull and after-school programs across the country during the terns as students were brought to the these changes would most likely re- Do you want to set your kids up for future financial annual American Bankers Association’s Teach Children elementary school. The task force quire the city and state to work to- success? Then start now. That’s the first rule of introduc- to Save Day. These efforts help young people take an gathered data about safety, speed, gether, said McCullough. She ing your kids to financial education – the sooner you important first step in mastering their financial ABCs. weather, space, and traffic flow. recommended the Board consult start, the better. Money management is probably the last Five Tips for Parents “Really, the gist of this program with Steve Soenksen, with the thing on the minds of most kids – if it even registers at all Parents play a crucial role in their children’s financial is to encourage more kids walking Alaska Department of Transporta- – but there are concrete steps you can take as a parent to success later in life. Here are five tips for parents from and biking to school, because it’s tion in Juneau, for assistance in the help ensure that your children know how to think about Wells Fargo: healthier,” commented McCullough, program’s next steps. money, including the importance of saving for the future. 1. Start early — Before they even start school, chil- explaining that one of the objectives Next to present were teachers If you plant those seeds with care, they’ll take root, and dren begin to understand the process of managing money of the information gathering phase from the Elementary School’s math your children will be much more likely to achieve finan- 2. Set goals — Have children write down things they was to determine factors that are pre- textbook adoption committee. The cial success later in life. want and what they cost. Teach them about making venting children from walking and teachers opened with an explanation So what lessons can we give today’s children and choices and saving biking to school. These factors in- of the new education standards for young adults to prepare them for financial success in the 3. Pay a Modest Allowance – Just a small amount can cluded weather, traffic speed and the state of Alaska that closely re- future? Today’s kids are much more likely to spend rather help children learn safety, the space and conditions on semble those known as the “Com- than save. Even parents who try to teach their children 4. Make a budget — Start with three categories: city roads, loose animals, and dust. mon Core” standards, which are about finances, such as by giving them a regular al- spend, save, give Because the elementary school slated to become the official new lowance, might find their lessons overshadowed by 5. Use Free Resources — Check out your local library parking lot was found to be a “disas- standards for Alaska’s public schools stronger messages that come from advertising, or from and the Hands on Banking website at www.handson- ter”, explained McCullough, the task on July 1. Beginning in the upcom- children’s peers. Unfortunately, by the time most young banking.org for interactive lessons on saving, budgeting, force created six alternate drop-off ing academic year, SBA (Standards people graduate from high school, they know all about credit, and more. routes for students arriving by bus, Based Assessments) tests will consist spending and very little about saving or spending wisely. A tip for children ages 3-7: Take three jars and label family vehicles, or on foot. Task of material from these standards. Consider these facts: them separately: Spend, Save, Give. Help the children force recommendations also in- In order to adequately prepare • American teenagers spend most of their income – split up their money into each jar and watch it grow as cluded suggestions for engineering students to meet the new standards, about 21% – on clothing, followed by food (18%); ac- they save and disappear as they spend. solutions for lighting, intersection as well as to assist teachers in ensur- cessories and personal care (10%); shoes (9%); car-re- A tip for pre-teens, ages 8-12: Create a short- term markers, and addressing snowdrift ing that the content they present to lated expenses (8%); electronics (8%); music and movies savings box. Have the pre-teens choose something they and plowing issues. students is aligned with them, the (7%); video games (6%); concerts and events (6%); other want (a brand name pair of shoes or a video game sys- Enforcement recommendations time is right to adopt a new math expenses (3%); books (2%); furniture (2%). (Source: tem). They will learn the value of savings when they included enforcement of the city’s textbook. “The standards have Piper Jaffray, 2013) save enough to purchase the item. loose dog regulations, crossing changed. The testing has changed. • Most students devote about one half or more of their A tip for teens, ages 13 and up: Open a savings ac- guards at intersections, police moni- How we teach math has changed- we earnings to discretionary spending on relatively short- count for long-term savings. Have teens save a certain toring of traffic areas near the school teach fewer strands more deeply. We term wants and needs. (Source: University of Michigan percentage for a few years to make a bigger purchase. during morning drop-off times, and have utilized our current math text- Institute for Social Research, 2014) Parents should ask their banker for more ideas and ad- enforcement of school zone speed book for eight years, but it doesn’t • Teenagers spend about $100 billion a year, and chil- vice. Their child’s long-term financial security is at stake. limits. Community education re- help us teach at the deeper levels we dren under 12 spend $11 billion a year, of their own By starting early, they can help their child develop good garding road safety and encourage- want to achieve,” explained Mary Jo money. They influence 75%, or approximately $165 bil- financial habits that will last a lifetime. ment of the use of reflective gear, Hazel, first grade teacher. lion, of their parents’ money. (Source: Answers.com, Tyler Hull is Wells Fargo’s Nome store manager. He headlamps, and organized walking A new language arts curriculum 2014) can be reached at (907) 443-2223 or tyler.hull@wells- and biking groups were also on the was also on the calendar for adop- This past April, thousands of bankers, including many fargo.com. list of suggestions. However, the tion, but early on, the committee de- from Wells Fargo, connected with kids in classrooms committee stopped short of a final cided to evaluate one subject area at decision when too few participants a time, focusing on math. However, attended its February meeting. rather than recommend a textbook to McCullough explained that the the school board for purchase for the next step is for a “champion” to step upcoming school year, the commit- Reliable barge service from Seattle and forward and spearhead continued ef- tee presented a much different pro- forts to implement the recommenda- posal. Anchorage to Western Alaska tions. She also shared that NEC has The committee recommended received funding from the Federal tabling a new textbook purchase for Highway Administration to create a an additional year, suggesting in-

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Anchorage, AK 99501 Phone: 907.276.4030 Old St. Joseph’s Hall ~ Anvil City Square Fax: 907.276.8733 Customer Service: 206.763.3000 Thursday, May 8, 2014 ~ 7:00 p.m. Fax: 206.264.4930 Nome Office: Z Phone: 907.443.5738 www.northlandservices.com Fax: 907.443.5424 10 THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2014 LOCAL THE NOME NUGGET Ice miners and equipment rescued from drifting floe By Diana Haecker NVFD notified the Alaska State Gambling that the sea ice might Troopers and Nome Police dispatch. hold just a little bit longer, the ice Bering Air was also notified to be on mining crew of the “Lazy Gator” standby with a helicopter at the mining outfit found itself in a dan- ready. SAR volunteers were toned gerous situation when the ice broke out around 4 p.m. off and left them stranded on the In the meantime, Cameron Stiles wrong side, along with their equip- was able to call his mother on his cell ment and vehicles. phone. She in turn notified Darrin The crew consisting of Cameron Otton, who launched his small air- Stiles, Reese Madden, George craft and flew along the coast in Lewis, Joe Fullwood, Jesse Strick- hopes to find a spot where the sea ice ling and Dwight Amaktoolik were a was still connected to the shore fast quarter mile offshore, six miles west ice. He didn’t find such a spot. “He of town on West Beach, when sea ice was our eyes in the sky and texted us break-up caught up with them. from the air that he couldn’t find a Cameron Stiles, 26, said the crew safe crossing,” Stiles said. Joe Full- had decided to break down their ice wood got into his wetsuit and swam mining camp on Sunday, April 27. across the lead to the beach to get his For that purpose, they drove two boat. pickup trucks, two side-by-sides and SAR volunteers drove their vehi- one four-wheeler out onto the ice to cles on the beach and launched an in- be able to haul all of their equipment flatable boat to retrieve the miners off the ice. off the ice floe. According to West, “We decided to pull the plug on two other boats came to the rescue as our ice mining that day,” said Stiles. well. “I was the only one with the urgency The miners found a floating ice- who wanted to get the sluice box, berg and pushed their side-by-sides shack, and everything, off the ice as and the four-wheeler onto the berg. soon as possible, but the others Another boat, with Ben Piscoya, Ian Photo by Al Burgo wanted to continue cleaning up the Alvanna-Stimpfle and Katherine LUCKY MINER— Cameron Stiles of Nome is glad to have made it back to shore after a close call on April 27 gold on the ice there.” Pomrenke showed up and pushed the while packing up his crew’s ice mining operation for the season. Stiles loaded up equipment in his iceberg “barge” towards shore where 2500 Chevy Silverado truck and the vehicles could be driven onto drove their two trucks on it. Nobody was injured and no with the Dept. of Natural Resources, Dwight Amaktoolik followed with safer ice and onto the beach. They were floating on this little equipment was left on the ice. Also, which is the main agency to hand out the four-wheeler towing the mining SAR volunteers retrieved ice barge, pushed by the small dingy no oil spill was reported to the au- mining permits, called to ask if the shack and the hot water boiler to- Cameron Stiles and George Lewis towards shore, until the iceberg hit thorities. DEC had received any information. wards shore. off the ice. But once everybody was the ocean bottom with still a gap be- According to SAR Captain Jim Adamczek said a spill on land is Not far from where they started, safely off the ice, the two remaining tween the berg and the safe ice on West Jr., a truck with another ice reportable when one gallon or more they ran into a 10-15-feet wide gap pickup trucks were no longer a con- shore. They waited for the tide to mining outfit did go through the ice. of petroleum product is spilled; in of open water between them and the sideration for SAR. come in, but another ice sheet was However, DEC officials say they did the ocean, any amount of oil or haz- shore. “Dwight said ‘This water was- “Everybody told us we should floating towards them and time was not receive a report. ardous material is immediately re- n’t here earlier’ and I got out of the kiss our trucks good-bye,” said of the essence to get off the iceberg The Dept. of Public Safety via portable. truck and saw it was open water,” Stiles. This was a bitter pill to swal- or be crushed. “We were in a race Trooper Sgt. Charlie Cross and the Allen Nakanishi with the DEC’s Stiles remembered. low. Stiles said both Lewis and he against time,” said Stiles. “As soon Nome SAR’s West said that they water division says the main focus of They followed the lead further needed the trucks for their families’ as the ice hit, it pushed us in and we were only concerned with the safety the DEC’s permit is to regulate point west, but couldn’t find any crossing transportation. Coincidently, Stiles’ had a small window of opportunity of the miners and don’t usually get source water discharge from the possibilities. Stiles went back to his girlfriend was in labor with their first to get off the berg before it piled up involved in equipment rescue. sluice boxes and not oil and grease. crew and reported to his crew that son, in Anchorage at that time. on us,” said Stiles. Stiles and Lewis The Dept. of Environmental Con- In regards to the upcoming min- they were stranded. “I told them to The next day, the crew devised a sat in their trucks and gunned it. servation permits ice mining, author- ing season, Nakanishi said there is an load up fast and that we needed to plan to get the trucks off by using an- They used two small floating pieces izing medium suction dredges under interagency public meeting planned look for a way to cross the lead. other ‘ice barge’. of ice as a bridge and miraculously a general permit for wastewater. The for the beginning of June in Nome. “We panicked for about 30 min- They went out there with a tiny in- made it to safety. DEC’s spill response team gets in- He said this would be a good oppor- utes,” he said. The rest of the crew flatable 6.6 horsepower dingy, three The same day, Stiles said, his son volved once there is a release of pe- tunity for miners and other ocean packed up their operation quickly ice augers and a plan. They wanted was born in Anchorage. troleum products into the sea users to bring issues to the table for and drove to the edge of the ice. to cut off an iceberg, use it as an ice “My girlfriend told me that the environment. DEC Environmental all involved agencies to hear. According to Nome Volunteer barge and push it to shore. The plan nurse turned on the TV in her room program specialist Ashley Adamczek Fire Department Search and Rescue didn’t work out as they thought as and there I was on the news driving said her division did not get a direct Captain Jim West Jr., a fire depart- they could not cut loose a sheet of our truck off the ice,” Stiles said. report on the incident, but an official ment volunteer received a text mes- ice, but an iceberg soon came drift- sage from one of the miners stating ing towards them. They corralled the their predicament. berg, cut it so it fit the ice edge and BSSD students win medals at State NYO

By Jeffrey Erickson greased stick but the BSSD coaches Bering Strait School District Na- felt good about their chances. tive Youth Olympic athletes have Shishmaref’s Debra Hersrud had hear historically done exceptionally well done well in 2013 although not e d in statewide competitions. However, medaling and she quickly showed B with the graduation of some remark- that she wanted to be a factor in her able athletes in 2013 there were final year. She pushed and pulled her rtise questions about whether that previ- way to the final group and ended up ve i ous success would continue. in 5. d n Returning medalists Apaay Golovin’s Charlie Ningeulook A Campbell (4-time and world record was experienced, this being his 3rd me N holder in Kneel Jump) and Jonisha time to State, and quietly dominated o u Wilson (Toe kick) were likely repeat his matches. He ran into Forest N g medalists but the rest of the team Strick, the favorite, in the quarterfi- g would need to step up…. and step up nals and shocked everyone with an e e they did. easy win. He finished his run with h t Campbell got things going with a two more victories and was crowned T dominant performance as she champion. crushed the hopes of the field with One Foot High Kick is probably Call 443-5235 her powerful leaps. She didn’t break the premier event of the games for her own record, but easily won her sheer athleticism. Okbaok showed email: [email protected] fifth consecutive title. No other his potential as he stayed with the medalists on the first day put a top- high-fliers and, again, exceeded his 5 team placement at risk. own expectations as he achieved a Friday’s events started with the personal best and 4th place. powerful Eskimo Stick Pull, usually And finally, the event closed with dominated by larger, strong athletes. the traditional last event, the Seal Teller’s James Isabell and Jazzlyn Hop. Unalakleet’s Aucha Johnson Garnie pulled well. Isabell finished had faced some adversity in the past just off the podium with a solid per- and was determined to persevere for formance. The Toe Kick followed a possible win. He was prepared but and BSSD came back with a bang. this event is the most noted for po- Unalakleet’s Wilson exceeded her tential mishaps due to judge rulings personal best and won the girls event and this time was no different. John- and Teller’s Cameron Okbaok son went out strong but was called opened eyes with an amazing kick of for missing the turnaround line and, 94” – twenty inches further than with the extra energy needed to re- he’d gone before. turn to the line, could not hop the He placed second behind the furthest, settling for 4th place. world record holder from Unalaska. The BSSD team had returned to The final day opened with the In- the elite group as a team. They dian Stick pull where things are al- placed fifth overall and also received ways a little “slippery”. It’s hard to the Academic Award. figure results when dealing with a THE NOME NUGGET regionAL THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2014 11

Photos by Diana Haecker WINTER LINGERS— Snow drifts still lean on the Gambell school building in late April. The school houses both the Hugo T. Apatiki Elementary School and the John Apangalook Me- morial High School.

CELEBRATING— The community of Gambell turned out in great numbers to showcase Eskimo dancing to the visitors to St. Lawrence Island who participated in the Bering Sea Alliance Arctic Resource & Develop- ment meeting in Gambell from April 29 through 30. NEW GENERATION— Anders Apassingok Sr. drums with his great- granddaughter Haylee “Ipi” Apassingok during a dance performance. 12 THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2014 REGIONAL THE NOME NUGGET All Around the Sound

New Arrival Indian Country. has served on the BSNC Board of serve Bank of New York and two Johnson School of Management Doris J Adams and Cameron Schubert is known for her leader- Directors since 1992. Wall Street law firms. Schubert was with an emphasis in accounting and Stiles are pleased to announce the ship and service to the Alaska Na- Prior to joining BSNC, Schubert born and raised in Unalakleet, finance, and a JD from the Cornell birth of their son Braylon Axel tive community. She is Treasurer of practiced law in Anchorage after a Alaska. She earned an undergradu- University School of Law. Stiles born April 28, at Alaska Na- the Alaska Federation of Natives, successful career on Wall Street, ate degree from Stanford University, tive Medical Center, weighing 7 lb. Vice Chair of the Akeela Treatment where she worked at the Federal Re- a MBA from Cornell University’s Services Board, Vice Chair of the Alaska Native Justice Center, Vice Chair of the ANCSA Regional As- sociation, and Chair of the Alaska Retirement Management Board. Schubert is the immediate past chair of the Alaska Native Heritage Cen- ter, which she served on for nearly 15 years. She is a member of the An- chorage Chamber of Commerce ATHENA Society, a program that recognizes women’s leadership. She

CLASSES SHOW THEIR METAL IN A SILVER/COPPER FUND RAISER —Recently our classmate and student Ethan “Bubba” McDaniel needed to transfer to Anchorage to be closer to his brother Jens and fam- Braylon Axel Stiles ily. The Spirit Club and individuals at Nome-Beltz wanted to raise funds to help Ethan, Jens and their family. We started a Copper/Silver War, which included several boys who would shave their heads if their class lost. 10 oz. Maternal grandparent is Representing the staff were Mr. Frost and Mr. Weaver, seniors were Jake Stettenbenz and Tyler Eide, juniors Marie Takak of Koyuk. Paternal were Emery Booshu and Oliver Hoogendorn, and the sophomores had many, including Clay Outwater, Dylan grandparents are Don Stiles and Sue Pomrenke, and Alec Johnson; the freshmen shaving was left to only Wilson Hoogendorn. On the last day of Luke of Nome. the Silver/Copper War, hefty donations put the seniors in the losing place. However, since the students had filled the staff can with over $600, Mr. Frost and Mr. Weaver both agreed to shave their heads as a reward to stu- Honored dents for the good work. Overall, the students and staff raised $1,500 and expect more from a silent auction Bering Straits Native Corporation currently taking place. The students participated with enthusiasm and are really happy and excited about (BSNC) President & CEO Gail the helping hand that they have lent towards the boys and their family. L-R are: Junyor Erikson, Matt Tun- Schubert received the Unsung Hero ley, Victor Spivey, Cass Mattheis, Klay Baker, Ari Horner, Mr. Frost, Jane Tidwell, Gwendalyn Trigg-Ko- Award from the Northwest Indian makhuk, Cydney West. Bar Association today. The annual award honors an attorney for his or her outstanding contributions to- Golovin students take to the stage, Elim students create stained glass ward improving the legal and polit- By Christina Carrick and clude cutting shapes, making stars, night, Thursday, May 1, 2014. ical landscape of Pacific Northwest Gail Schubert Annette Courson making independent designs and These residencies were made pos- With two weeks of the school masks. The students enjoyed learn- sible through the generous funding year left, spring fever has definitely ing how to cut glass and connect the from the Alaska State Council on the set in at Golovin’s Martin L. Olson pieces of their projects together Arts, the Alaska State Legislature, School as students are anxiously using solder. the National Endowment for the awaiting summer. He met with the community and Arts (a federal agency), the Rasmu- Luckily, to help students channel staff to explain what he does and son Foundation, and the Bering their energy in a positive and pro- what he worked with the students Strait School District. ductive manner, a special Artist in on. The students and teachers dis- Residence has joined them. Their played their work at community featured artist, Elizabeth Nelson, fo- cuses on performing arts. She will be spending the last two weeks of school working with all students, pre-kindergarten through 12th grade on theatre, creative movement and improvisation. Golovin Lynx big and small will be able to display their newly gained skills through a final performance in the second week. The students will be adapting the children’s book, Kumak’s House, A Tale of the Far North, by Michael Bania into a play. The story is set in an Inupiat Eskimo village where Kumak and his family are not happy. The comical story follows Kumak as he seeks out advice from elder Aana Lulu time and time again. The performance will be held at the school on Wednesday, May 14 at 5 p.m. and will be followed by a potluck. Martin L. Olson students and staff invite members of the com- munity are invited to come watch and have some laughs. Elim welcomed Jim Kaiser, a stain glass artist, as part of the Artist Happy Mother’s Day Diana. in Residence Program on April 21, Photo by Annette Courson Jim worked with students to create You make us smile. FINE ART WORK— Elim student Ralph Saccheus looks at his com- stained glass projects. Projects in- pleted work held by Jim Kaiser. Love from Lizzy, Nils, dogs and snowman.

Cam Stiles, George Lewis, Joe Fullwood, Jesse Strickling, Dwight Amaktoolik and Reese Madden SNC Shareholders: all give a big thank you to those who helped us rescue our vehicles and ice mining equipment. VOTE JANICE (Salesky) DOHERTY Everyone of us and everything of ours made it back A team player and a team LEADER to land safely. Thanks again to the Nome Volunteer Fire •President, NEC •Director, NSHC Board Department, Ricky Larsen, Donny Johnson, Chris •Professional Management and business owner experience Thornton, Ian Alvanna-Stimpfle, Benny Piscoya, •Protecting our lands and promoting our cultural heritage Catherine Pomrenke, Bryce Warnke-Green, Joe Ask me about my multi-point action plan for our future! Horton Jr, Chris Nassuk, DJ Bright, Jake Swann, and Elmer Bekoalak, we couldn't have done it with Teamwork=success, success=Dividends to Shareholders out you guys. VOTE JANICE (Salesky) DOHERTY Thank you! 907.443.2526 • [email protected] Paid for by Janice Doherty THE NOME NUGGET OPINION THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2014 13 Foster’s Report By Rep. Neal Foster year’s BSA, $50 to next year’s BSA, was also added to let students who great resistance when individuals and supported the bill we felt that resi- Greetings to everyone in House and $50 to the following year. Some previously failed all or part of the tribes were removed as being eligi- dents of rural Alaska should be given District 39. I hope this finds every- wanted funds to be included “outside HSQE to get their diplomas retroac- ble to apply for water reservations the same level of protection afforded one in good spirits with the arrival of the BSA.” That would have been tively if they otherwise meet the (for example to provide for enough by law enforcement in other parts of spring. I was just in Savoonga and considered “one-time funding.” Be- school districts requirements. water for salmon). I voted against the state. If this means that we need Gambell, and there was much ex- cause that is a less reliable form of • Internet: A program was created this bill last year, and there was some to spend funds to properly train our citement with the landing of a whale funding (and creates uncertainty for to increase internet speeds to 10 concern that it might resurface this VPSOs, then it is money well spent. on the south side of the island. I’d administrators and teachers) the ma- megabits in schools that are located year. Despite various fixes (individ- Voter ID: This bill failed but is like to wish much luck to all the jority of us supported funding that in economically challenged (and uals were added back as being eligi- worth noting that it would have re- spring hunters, and please remember went “inside the BSA.” largely rural) schools. ble to apply for water reservations) quired everyone to present a photo safety first. •Rural School Funding: There • Science, Technology, Engineer- the bill still could not muster enough ID when voting. I opposed this bill The Alaska Legislature adjourned was an attempt to increase large ing, and Math (STEM): This pilot support to make it out of the Senate because of the challenges that folks the 28th session with 744 bills and school funding without a correspon- program is directed to middle Resources Committee. in our villages would have faced. resolutions introduced and 268 ding increase for small schools. We schools and is being compared to the Alaska Native Languages: After There are no Department of Motor passed by both the House and Sen- in the Bush Caucus were strongly successful Alaska Native Science some challenging moments a bill to Vehicle (DMV) offices in our vil- ate. The following are bills that ei- opposed to this, and that disparity and Engineering Program (ANSEP). include Alaska Native Languages as lages to get identification cards. For ther directly impacted our district or was removed in the final version of If proven effective it could be ex- official languages of the state (in ad- those who had gotten an ID card in were significant at the statewide the bill. panded to a statewide level. dition to English) was passed with the past there are some who have lost level. • Residential Schools: The legisla- • Mill Rate: An attempt was made widespread support. The only other their cards. Or those cards have ex- EDUCATION: The omnibus ed- ture improved formula funding for to increase local education contribu- state to recognize indigenous lan- pired. Many people haven’t been to ucation package turned out to be a residential schools. This is good for tions from 2.65 mills to 2.8 mils. I guages is Hawaii. There was some a hub in 10 or 20 years. One possi- highly contentious issue because the Northwest Arctic Career and did not favor this increase. If enacted concern that if enacted it would re- ble fix was to include tribal ID cards. there were very different views on Technical Center (NACTEC) and the it would have increased the tax bur- quire that public messages be printed But a lot of people move to other vil- how much should be spent on educa- Galena Interior Learning Academy den to Nome residents by $56,000. in both English and the local lan- lages and cannot easily get an ID tion and what programs should be (GILA). NACTEC and GILA will Since most villages do not have tax- guage. This is not the case. While card when they are turned away at a funded. In the House alone there see an increase from $1,184 to ing authority this would not have af- many agree that this bill is largely polling center. For those of us from were 40 separate opinions, and this $1,776 per student. fected them. symbolic it is also a bill that has a rural Alaska we argued that in these was complicated by the fact that • Technical Vocational Education • Funding Studies: Partly due to great deal of meaning for many peo- small villages everyone knows whatever the House could agree on Program (TVEP): This program inflation and changing demographics ple. We heard public testimony everyone. And in Alaska voter fraud had to be reconciled with the Sen- funds our vocational schools, and it new studies will be conducted to ad- about how Alaska Natives were dis- is simply not a problem that necessi- ate’s package. Some folks wanted to was up for reauthorization this year. dress salary & benefits, school de- couraged and punished for speaking tates potentially turning away eligi- see more student performance before There was some concern that voca- sign & construction, district cost their native tongue. The passage of ble voters. additional funds were approved. My tional schools not currently listed in factors, and school size factors. this bill is an official statement of Capital & Operating Budget: philosophy has been that our rural the formula would be added, and this • Home Schools: School districts public support for our Alaska Native This year’s numbers are a reflection schools face higher costs and unique could have had the effect of reducing with participating correspondence languages, and I was proud to see it of a difficult reality that we face, and challenges compared to other parts the share received by other voca- students can count those kids to- pass. that is we are now in deficit spend- of the state, and therefore I favor tional schools already in the formula. wards their “average daily member- Arctic Infrastructure Fund: ing. Much of this is due to falling oil strong funding for our schools. This While Illisagvik College in Barrow ship (count)” at a 90% rate instead of This bill was passed and allows the production. In the 1980s we saw two year the legislature added $100 mil- was added the reauthorization was 80%. This could put up to an addi- Alaska Industrial Development & million barrels of oil flow thru the lion to education for each of the next drafted so that neither NACTEC nor tional $6 million into the home Export Authority (AIDEA) to pro- pipeline per day. Today that number three years. While nobody got GILA were affected. school program. vide low interest loans for arctic in- is around 600,000 barrels per day. everything they wanted I think that •High School Qualifying Exam • Tax Credits: A provision to frastructure. The Bering Strait is And it’s been dropping at a rate of 6 overall it was a good package. Here (HSQE): This graduation require- allow for tax credits to pay for pri- seeing a dramatic increase in ship ac- percent per year. Taxes and royalties are the highlights of the education ment was removed because parents vate and religious textbooks was tivity due to oil exploration, tourism, on oil account for 93 percent of the package. and teachers across the state felt that passed. research, and shipping through the state’s income, and so oil production •Base Student Allocation (BSA): children were being taught to take • Vouchers: While not a part of the Northwest Passage (over Canada) declines have a large impact on our Currently schools receive $5,680 per the test at the expense of receiving a education bill, it’s worth noting that and the Northern Sea Route (over state. In addition, operating budgets student. We added $150 to this well-rounded education. A provision legislation had been introduced to Russia). It is expected that many bil- have been increasing at a rate of 6 allow for a constitutional amendment lions of dollars in infrastructure will percent per year. My philosophy has to allow public education funds to be be needed, and the State of Alaska’s been that cuts should not be made given to private and religious Arctic Infrastructure Fund is just a disproportionately on rural Alaska. • The Ride to Ophir schools. We heard from all parts of first step. In fact, cuts should be minimized in continued from page 2 House District 39, and the opinion VPSO Guns: This bill was spon- rural Alaska because many of our was strong opposition to vouchers. sored by Rep Bryce Edgmon needs are basic and fall within the steering with the paddle, while the boat was towed by six dogs, tended by a The bill did not receive enough sup- (Dillingham) and was introduced core of government functions includ- young man and woman, walking together. At 12:45 we reached the road- port to be put to a vote. after an unarmed VPSO in his district ing life, safety, and health. Water and house near Cape Nome, remaining there until 2:30, so as to give the horses HB77 Water Reservations: This was shot and killed. Folks who were sewer is still an issue for many small a proper rest. It was from Cape Nome that the district obtained its name; on bill was introduced with the intent of opposed to the bill felt that the risk communities. We have poor infra- the western side of the cape we abandoned the road and took to the beach, streamlining the permitting process outweighed the benefits if VPSOs structure. And a wide range of pro- riding along the shore for 10 miles, as far as Fort Davis. for development projects (such as were not trained to the high standards continued on page 14 The tide is out and the firm wet sand affords excellent footing. Our horses mining). However, it was met with that others were. For those of us who are willing and full of life, emulous to keep ahead, so that they move gladly. Tony will not be denied, maintaining a fast trot as if he had just come out of his stable. The cold wind blows from Bering Sea, the breakers curl to the shore, the horse treads on the silver fringe of the waves as they ripple over the sandy beach; the strong pulsating movement of the noble animal, the ex- hilaration of an air fresh as the breath of dawn, the feeling of perfect freedom and unlimited expansiveness, a sense of complete well-being and gay ad- venture, touch every tingling nerve and stimulate every willing muscle, until I shout with delight. It is well for a brief space to feel like a Viking when the world was young, as if the complexities of civilization had been swept away by the cold breath of the sea, as if money and business, steam and electric- ity, factories and libraries, no longer existed, while the tide of life fills every corner with exultant joy. At Fort Davis we had to return to the road, for the beach was being mined for gold, but it was only three miles to Nome. Although we had ridden 43 miles in 5 ½ hours of actual travel our horses were still unwearied, which is further evidence of the invigorating nature of this Northern atmosphere. We rattled down the planked way of the long Front Street, and dismounted at the Wild Goose office at 4:30. After a change and a bath we made tracks for the Royal Café and there celebrated the termination of a glorious trip by din- ing on wild goose and reindeer stew, washed down with a bottle of Cali- fornian burgundy, followed by the smoke that makes all men brothers. Jens Hildreth is bravely battling cancer.

Donations are welcome. Wells Fargo Account “Jens Hildreth” Account number: 5965933442 14 THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2014 THE NOME NUGGET Shoulder pain: How to regain pain free movement By Bob Lawrence, MD ically evaluated as soon as possible. most important exercises are called Imaging (MRI) of the shoulder and sists more than 6 to 12 months. Alaska Family Doctor Sometimes other diseases cause “pendulum swings” and “wall walk- surgery may also be warranted if the shoulder pain. Therefore, pain asso- ing.” pain is severe or if minor pain per- No joint in the body is as mobile ciated with heart symptoms, upper A person performs pendulum as the shoulder. Most joints bend abdominal pain, or high fever should swings by leaning slightly forward and extend. The shoulder, with a always be evaluated by a doctor. allowing the arm to dangle toward complex collection of muscles and However, if you experience shoul- the floor. Gently swing the arm back ligaments, can rotate through an arc der pain that is less severe, perhaps and forth in all directions for 30-60 of almost 360 degrees associated with seconds. Some people find making without popping out a recent change the shapes of the letters of the alpha- of place. This com- in activity or in- bet is helpful. Weight may be added plexity allows human crease in lifting, as tolerated in the form of small beings to throw, pull, there are several dumbbells or household objects like swing, push, lift, and things you can canned food or partially filled milk embrace. The only try before going jugs. limit to the shoulder’s to the doctor. Wall walking involves stretching reach, in most people, First, rest the the shoulder muscles and ligaments is a small area on the shoulder from by using the fingers to walk up the upper back. any activity that face of a wall. The exercise is first The shoulder is a ball-and-socket causes or worsens the pain. performed facing the wall with the type of joint. The muscles that sur- Second, use an anti-inflammatory arm extended forward using the fin- round and move the shoulder form a medication like naproxen (Aleve) or gers to increasingly reach higher on sheath called the rotator cuff. A ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin) to help the wall. Always stop if there is tightly woven network of ligaments with pain and reduce underlying in- pain. Later, when tolerated, the arm holds the shoulder in place. flammation. may be extended out to the side Complex systems with multiple Third, apply ice or a cold pack to walking up the wall until the arm is moving parts are prone to problems. the shoulder for 15 minutes at a time fully extended above the head. The shoulder is no exception. Pain throughout the day. Ice applied to an Relative rest, ice, medication, and in the shoulder may result from a tear injured joint is an excellent anti-in- proper stretching will resolve most in the muscles, called a rotator cuff flammatory treatment and often minor shoulder pain within a week tear, or from inflammation of the ten- helps with pain. A bag of frozen or two. dons in the shoulder, called ten- peas also works great for this pur- See your doctor if shoulder pain donitis. Arthritis in the pose. Always place a thin cloth be- does not respond to these simple ball-and-socket joint of the shoulder tween the cold pack and skin to steps. People who do not respond to may also cause long-term pain. prevent injury to the skin. conservative therapies may respond Sudden pain in the shoulder asso- Finally, begin range of motion ex- to steroid injections into the shoul- Across 52. Trick taker, often ciated with an injury should be med- ercises when tolerated. The two der region. Magnetic Resonance 1. Wine holder 53. Infomercials, e.g. 5. Bean counter, for short 54. Baton wielder 8. Destiny 56. Kind of trip 13. The "A" of ABM 58. Minnesota's capital (2 wds) 14. Part man, part goat 60. Clear, as a disk • Foster’s Report 15. Betelgeuse's constellation 61. "... or ___!" 16. Favoring neither side in a dispute 62. Bad marks 18. Move, as a plant 63. Tear with violent force continued from page 13 portation to and from Diomede had lion. Home energy rebates $15 mil- 19. Ancient jar with two handles and 64. Undertake, with "out" been slated for a 25 percent cut lion. Renewable energy $23 million. a narrow neck 65. Comparative word grams are still needed. Reconciling (along with all other grants in the For specific operating and capital 20. "___ to Billie Joe" lower state revenue with the cuts that same category). In the end the fund- budget questions in your community 22. "___ moment" Down are already being felt statewide is ing was restored. We averted a total please contact me at the phone or 23. "Flying Down to ___" 1. False rumor going to make for a difficult road cut of the funds last year, and this email at the end of this newsletter. 24. Fertilizer ingredient 2. Deficiency of red blood cells ahead. We can expect to see smaller underscores the constant battle we Funding Opportunities 26. Anger, e.g. 3. Daze capital and operating budgets in the face to ensure that funding remains In terms of funding for communi- 27. Challenged someone to do 4. Friends and neighbors future. in place. Among the many needs it ties and organizations please keep something 5. Cooked squid Excluding a transfer for the state is essential that people be able ac- the following opportunities in mind: 29. "Beg pardon ..." 6. Afghan monetary unit retirement system the operating ex- cess health care in Nome and An- Alaska State Legislature, Renewable 30. Big ___ Conference 7. Tom, Dick or Harry penditures went from about $10.5 chorage when needed. Energy Fund (administered by the 31. Quark flavor 8. "M*A*S*H" setting billion for FY14 to $9.3 billion for • Pension Funding: $3 billion was Alaska Energy Authority), Bulk fuel 33. Outer covering of eyeball 9. "___ we having fun yet?" FY15. The vast majority of those transferred to the PERS (state em- loan program (administered by the 36. Indiscriminate in selection 10. Retorts quickly cuts came from the state general ployee) and TRS (teacher) retire- Dept of Commerce, Community & fund, which dropped from $6.4 bil- 38. Dravidian language in central 11. Sillier ment systems. Making this payment Economic Development) India 12. Feeler lion to $5.2 billion in the same pe- now will save the state considerable In terms of funding for individuals riod. It is not shocking that we saw 40. Madagascan prosimian primate 14. Kind of team money in the future. please keep the following opportuni- 41. "Tarzan" extra 17. Obstructive driver cuts of this magnitude in light of the • Village Safe Water: $31 million ties in mind: Alaska Senior Benefits deficits the state is facing. I think we 42. Antares, for one 21. Chinese brunch with tea for 1st time projects and $21 million Program, Low-Income Heating As- 44. Mountain summits 25. V=IR, physics (2 wds) can expect either to hold this level of for expansion & upgrades. sistance Program otherwise known spending or expect more cuts in the 48. Bird's beak 28. Almond • Fish: Chinook initiative $7.5 as LIHEAP (administered by the 49. Embankment to prevent shore 32. Pleasingly entertained future. Capital expenditures topped million and salmon research, restora- Dept of Health & Human Services), $2.2 billion for FY15 and included erosion 34. Two of the same kind tion, and enhancement $2.5 million. Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend, 51. "Sesame Street" watcher 35. Artificial bait several big-ticket projects. That’s • Drug & Alcohol Treatment: Low Income Weatherization Pro- only slightly down from last year’s Previous Puzzle Answers 36. Lacking refinement Competitive grants for inebriate re- gram, Home Rebate Program for 37. Potter $2.3 billion. However when you cidivism $4 million under the Dept Weatherization. look at what was spent out of the 38. American songbird of Health. Drug & alcohol treatment If you need assistance with any of 39. Gourmet state’s general fund you see a very $2.1 million under the Dept of Com- these funding sources (or anything different story. Last year that portion 43. Armor plates protecting the merce. else) please feel free to contact my upper thighs of the capital budget was just over $1 • VPSO Program: $250,000 for office at 907-465-3789 or email me billion. This year it’s under $670 45. Hook up equipment. $1 million for housing. at [email protected]. 46. Monetary unit of Czech Repub- million. 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FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY 6XQFORVHG 8/22 THE NOME NUGGET THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2014 15 Obituaries Dean John Pushruk ways talking about his kids and vention and was voted Non-Member Wagner Wongittilin father to Bridget and Homer. He 12/21/56 - 4/19/14 grandkids. of the Year by the White Mountain 1/11/60 – 4/12/2014 was a friend to all. Repa and Anna Dean John Pushruk was born to Dean recently moved back to IRA. Dean enjoyed volunteering Wagner “Repa” Repaangantu called each other “Love of My Marie and Fred Pushruk, Sr. on De- Nome and took a job driving for and helping in any way he was able. Bridges Wongittilin was born on Life.” Repa loved his extended fam- cember 21, 1956. He suddenly and Checker Cab Co. Before moving to He enjoyed helping elders and also January 11, 1960, to Rose and Jerry ily at Stebbins and was well liked by unexpectedly died on April 19, 2014. Nome, he lived in White Mountain, volunteered for Lonnie O’Connor in Savoonga. Midwife, Barbara Ko- the whole community. Repa is sur- Being the oldest of eight siblings, where he was an active member of Iditarod Basketball Classic. gassagoon delivered him. Repa vived by his wife of 22 years, Anna, Dean was definitely the big brother the community. Throughout the Along with Dean’s nature to help went to Savoonga Elementary his son Homer, daughter Bridget, of the family. He always spoke his years, he’s worked with White out, he also had hobbies in which he School, and he later obtained his step-children Stacy, Trinity, Anna Jr., mind and was always willing to give Mountain Volunteer Fire Depart- took pleasure. Dean enjoyed hunting GED. He was a certified EMT. Vincent, Heather, and Allison; and a helping hand. He loved all of his ment, Search and Rescue, Pee Wee and fishing, making fly hooks, visit- Repa was a self-made man most of by his sister Sterling, brother Jerry, family and made many friends Basketball, and various other jobs ing family and friends, and playing his life. He was a very accomplished Jr., sister Judy, nieces and nephews throughout his years. Dean always including heavy equipment operator pool. He always had a great time and well-known Native artist and Melanie, Invet, Edward, Savannah, expressed his love for his children, and volunteer trail staking. Shortly going on hunting trips with friends commercial halibut fisherman since Henry, Simone, Xavier, Flora, An- stepchildren, and grandchildren. He after his son, Jon Dean, passed away and was always willing to share his commercial fishing opened. He gelica, Annie, Floyd, Jimmy, Reed, was a very proud Dad and Papa, al- he became very active in suicide pre- catch. He was always kind to others could “Mcgiver” anything. Repa Isabella, Dawn, and many other and always put others before him- was well known for his quiet humil- nieces and nephews and cousins in self. Dean also had a great sense of ity, quickness to help others, and his the Klowiyi, Toolie, Wongittilin, humor; he always made people generosity knew no bounds. We say, continued on page 18 Saying it Sincerely laugh by teasing and joking around. “He spoiled us all.” He was a proud Dean is survived by his sons; By Rev. Ross Tozzi Mickey, Kris, and Sam; sisters St. Joseph Catholic Church Diane, Stella, and Brenda; brothers Member Nome Ministerial Society Jimmy and Roy; step-daughter Spring: A Time for Resurrection and Transformation Melissa; step-son Michael Wongit- All around us we see signs of spring, the snow is melting, the days are tilin, many grandchildren, step-dad Johnson CPA LLC longer the, temperatures are warming. Spring is our annual reminder that James, numerous cousins, aunts, un- after the darkness comes light, or more precisely, after death comes life; life cles, nephews, nieces, and friends. Certified Public Accountants eternal. Dean is preceded in death by his Like the disciples of Jesus, we are very sad when someone dear to us son Jon Dean, daughter Jennifer, passes away, or even when they become very ill and we fear that we will parents Fred and Marie, brothers lose them. And perhaps we are like the disciples who found it hard to believe Fred and Rudy, and grandmother Mark A. Johnson, CPA that Jesus had risen from the dead. Whenever we visit the cemetery, the Annie Osanna. graves are always covered with the earth and were we to go and find an empty grave we would believe that someone had moved the body. For ALL your accounting needs! What a joyful surprise for the first witnesses who had their sorrow turned to ecstatic joy. Jesus returned from the dead to help them understand the Please call for an appointment. mystery of his passion and death. Just imagine the resurrection through the eyes of Mary. Her heart pierced by a sword as she watched her son crucified on Good Friday, but now she rejoices that her son has risen from the dead and reappears time and time again throughout the Easter season. If Jesus rises • Business and personal income tax preparation than so too do her mother Anna and her father Joachim. All of her relatives, and planning all of those who have been faithful to God, even though they have died, are able to rise to new life in Christ. • Computerized bookkeeping and payroll services Just as it did for Mary, the resurrection of Jesus calls us to a new way of life. Throughout the 40 days of Lent we have been called to sacrifice so that • Financial statements we may enjoy with fuller hearts the unimaginable good news that Jesus Christ has risen from the dead. Perhaps we have lost a loved one this past year and life without them has been so much more difficult. Perhaps our hearts were pierced by a sword as we have watched someone we love suffer 122 West First Avenue • Nome, AK 99762 from illness or some other tragedy. The suffering and death of Jesus was not without a point, and the suffering of our loved ones, accepted in faith, can (907) 443-5565 have a redeeming value as well. A year ago, I watched my father die a painful death, and yet out of his sacrifice, I have witnessed a deepening of faith for family members, and a newness of spirit that gives witness to the resurrec- tion by the transformation of darkness to new life. If Jesus rises then so too do our mothers and fathers, and all of the relatives who have reached out to God to accept his mercy, forgiveness, and love. All around us we see signs of spring. With Easter we celebrate the resur- rection of Jesus, the forgiveness of sins, and the promise of eternal life. And Church Services let us never forget that this annual reminder is reinforced every week. Every Dean John Pushruk Sunday is a day in which we celebrate the rising of Christ to new life. Every Directory new sunrise is a day in which the Lord continues to offer to transform our lives. Bible Baptist Church 443-2144 Sunday School: 10 a.m./Worship: 11 a.m. Community Baptist Church-SBC 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 Church West 2nd Avenue & C Street • 443-2865       Pastor Charles Brower Sunday: Worship 11:00 am Monday: Thrift Shop 4:00 to 5:00 pm Tuesday & Thursday: Thrift Shop 7:00 to 8:30 pm Wednesday: Faith Followers 5:45 to 7:30 pm Nome Covenant Church 101 Bering Street • 443-2565 • Pastor Harvey          Sunday: School 10 a.m./Worship 11 a.m. Wednesday: Youth Group 6:30 p.m. (443-8063 for more info) Friday: Community Soup Kitchen 6 p.m. - 7 p.m. Our Savior Lutheran Church  '#)& ) (%#%$% %#'($ &$& 5th Avenue & Bering • 443-5295 %# !! #!  %!  !# %! # ! +% $$%! Sunday: Worship 11 a.m.. Handicapped accessible ramp: North side    $)'    ### #,# River of Life Assembly of God #! %!#%%$%  405 W. Seppala • 443-5333 • Pastor Mike Christian Jr. Sunday School: 10:00 a.m. #%$%!%!)+$ ! % "!" Sunday Morning Worship: 11:00 a.m. Sunday Youth Meeting: 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. ##) #$% #!# $#%+$ ( Ages: 6th grade thru 12th Grade ) )!&#$! $!( Wednesday Bible Study: 7:00 p.m. St. Joseph Catholic Church !& %!( * ! "% Corner of Steadman & W. King Place • 443-5527 Weekend Masses: Saturday 5:30 p.m./Sunday 10:30 a.m. Weekday Masses: Mon. & Tue. 9:00 a.m., Thur. 12:10 p.m. Friday Hospital Mass: 12:10 p.m. (NSRH Meditation Room) Patients going to ANMC and want to see a Catholic priest please call Fr. Brunet, OMI: cell 907-441-2106 or Holy Family Cathedral (907) 276-3455 Seventh-Day Adventist Icy View • 443-5137  #, Saturday Sabbath School: 10 a.m. Saturday Morning Worship: 11 a.m. Nome Church of Nazarene        3rd Avenue & Division Street • 443-2805 Sunday School: 10 a.m. Sunday Worship Service: 11 a.m.

4/24/14 16 THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2014 THE NOME NUGGET CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING Deadline is noon Monday •(907) 443-5235 • Fax (907)443-5112 • e-mail [email protected] Employment Real Estate Itinerant Maintenance Plumber Sony Mashiana, [email protected] 907 624- $25.63/hour (DOE). The application deadline for FOR SALE— Lots 1-6, BK 81, Nome, by school / hospital, one or all, 907-444-1854 Bering Strait School District, Unalakleet, Alaska 4250 the recruitment period is Monday, May 19, 2014 5/4-tfn The Bering Strait School District is seeking an 5/1-8 at 5:00 p.m. Itinerant Maintenance AK Journeyman Plumber To ensure the safety of children who receive for its 15 schools and teacher housing. The lo- Nome Eskimo Community is recruiting for services, Nome Eskimo Community will com- cation is the 15 villages within the School District. two (2) positions located in Nome, AK: plete a Criminal History Background Check on all The position is year round, and salary is based • Youth Services Intern: non-exempt, seasonal, applicants considered for the After School Activ- the districts classifies skilled tradesman pay part-time position. The pay range is $19.35/hour ities Coordinator position. Nome Sweet Homes scale. - $21.78/hour (DOE). The application deadline To be considered for employment, the report This position will remain posted until filled. for the recruitment period is Monday, May 12, must be free of crimes involving sexual assault or 907-443-7368 If interested contact Sony Mashiana for the com- 2014 at 5:00 p.m. sexual abuse of a minor, unlawful exploitation of a minor indecent exposure, crimes of violence plete job posting and application or to have any • Youth Coordinator: non-exempt, regular full- 828 ACRES ON SNAKE RIVER questions answered. time position. The pay range is $21.48/hour - against persons, and must show that the appli- cant has not been convicted of a felony within the Just outside of the city limits past ten years. Property is on both sides of the Snake River Native preference per Public Law 93-638 Patented mining claim land $621,000 Norton Sound Health Corporation (NSHC) A full copy of the job descriptions and an em- is committed to providing quality health services ployment application can be obtained from the OCEANFRONT LOT 75ʼX205ʼ Nome Eskimo Community Website Panoramic views, ocean, mtn, city, Sledge Island and promoting wellness www.necalaska.org or from the Nome Eskimo General zoning th Community Office at 200 West 5 Avenue. Located near corner of Beam Road & Front St within our people and environment. For any questions, please contact the Human Donna Marie Lot 2 - $25,000 Resources Manager, Cathy Lyon, at 907-443- 9114 or by email to [email protected] Available position: 5/8 12X16 CABIN ON 5 ACRES NEAR SNAKE RELISTED! Only 10 minutes from town but feels a world away! Some year round residents in subdivision Vacant since remodel Cook II Cabin is small but new and very sturdy New flooring, Lot 8 Katie Drive - $49,000 Purpose of Position: appliances, more! For Sale - 74 ACRES 4br/2 full bath on HUGE lot Prepare quality foods for patients and employees. PATENTED MINING CLAIM Sweeney Claim 402 E 5th Avenue - Job Specific knowledge is listed below: last mined in 1930’s Norton Sound Red 8 miles on the Nome-Teller Highway $182,500 $279,000 · Knowledge of instutional food preparation standards and practices · Knowledge of menu planning, recipe usage and quantities King Crab LLP MORE LISTINGS AVAILABLE AT: www.nomesweethomes.com Job specific skills and abilities are listed below: Price $37,000.00 · Ability to work with food preparation equipment and tools safely 37 MLOA Type · Ability to foster teamwork among staff MUNAQSRI Senior Apartments • “A Caring Place” Minimum Requirements CV NOW taking applications for one-bedroom Education Degree Program unfurnished apartments, heat included High School Diploma or Equivalent “62 years of age or older, handicap/disabled, regardless of age” Contact Doug •Electricity subsidized; major appliances provided Experience General (Non-supervisory) Supervisory •Rent based on income for eligible households Amount: 6 year(s) 0 (years) (907) 235-4966 •Rent subsidized by USDA Rural Development 5/1-8 Type: working as a cook in hospital, 515 Steadman Street, Nome

institutional or restaurant setting Nome liquor license available. Asking EQUAL $200,000. Contact Joseph Miller at RE/MAX Dy- OPPORTUNITY namic if interested. (907) 351-4794 EMPLOYER Must have both general and supervisory 4/24-tbd experience if indicated. (907) 443-5220 Caterpillar Equipment for sale— Excavators, PO BOX 1289 • Nome, AK 99762 Fax: (907) 443-5318 dozers, off-road trucks, portable light plants and Helen “Huda” Ivanoff, Manager Hearing Impaired: 1-800-770-8973 Credentials Licensure, Certification, Etc. generators. Jewell City Conveyors, (270) 993- State of Alaska Food Safety Certificate within one year 4255 5/1-8 of hire. For an application, detailed job description or more information, please contact us: [email protected] Legals (907) 443-4573 AUCTION NITY HOUSING PROGRAM; AND PERSONS IN A petition has been filed in the Superior Court AUCTION of complete turnkey Welding Shop: POSSESSION OR CLAIMING RIGHT TO POS- (Case # 2NO -14-00061CI) (907) 443-2085 fax Quality Marine of Alaska, Inc, 2180 Mill Bay Road, SESSION, Requesting a name change from (current name) www.nortonsoundhealth.org Kodiak, Alaska Defendant(s). Corey Anthony Remter to Corey Anthony Erik- NSHC will apply Alaska Native/American Indian (under PL 93-638), EEO, and Veteran Entire Business Liquidation to be sold as one son. A hearing will be held on May 19, 2014 at lot Monday, April 28 @ 10 a.m. at Alaska Auction NO. 2N0-11-48CI 11:30 a.m. at Nome Courthouse, 113 Front Preferences. To ensure consumers are protected to the degree prescribed under federal and Co. 1227 E. 75th Ave., Anchorage, Alaska (907) NOTICE OF SALE Street P.O. Box 1110 Nome, AK 99762 state laws, NSHC will initiate a criminal history and background check. NSHC is a drug free 349-7078. Preview in Kodiak by appointment only. By virtue of a Final Judgment and Decree of Fore- 4/17-24-5/1-8 workplace and performs pre-employment drug screening. Candidates failing to pass a In the event of no sale, another auction will be closure issued August 21, 2013, by the Superior pre-employment drug screen will not be considered for employment. 4/24/14 held simultaneously online and at site in Kodiak on Court for the State of Alaska, Second Judicial Dis- NOTICE OF PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: Monday, May 5 @ 10:00am by lots listed in web- trict, the undersigned shall execute upon a judg- CITY OF NOME ZONING CODE AND EN-  site. ment issued in the above-entitled action on August FORECEMENT SURVEY Rental of building containing: two 1500 sq ft 21, 2013, in favor of the Plaintiff and against the The Nome Planning Commission has authorized bays with a welding shop and machine shop, 600 Defendants for the sum of $93,047.16, plus inter- a 60-day period for public commentary on the en- sq ft office space, and 2 bedroom apt. 1000 sq ft; est and costs of sale. Said execution was directed forcement of the Cityʼs Zoning Code. A public outfitted to support 8-12 welders anywhere in and delivered to me as a civil process server in survey is available at: Alaska, support for up to 7 boats simultaneously and for the State of Alaska. I have levied upon all https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NPC2014 in Kodiak Shipyard. Assets include: large inven- rights, titles and interest of the above Judgment Hard copies of the survey are also available  tory, 3 trucks: 2010 Chevy ½ ton pickup , custom Debtor, in and to the following described real prop- through the City Clerkʼs Office in City Hall at 102  flat bed 2010 Ford diesel ¾ ton pickup, 2006 Ford erty, to-wit: Division Street. The comment period will close at Crew Cab F250 diesel welding truck with: custom LOT 18A, BLOCK 54 ACCORDING TO THE OFFI- 5:00 p.m. on Friday, June 13, 2014. Feel free to  boxes, Trail Blazer 350 pro 12k welder/genera- CIAL PLAT OF U.S. SURVEY 451 AS AMENDED IN call 443-6663 with any questions.       tor, 26ʼ boat, 14 electric welders, 7 wire feeders, 1983, PLAT 83-7 4/17-24-5/1-8-15-22-29-6/5-12  5 plasma cutters, mill with complete tooling, lathe SAID PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT: 309 West D with complete tooling, extensive power and hand Street, Nome, AK 99762                       tools, hundreds of cables, cords and leads, and All recorded documents shall be recorded in the INVITATION TO BID                   extensive supply of consumables and parts, etc., Fairbanks Recording District RICHARD FOSTER BUILDING – PACKAGE 3 a 20ʼ mobile shop/Conex, 25ʼ van/shop, power GENERAL CONTRACTOR / CONSTRUCTION  distribution at shipyard, 40ʼ insulated van, and 2 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on May 15th, MANAGER                   storage Conexes with spanned roof, and much, 2014, at 10:00 AM., the undersigned will sell the GMP PROPOSAL much more. above-described real property to the highest bid- NOME, ALASKA      !  " #$ %          See complete business at: der for cash, certified funds or money order made #$           &       '  $ AlaskaAuction.com payable to ʻClerk of Courtʼ. The sale will be held in OWNER: CITY OF NOME 4/10-17-24-5/1-8 the front lobby of the Nome Courthouse, 113 Front P.O. BOX 281    (     !           Street, AK 99762, to satisfy said execution, to- NOME, ALASKA 99762      $     )*+  $         IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE gether with interest and costs of sale. For infor- 907-443-6663 (PHONE) OF ALASKA mation regarding said property or sale, please call 907-443-5345 (FAX)  ,     (   #$          SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT AT NOME the undersigned at 206-876-3258.               *          Dated: The City of Nome will receive proposals for the DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COM- Joe Solseng, ASB #0909038 Richard Foster Building Project – Package 3:          ' !  (            PANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED Robinson Tait, P.S. General Contractor / Construction Manager, (    HOLDERS OF NOVASTAR MORTGAGE FUND- Attorney for Plaintiff GMP Proposal. Interested persons may receive  ING TRUST, SERIES 2007-2 NOVASTAR HOME 4/10-17-24-5/1-8 a package by registering with the City Clerk by EQUITY LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFI- email at [email protected], phone at -    . .//       CATES, SERIES 2007- In the Superior Court for the State of Alaska 907-443-6663 or by fax at 907-443-5345. Con- %01 $   .23*333*++2 Plaintiff, Second Judicial District at Nome tract Documents will be available April 24, 2014. v. In the Matter of a Change of Name for One complete set of Bid Documents will also be IVA C. AILAK aka IVA AILAK aka IVA C. GANDIA Corey Anthony Remter available for review at The Plans Room, 4831 Crowley is an equal opportunity employer and a drug free workplace. AND ERNEST AILAK, HUSBAND AND WIFE; Case # 2NO-14-00061CI Old Seward Hwy # 102, Anchorage, Alaska  RAMON F. GANDIA; NOME ESKIMO COMMU- Notice of Petition to Change Name 99503, 907-563-2029.

The deadline for submission of sealed proposals is May 22, 2014 at 3:00 P.M. local time. Propos- als must be submitted to the City Clerk at City NSEDC Job OOpportunitiespportunities NSEDC SSeasonaleasonal OOpportunitiespportunities Hall. Proposals must be submitted in a sealed envelope and marked clearly as “Proposal En- Tender VVeessels: Captain and Crew Members to be based closed: Richard Foster Building Project – Pack- age 3: General Contractor / Construction Assistant Plant Manager (Unalakleet): This out of Nome and Unalakleet area. Manager, GMP Proposal” along with the name position is responsiblefo for suuppervisin g the production and address of the Bidder. Fax submissions are Fisheries Research & Development: Crew Leaders not allowed. and packaging of seaffoood products at the Souutthern and FisheriesTe Technicians to work on various projects Norton Sound Seaffoood Processing Plant. A five percent bid bond is required. Payment and throughout the region. performance bonds will also be required. The contract will be awarded to the firm that will pro- Mechanic (in region): This position perffoorms highllyy skilled and Clean Water Beach Cleaning Project: Crew Leader and Crew Members ffoor vide the most cost effective project as deter- complex repairs, including inspecting, repairing, fabricating, rebuilding, and cleanup projects in Saavvoonga, WaWales and Diomede. mined by the City. The City of Nome reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive infor- maintaining plant equipment and machinery associated within the fishery Construction Projects: Construction Foreman and Laborers to help construct a malities, and to reject non-conforming, non-re- operations in the Norton Sound region. storage building in Shaktoolik. sponsive, or conditional bids. 4/24-5/1-8-15 Both positions are open until filled. 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It gets more cated that the terms and amount of sponsibilities of other positions is will benefit from the selection of Jones stressed the importance of difficult to catch them up as they get the MOA were reasonable. not what he lined up for. It’s not materials that are aligned with the consistency in vocabulary and math older. That’s one reason I like the Nickels was not in favor of the what any Superintendent would line new standards. We can make a instruction in junior high to better idea of being cautious with our ele- MOA, stating, “In fifteen years, I’ve up for. These duties are extra, not much more informed decision on prepare students for high school mentary curriculum selection be- seen every one of our past Superin- what he is responsible for every sin- curriculum with the availability of math. cause it has such an important and tendents have to take over the duties gle day,” said Amarok. professionals who are trained in cur- Van Delden also pointed out the powerful impact on learning.” In of additional positions. The days Brennan moved for an MOA riculum development.” cost advantage of their recommen- math, the grades with the largest listed do include days on leave, days that would compensate Gast at a The committee plans to be able dation, which prices consumable number of students testing at profi- on holiday, and non-working days, daily rate of $75, for a total of days to present a recommendation to the student books at approximately ciency level were the fourth and and since we’re paying a daily between March 1 and June 30 that board for the purchase of new math $14.00 per book and allows for an- sixth grades, with 48 percent and 57 rate...our superintendents are well- would not include vacation days, in materials in spring of 2015. Hazel nual updates and revisions, rather percent of students reaching targets paid, they receive free housing, they a total amount that would equal be- addressed the issue of needing new than a set of hardback textbooks that respectively. Fifth grade scores are salaried at eight hour days mini- tween $6000-7000. The motion was instructional materials sooner rather the district would have to keep for dipped sharply, with 26 percent of mum, the duties listed on this MOA seconded and approved by the than later. “If urgency is the issue, at least six years, which would cost students at proficiency. In the sub- are actually the duties of the super- board, by a vote of three in favor and why should we wait? Because this the district over $100 to replace if ject area of reading, only 42 percent intendent, and at this time, with our one opposed. Nickels said in dis- is a really long-term decision. lost or damaged. The cost projec- of Kindergarten students reached district in a budget deficit, I would cussion that she would like to see a We’re going to have this math pro- tion would allow the district to pur- proficiency, still higher than the 23 vote no on the MOA as it stands.” policy set by the board to deal with gram for possibly the next seven to chase enough extra consumable percent of first graders, 37 percent Amarok pointed out that the re- similar future situations. eight years. We didn’t get all the textbooks to allow students to use of second graders, and 38 percent of sponsibilities of the Human Re- Editor’s Note: The author was a samples we wanted. We don’t feel one in school and keep one at home. third graders attaining this goal. sources director are not actually on participant in the elementary math like we’ve been able to investigate Nickels commented, “I’m certainly With these low scores in the primary the Superintendent’s job description. committee. all the options.” a big proponent of purchasing extra grades, Brennan emphasized, “We “To say that we expect the Superin- Superintendent Gast asked books to allow students to take their really need to protect our num- whether BSSD had undergone a books home so that they can have a bers— the student to teacher ra- similar alignment process for its lan- parent or older brother or sister help tios— in those early grades.” guage arts curriculum, and whether them with their math.” The work session then ended as the district would be willing to share Janeen Sullivan was next to the Board convened in a Special this information with Nome Public present, sharing winter session test Meeting to address an action item, Schools. Leistiko agreed to follow data from the elementary, middle, the approval of a Memorandum of up on this issue. and high schools with the School Agreement with the Superintendent. Board member Barb Nickels Board. Students K-10 were tested Gast requested in the MOA payment questioned whether all teachers in reading and math, grades 2-10 in of $6750 in return for additional du- would consistently use the same writing, and grades 7-10 in science. ties he has performed in the absence textbook after going through the Students in all grades, in all subjects of a district Human Resources Di- process of curriculum review and tested, made gains between fall and rector since March. Board member adoption. Hazel pointed out that winter session, with the exception of Barb Amarok stated her opinion that with an aligned curriculum, teachers 10th grade students in writing, the terms were too low, and that a would have less need to supplement which dropped by less than one higher rate of payment would be ap- or “patch” holes in instructional ma- point. propriate for the extra time put in by terials in order to meet educational However, the gains were not Gast, and Paula Davis concurred. standards. “It’s the principal’s job enough to offset the percentile data, Brennan stated she was comfortable to ensure consistency,” commented which reveals that in most of the with the figure requested in the Brennan. “This proposal is a great grades and subject areas, the major- MOA, and had consulted with the idea but I would like to see an in- ity of NPS students are failing to structional leader involved, meaning meet district targets for proficiency. the principal, since we don’t have a Seventh grade scores were particu- curriculum specialist on staff.” larly low, with 91 percent of stu- Next to present was high school dents scoring below targets in math, math teacher Andre Van Delden. 80 percent below in reading, and 77 Van Delden, who has been teaching percent below proficient in writing. The family of Dean Pushruk math at the high school for eighteen Sullivan pointed out that charter years, has been using math text- would like to thank the following school students were not reflected in people and organizations that books published as early as 1989. the scores for fifth through seventh “There was no need to change. have helped or donated during grade students. our time of loss: Nome Volunteer We’ve kept the same curriculum for “We needed to have attacked a very long time. However, Com- Ambulance Department, NSHC this yesterday,” commented Nickels. staff, RJ’s Auto and mon Core has pushed us to finally “This is critical. We need something look at new materials. We are teach- Repair/Checker Cab Co., Charlie in place for these far-below profi- Weiss/Outsiders Hardware, Sitna- ing these standards at an earlier cient students as soon as possible, age,” said Van Delden. suak Native Corporation, Bering when school starts in the fall.” Sul- Straits Native Corporation, After reviewing several samples livan also explained that with the from textbook publishers, Van NSEDC, City of White Mountain, changes in SBA’s due to new educa- King Island Native Corporation, Delden and junior high math teacher tional standards, districts across the Hana Jones recommended a 6-12 Kawerak, Inc., Teller Traditional state have been warned to expect IRA, City of Teller, City of Nome, math textbook published by Glen- lower test scores among students as Lonnie O’Connor Iditarod Basket- coe-McGraw Hill, to carry students teachers and students adjust to new ball Classic, Ravn Air, Bering Air, through Algebra II. The recom- instructional expectations. “With Charlie Reader/Q Trucking, mended program includes access to the changes to the state standards, Chubby Olanna, Wilson Bourdon, an online assessment and targeted expect a 30-60 percent drop in pro- JT Sherman, Mark and Trinh John- review program to provide interven- ficiency levels on the new tests,” son, Toby and Debbie Anungazuk, tion to struggling students. Sullivan said. Joe and Mary Kunnuk, Thomas The high school math commit- Gast commented, “This demon- Wagner Wongittilin with his halibut catch Olanna, Tony Shelp, Liz Kugzruk, tee also recommended the purchase strates how important it is to catch Kimberly Gooden, the many vol- unteers that helped prepare and • More Obituaries clean for the potluck, and anyone else we may have missed, we continued from page 15 • More Legals apologize. Thank you. Pungowiyi, and Kiyuklook families. continued from page 16 NEC reports to U.S. Housing & Urban Develop- ment on the progress made with these Federal meeting of the Nome City Council on April 28, funds during the previous year. The Annual Per- 2014 at 7:00 p.m. and were passed to second formance Report for 2013 is available for public reading, public hearing and final passage at a reg- review and comment at the NEC offices located Trooper Beat ular meeting of the Council scheduled for May 12, at 200 West Fifth Avenue, during normal business 2014 at 7:00 p.m. in Council Chambers of City hours, Monday through Friday. The APR can also Hall, located at 102 Division Street. Copies of the be viewed at NECʼs website (necalaska.org). The ordinances are available in the Office of the City period for public comment will close on Thursday, On May 1, at approximately 10:20 p.m., Clin- On May 2, at approximately 6:30 a.m., Em- On May 2, at approximately 9:20 a.m., Bran- Clerk. May 15, 2014. Public comment must be in writing ton Booshu, 58, of Gambell was arrested after in- manuel Iyatunguk, 49, of Gambell was arrested don Apangalook, 18, of Gambell was arrested on 5/1-8 and directed to NEC Housing, Box 1090, Nome, vestigation by the VPSO revealed that he had after investigation by the Gambell Police Depart- an outstanding warrant. The original charges for AK, 99762, or hand-delivered to our offices at 200 assaulted a family member. It was also deter- ment determined that he was driving while intoxi- the warrant were Burglary, Theft and Criminal Mis- Nome Eskimo Community West Fifth Ave. mined that Clinton Booshu was in violation of his cated and had assaulted a family member in chief. 5/8-15 probation condition by consuming alcohol. Gambell. Nome Eskimo Community is awarded Federal funding to fulfill our mission of providing safe, af- fordable and decent housing in Nome. Each year, Court

Week ending 5/2 or return to the residence of Candice Koozaata without consent and must leave sault 4; Filed by the DAs Office 4/28/14. Civil when asked; Shall not possess or consume alcohol; Shall not have alcohol in his State of Alaska v. Dannita Malewotkuk (2/18/86); 2NO-13-59CR Notice of Dismissal; Longley, JR., Gary T. v. Longley, Darla M.; Civil Protective Order residence; Shall not enter or remain in the premises of any bar or liquor store; Sub- Charge 001: VCR; Filed by the DAs Office 4/25/14. Gamble, Barbara C. v. Clearwater, Daurice; Civil Protective Order ject to warrantless breath testing at the request of any peace officer. State of Alaska v. Dannita Malewotkuk (2/18/86); 2NO-13-904CR Notice of Dismissal; Small Claims State of Alaska v. Craig Weston (8/17/83); Criminal Mischief 4; Date of Violation: Charge 001: DC; Filed by the DAs Office 4/25/14. Russo, Carmen v. Riedel, Emily; Small Claims Less Than $2500 4/28/14; Any appearance or performance bond is exonerated; Suspended Imposi- State of Alaska v. Dannita Malewotkuk (2/18/86); 2NO-14-100CR CTN 001: Assault 4; Bering Straits Education Association v. Charlesworth, Troy; Small Claims Less Than tion of Sentence: Imposition of sentence is suspended; The defendant is placed on DV; Date of Violation: 2/9/14; 180 days, 0 days suspended; Unsuspended 180 days $2500 probation subject to terms, orders, and conditions listed below; Initial Jail Surcharge: shall be served with defendant remanded immediately to AMCC; Initial Jail Sur- Criminal $50 per case; Due now to AGs Office, Anchorage; Suspended Jail Surcharge $100 charge: $50 per case; Due now to AGs Office, Anchorage; Police Training Sur- State of Alaska v. Franklin Kaningok IV (3/7/88); Harassment 2; Date of Violation: per case with $100 suspended; Must be paid if probation is revoked and, in con- charge: $50 shall be paid through this court within 10 days. 4/20/14; 90 days, 90 days suspended; Initial Jail Surcharge: $50 per case; Due nection, defendant is arrested and taken to jail or is sentenced to jail; Police Train- State of Alaska v. Dannita Malewotkuk (2/18/86); 2NO-14-100CR CTN 002: Violate now to AGs Office, Anchorage; Suspended Jail Surcharge $100 per case with $100 ing Surcharge: $50 shall be paid through this court within 10 days; Restitution: Condition of Release; Date of Violation: 2/9/14; 10 days, 0 days suspended; Un- suspended; Must be paid if probation is revoked and, in connection, defendant is Defendant shall pay restitution as stated in the Restitution Judgment and shall apply suspended 10 days shall be served with defendant remanded immediately to arrested and taken to jail or is sentenced to jail; Police Training Surcharge: $50 for an Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend, if eligible, each year until restitution is paid AMCC; Police Training Surcharge: $50 shall be paid through this court within 10 shall be paid through this court within 10 days; Probation for 2 years (date of judg- in full; Amount of restitution to be determined as provided in Criminal Rule days. ment: 4/28/14); Shall comply with all court orders by the deadlines stated; Subject 32.6(c)(2); Probation for 1 year (date of judgment: 4/28/14); Shall comply with all State of Alaska v. Allen Sagoonick (2/21/65); Notice of Dismissal; Charge 001: DUI; to warrantless arrest for any violation for these conditions of probation; No jailable court orders by the deadlines stated; Subject to warrantless arrest for any violation Filed by the DAs Office 4/25/14. offenses; Shall not possess or consume alcohol; Shall not enter or remain in the for these conditions of probation; No jailable offenses; Pay restitution. State of Alaska v. Esther Brown (9/20/92); Notice of Dismissal; Charge 001: CT; Filed premises of any bar or liquor store; Subject to warrantless breath testing at the re- State of Alaska v. Robert Gonzales (10/10/62); Notice of Dismissal; Charge 001: NVOL; by the DAs Office 4/25/14. quest of any peace officer. Filed by the DAs Office 4/28/14. State of Alaska v. Justina Adams (12/17/86); Order to Modify Revoke Probation; ATN: State of Alaska v. Franklin Kaningok Jr. (11/29/65); Assault 4; Date of Violation: 2/2/14; State of Alaska v. Hyoung Paik (11/20/59); Notice of Dismissal; Charge 001: Assault 4; 114188814; Violated conditions of probation; Suspended jail term revoked and im- 270 days, 185 days suspended; Unsuspended 85 days shall be served; Initial Jail Filed by the DAs Office 4/28/14. posed: 9 days. Surcharge: $50 per case; Due now to AGs Office, Anchorage; Suspended Jail Sur- State of Alaska v. Nancy Analoak (1/11/80); Notice of Dismissal; Charge 001: Violate charge $100 per case with $100 suspended; Must be paid if probation is revoked DVPO; Filed by the DAs Office 4/28/14. and, in connection, defendant is arrested and taken to jail or is sentenced to jail; Po- State of Alaska v. Gideon Okpowrok (1/15/86); Notice of Dismissal; Charge 001: As- lice Training Surcharge: $50 shall be paid through this court within 10 days; Pro- sault 4; Filed by the DAs Office 4/28/14. bation for 2 years (date of judgment: 4/28/14); Shall not contact, directly or indirectly, State of Alaska v. Raymond Larsen (3/22/92); Notice of Dismissal; Charge 001: As- THE NOME NUGGET THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2014 19

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IN SYNC— Gambell rolled out the red carpet for the visitors who attended the Bering Sea Alliance meeting on Arctic Resource Development & Infrastructure from April 29 through 30. The Gambell Singers and Dancers entertained a large crowd at the Q building with Eskimo dancing.

TALENTED— Nikolai Avalun, left, and his friend Jaden Koozaata enthusiastically demostrated their danc- ROCKING THE BOAT— Chase Apassingok enjoyed performing for a ing abilities during a dance for visitors in Gambell on April 29. large crowd at Gambell’s Q building on April 29.

GRACEFUL— Polly Roberts of Gambell joined the youth in performing Gambell dances for visitors. DRUMMERS— Wesley Apatiki, John Apangalook and Anders Booshu provided the drumming for the dancing.

WATER SKY OVER GAMBELL— A dark blue sky hovered over Gambell on April 29, as snow turned into rain and drizzle, putting an end to winter in the sub-Arctic.