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By Diana HaeckerA Canadian based exploration

company by the name of GraphiteOne Resources Inc. has been explor-ing a graphite deposit at the northernflank of the Kigluaik MountainRange, near the Imruk Basin.

According to the company’s VicePresident of Exploration DeanBesserer, the project is still in the ex-ploration phase. Besserer said it’stoo early to talk about the particularsof a mining plan or method when theresource has yet to prove up.

This year, Besserer said in anemail correspondence with TheNome Nugget, the company initiatedenvironmental monitoring in con-junction with recommendationsfrom consultants and the AlaskaDept. of Natural Resources LargeMine Permitting Team.

“At this point, the deposit is verylarge with respect to flake graphite(the biggest in North America infact),” wrote Besserer. “Until weknow the economics of the depositwe won’t be able to determine thelife of the mine. Should it get intoproduction it could be significant.”

Besserer described that, in gen-eral, graphite operations are smalloperations that mine seasonally.“Usually the rock is mined and thegraphite is liberated by a simple

crush, grind and floatation process.The process doesn’t use any chemi-cals (such as cyanide) and the tail-ings come out as sand and aretypically stored as dry stack. Theproduct is palletized, wrapped, size

sorted graphite that would beshipped out by sea to purchasers,preferably in the U.S. We likelywould need a small diesel power

By Sandra L. MedearisA high-stakes public relations and

business deal that brought fuel toNome in a Russian tanker andcaused one fuel distributor’s boss totender his resignation may be wind-ing down after two years’ court fil-ings.

Bonanza Fuel, Inc., a Nome retailfuel distributor, filed a court claim inearly 2012 against Delta Westernseeking $1.5 million for higher fueltransportation costs after the marinetransport company failed to deliverwinter fuel in November 2011. Bo-nanza said DW, by standing them upat the fuel docks, hiked Bonanza’scost to top winter retail fuel supplies.

Bonanza had to retain Vitus Ma-rine of Anchorage to deliver the fuelin a dramatic break through morethan 300 miles of sea ice.

On Dec. 26, Delta filed a notice inU.S. District Court that a settlementhad been reached with Bonanza sub-ject to completing additional docu-ments within 45 days. Terms of theagreement are not yet available.

DW maintains that foul weatherNov. 8-10 in 2011, followed by acold snap that froze sea-lanes, shut

out the barge delivery. Further more, DW contends, they

tried to make amends by also seek-ing another tanker, but that Bonanzajumped the gun with Vitus Marine.

Vitus Marine leased a Russiantanker with an ice-resistant hull,loaded fuel in Asia and Dutch Har-bor and headed through the ice be-hind USCG icebreaker Healy.

Local and national politicians aswell as USCG Commandant Adm.Robert Papp applauded the deliveryas a means to demonstrate U.S.Coast Guard’s need for more ice-breakers and an expanded USCGpresence in Western Alaska waters.

Any agency that could hang abusiness card on the event did, totake advantage of the ongoing mediabanquet, including a drone developerfrom University of Alaska who senthis craft aloft to assist the sophisti-cated military, federal and stateweather instruments in evaluatingthe ice cover.

Throughout the two-years sinceBonanza filed the case, Delta West-ern has maintained that a Novemberstorm and the Nome harbor’s freezecut off the delivery.

DW claimed that force majeure,an “act of God”, excused DW fromthe failure to deliver in early No-vember, and while DW looked forother means to keep its word, Bo-nanza went behind the company’sback to make new arrangementswith Vitus Marine, Inc., an Anchor-age-based marine transport com-pany.

Bonanza countered that DW re-called a barge with Bonanza’s fuelmid-cruise to make a more lucrative

Photo by Diana HaeckerMERRY CHRISTMAS— Second graders wished for more than their two front teeth for Christmas as thebelted out Christmas carols during the annual Nome Elementary School Christmas program, held on Dec.17 at the NES gym. See more photos on page 16.

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VOLUME CXIV NO. 1 January 02, 2014

Photo by Diana HaeckerCHRISTMAS BIRDS— To the delight of Nome Christmas Bird Count participants, a flock of female common eiders was seen foraging at an open lead near East Beach last week.

Graphite One exploring graphitedeposit near Imruk Basin

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Bonanza, Delta Western ready tocry “Uncle”

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Nugget file photoCONTENTIOUS FUEL DELIVERY— The Russian tanker Renda ispictured delivering fuel in mid-winter to Nome, January 2012.

Source: Graphite One Resources GRAPHITE PROPERTY— The map shows the location of GraphiteOne’s property at the north slopes of the Kigluaik mountains nearImruk Basin.

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Comments by Laura Samuelson with photo courtesy of the Carrie M. McLain Memorial MuseumNOME, THE CELEBRITY MAGNET OF THE ARCTIC —Members of Nome’s Elks Club celebrate ElksClub Day on January 10, 1908. Thanks to Eskimo reindeer herders in center of photo, the Elks paraded withreindeer instead of elks! Inscription on photo points out Buffalo Bill in attendance.

Timber! Letʼs clear cut the phone trees

One of the most misguided concepts of efficiency is the phone tree.Espanole press #1; in English press #2; to speak with blah, blah press#3 and on and on and on. One wonders if they actually can hear theprofanity when none of the options are what we want and it cyclesback to square one.

Phone trees are one f the high tech advances that drive us scream-ing into madness when we have to listen to that dreadful music onlyto be interrupted by that mechanical voice that says it will be 15 min-utes before we can talk to a person. One of the evil twins of the phonetree is the message phone that says this message phone is full, good-bye. Try calling a Norton Sound Hospital administrator and hear howtheir phones fail to take a message. Lord help us if we need to talkwith a real person. Of course, not to be outdone are the officers at theNome Police Department who seldom return a voice mail phone call.Not to be ignored is the annoying robo-call that always hits during thedinner hour. “Please stay on the line for an important message.” Howfast can we hang up? What expletives are released as we slam downthe phone? Is this a way to win votes?

This world would be so much nicer if we could communicate on amore personal level without voice mail, robo-calls, or phone trees. Ofcourse we could maintain a hearty sense of humor by having a ring-off contest to see who has the most obnoxious phone tree in Nome.Send us a letter. Donʼt call. Happy New Year. —N.L.M.—

Sound OffAlaska “fundamentally on wrong track” on rural law enforcement

Bipartisan ILOC conference slams Parnell Administration record on lawenforcement, tribal sovereignty

By Zack FieldsCommunications Director Alaska Democratic Party

Wednesday, December 4 in Anchorage the bipartisan Indian Law andOrder Commission slammed the Parnell Administration’s record on rural lawenforcement, saying that Alaska is “fundamentally on the wrong track.” TheILOC recommended strengthening tribal sovereignty as a means to reduce vi-olence in rural areas, but the Parnell Administration responded with a lengthyletter that said “we disagree with the means you suggest to accomplish thatgoal” of reducing violence.

“We think Alaska is fundamentally on the wrong track with how it dealswith Alaska Natives, with an issue so important as sovereignty and self-de-termination,” said ILOC Chairman Troy Eid, a Republican and former UnitedStates Attorney appointed by George W. Bush. “I would hold my conserva-tive credentials to Attorney General Geraghty’s of the governor’ anytime,”Eid said yesterday as he criticized the Parnell record.

The Indian Law and Order Commission was established by Congress in2010 with legislation supported by the Alaska delegation. In its recently-is-sued report, ILOC said Alaska has the highest rates of domestic and sexualviolence while tribal governments have the least ability to address thosecrimes locally. The Commission characterized the lack of tribal sovereigntyas “indefensibly expensive to all Alaskans in terms of the human and eco-nomic toll.”

ILOC head Troy Eid said that when the Commission visited Tanana, “Awoman comes up to you in a room and says you know what Troy, everywoman in this room, everyone of us have been raped. And people start to

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Dear Editor:Just received the Dec. 19th Nome

Nugget, so expect by now manyfolks in Nome had info on the “Lookat the Past” photo. This view ofMarks Air Force Base (now theNome Airport) was taken by the AirTransport Command on 12/10,sometime during WW11. I believethat the last remaining structure inthis photo was the “Old BirchwoodHangar” that was demolished in themid-1980s. Nome was the last stopon the Russian Lend-Lease route,and from 1942 until Sept. 1945,Russian pilots flew 7,983 P39 fight-ers, A20 and B25 bombers, C47s,and other aircraft from Nome toSiberia. Great Photo!Joe Martin, Caroline, WI

Dear Nome Nugget EditorThis is an open letter to Sitnasuak

shareholders asking for support forthe Hobson Creek Hatchery. Thehatchery has been on SNC landsince 1999. It is a proven success.

We are asking Sitnasuak for a

long-term lease. The state requiresthat we have a long-term lease forexpanded operations.

My parents, Tommy and MyrtleJohnson, were founding members ofNome Fishermen’s Association in1993 shortly after the CDQ programcame along. We helped develop thesalmon plan for this region. I amnow a board member following inmy parents’ footsteps.

My mother was one of the five in-corporators of Sitnasuak Native Cor-poration. I am a shareholder and soare her grandchildren. She believedin fishing. She held a Norton Soundcommercial salmon permit, which Iinherited. She fished commerciallyand for subsistence from CapeNome to Golovin Bay.

Since the early 1980s, our salmonstocks haven’t been strong enoughfor commercial fishing and barelygood enough for subsistence. A lotof families used to depend on sub-sistence fishing. In my life, I haveseen it go from racks full of fish towhere the racks have rotted andfallen down through lack of use. We

need more fish and the HobsonCreek Hatchery can supply them.We’ve wasted too much time talk-ing.

The Sitnasuak land committeewill be meeting on our lease Janu-ary 8, 2014 at 1 PM in the Sitnasuakboardroom on the second floor ofthe SNC building.

I invite all concerned sharehold-ers to attend and voice your opin-ions and hopefully their decisionwill be to the benefit of all.Jackie JohnsonNome, AK

“Between a rock and a hard spot”It is not hard to compare some

within our government these days to“Ebenezer Scrooge”, or even “In-spector Javert of Les Miserables?”The problem, however, is that fartoo many of those who now lan-guish within politics have forgottenwhat it is like to do without evencommon necessities, or to struggle


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JanuaryShell drilling rig runs aground

The New Year was rung in withnews that Shell’s conical drill rigKulluk ran aground on the coast ofSitkalidak Island. Prior to NewYear’s Day, the tug boat Aiviq, whichtowed the propulsion-less Kulluk,experienced engine failure about 50miles south of Kodiak. The towlinesbetween the Aiviq and the Kullukalso broke lose. Subsequent effortsby several boats, including the CoastGuard cutter Alex Haley, failed to getthe Kulluk back under tow, asweather didn’t cooperate. The CoastGuard evacuated the Kulluk crew byhelicopter. After the weather calmed,the Kulluk was refloated and towedto Kiliuda Bay, where it remaineduntil it was towed to an unnamedharbor in Asia for repairs. The drillrig Kulluk as well as the drill unitNoble Discoverer and a support fleetof ships were en route from theChukchi and Beaufort Seas, whereShell had launched a first-ever ex-ploration for oil and gas in the outercontinental shelf areas off Alaska.Congress called for an investigationof the incident because the ground-ing amplified concerns of the indus-try’s readiness to drill in the Arcticenvironment. The Coast Guardlaunched a formal investigation intothe cause and circumstances of thegrounding.

U.S. Interior Secretary KenSalazar ordered an internal assess-ment of Shell’s exploration season.The EPA issued two notices of vio-lation for Clean Air Act permits forboth drill rigs, the Kulluk and theNoble Discoverer.

NOAA lists ringed and beardedseals as threatened species

Citing loss of sea ice and snowcover as the most significant con-cerns, the National Oceanic and At-mospheric Administration listed foursubspecies of ringed seals and twopopulations of bearded seals underthe Endangered Species Act. TheArctic, Okhotsk and Baltic sub-species of the ringed seals were clas-sified as threatened and the Ladogasubspecies of ringed seals was clas-sified as endangered. The Beringia

and Okhotsk populations of beardedseal were listed as threatened.

Coast Guard finds oily mess atfrozen-in tug Rustler

Coast Guard officials and a teamof environmental technicians trav-eled to Nome in January to clean uppetroleum products inside Mike Ben-choff’s tug boat Rustler, sittingfrozen in at the barge ramp at theNome boat harbor. The Coast Guardhad received a report of a potentialpollution threat. Instead of the self-reported 100 to 200 gallons of lubeoil, they found 600 gallons of as-sorted petroleum products on board.It took the crew more than five daysto clean up the boat. This was not thefirst time oil had spilled from one ofBenchoff’s vessels. In 2010, Ben-choff’s boat, the 99 cent Romance,froze in at the harbor and had nu-merous oil spills. In 2011, the Rustlerspilled product during the November2011 storm and froze in at the southwall of the small boat harbor. Ben-choff maintained he was being sin-gled out and unfairly treated by portofficials. After the incident, theNome Common Council voted toban Benchoff from using port facili-ties and impounded the Rustler. Thetug was removed after the Councilvoted in April to eject the boat fromits frozen position at the harbor. Ben-choff maintained that it was illegalfor the city to remove the vesselwhen parked in navigable waters of

the state. The Port tariff states thatthe port director can impound a ves-sel if provisions of the tariff are notobeyed or if the owner has failed toremove it after notice. The vesselwas removed at a price of more than$26,000.

Nome Judge Ben Esch retiresOn January 31, Superior Court

Judge Ben Esch hung up his robe toretire after 16 years of service to theNome Court System. Esch was thelongest sitting Superior Court Judgein Nome. Later in the year, Anchor-age lawyer Tim Dooley was ap-pointed by Governor Sean Parnell asEsch’s successor.

Metcalf appointed to be newNWC director

After 15 months serving as the in-terim director for the University ofFairbanks Nortwest Campus inNome, Bob Metcalf was named di-rector by College of Rural and Com-munity Development ViceChancellor Bernice Joseph. Metcalfhas been a resident of Nome for 35years and has worked at NWC for 22years.

Former director Lee Haugen re-signed in 2011 amidst allegations ofmailing marijuana to herself inNome.

Jeff King wins Kusko 300Notching his ninth Kuskokwim

300 victory, Jeff King, 56, of Denali

Park began the year 2013 by winningone of the most prestigious mid-dis-tance sled dog races in Alaska. Kingled a competitive field of 21 mush-ers, including second place winnerTony Browning, Bethel’s PeteKaiser, Paul Gebhard, Cym andRamey Smith, Rohn and MartinBuser, Mike Williams Sr. and MikeWilliams Jr., and Kotzebue’s pair

Katherine Keith and John Baker.King was place third in the Iditarod2013 and to win the Kobuk 440 inKotzebue.

Iron Dog racer injured in train-ing run

Evan Booth’s Iron Dog partnerTyler Huntington was seriously in-jured on January 28 during a practicerun to Galena. Three miles outside ofShaktoolik, Huntington hit a drift-wood log and crashed at 80 mph. Hesuffered a broken pelvis and internalinjuries. Huntington underwenthours of surgery and recovered at theAlaska Native Medical Center in An-chorage. With Huntington’s blessing,Booth teamed up with Iron Dog vet-eran Doug Dixon of Anchorage.

FebruaryWhere is the R. Foster Buildingto go?

The Museum and Library Com-mission voted in February to pursuea site north of Steadman Street as a

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YOUR HONORS— Superior Court Judge Ben Esch, right, congratu-lates Tim Dooley during his robing ceremony.

Bob Metcalf

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Nugget file photoIMRUK BASIN—This photo taken in June 2013 shows the tundra sloping north off the Kigluaik Mountain range into Imruk Basin.

• Graphite One plant to operate the mill and camp,”he wrote.

The company’s website advertisesthe project as being in close proxim-ity to intertidal waters (Imruk Basin),within a few miles of the road sys-tems — both the Teller andKougarok roads — and in a “pro-mining” jurisdiction. The property iscomprised of 129 claims totaling16,800 acres on claims bought fromthe Tweet family and on state andfederal lands.

The Graphite One Resources web-site erroneously states “Nome has adeep-sea port that is readily accessi-ble.”

Accessibility is an issue as the de-posit is located in a remote spothalfway between the Nome-TellerHighway and the Kougarok Road. Inorder to connect the deposit and po-tential mine, a road will have to bebuilt.

The product would then betrucked to a harbor and shipped toimporters such as Russia, China,Japan and South Korea. Accordingto Jack diMarchi with the DNR’sLarge Mine Team, the team helpsGraphite One to formulate an envi-ronmental baseline program.

“They need to characterize the en-vironment before they impact it,”said diMarchi. He added that thecompany is a long way from havinga mine plan and that –if the resource

proves up – permitting would nottake place for another three or fouryears after more exploration and en-vironmental work has been done.

Asked about the background ofthe company Besserer wrote thatGraphite One is a Canadian publiccompany, formerly called CedarMountain Exploration Inc., foundedin Vancouver, Canada in March2006. “Until 2012 we had a goldproject on the Seward Peninsula(Joint Venture/Option Agreementwith Ron Sheardown). When we ac-quired the Graphite Creek Project inJanuary 2012, we wanted to focus onthis deposit and changed our name toGraphite One Resources Inc. and nolonger have an interest in any otherproperties,” Besserer wrote. Thecompany’s head office is in Calgary,Alberta, with a second office in Van-couver.

Besserer has been a geologicalconsultant for a number of advancedprojects in Australia, Africa andCanada. “Other members of ourteam were also involved with a num-ber of advanced assets,” he wrote.“The Niblack Project in Alaska wasthe most recent. We also owned aportion of an operating nickel mine(Lanfranchi) in Australia and goldmine in Australia (Perserverance).

More recently, Jim Currie joinedour Board of Directors. He was theCOO of Newgold Inc. which put theNew Afton Gold Mine into produc-tion in Canada,” Besserer wrote.

For 2014, Graphite One plans toconduct another year of exploration.

If the deposit continues to look fa-vorable, Besserer went on, the com-pany wants to try to develop it asquickly as possible.

Asked about public engagementefforts, Besserer responded, “As we

start to understand the deposit anddetermine whether it is economic wewill actively engage the residents ofTeller and Nome through public con-sultations and informal meetings asnecessary.

“We have planning meetings inFairbanks in January where we will

schedule our community consulta-tions in advance and will advertisethis to ensure the people and share-holders know about the upcomingmeetings well in advance.”

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Nugget file photoSUBSISTENCE— Grantley Harbor and the Imruk Basin are used by Teller residents to harvest red andchum salmon.

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Nugget file photoHISTORIC— The image shows the Russian tanker Renda and the USCG icebreaker Healy parked in Nome’s frozen roadstead to deliver fuel to Nome. The late winter delivery was ini-tiated because Delta Western failed to deliver the fuel during the regular shipping season.

• Bonanza, Delta Western delivery up the coast to Red DogMine. That, and not weather, pre-vented the delivery, Bonanzaclaimed in court documents.

When the likelihood faded thatDW would deliver the fuel as agreed,Bonanza’s fuel program manager,Scot Henderson, tendered his resig-nation to Sitnasuak Native Corpora-tion’s president, Chuck Fagerstromin an e-mail, according to courtrecords. Bonanza Fuel is one of Sit-nasuak’s subsidiaries.

Fagerstrom did not accept Hen-derson’s resignation.

DW has asked for a detailed list ofthe extra expenses claimed by Bo-nanza, suggesting that $1.5 millionwas an inflated figure because VitusMarine knew Bonanza would seekcompensation from DW’s deeppockets.

Bonanza filed papers in court doc-umenting the price paid to Vitus Ma-rine for the fuel.

Bonanza settled on a plan to usethe Russian-flagged ice class tankerRenda after sorting through alterna-tives, including flying in fuel at thecost of many thousands of dollars,according to executives. Nome Joint

Utility System claimed its tanks weretoo short of surplus to sell to Bo-nanza.

Crowley Petroleum Distribution,another retailer in Nome, offered tosell some of its surplus to Bonanza,according to Bob Cox, vice presidentof fuel sales.

After considering the very highcost of flying in fuel at a quote of $3to $4 per gallon for air freight,Bo-nanza elected to barge the fuelthrough the ice as a business deci-sion, stated Jason Evans, Sitnasuakexecutive in January.

According to Bob Cox, vice pres-

ident of fuel sales at Crowley, hiscompany offered to sell surplus fuelto Bonanza at an undisclosed price,and to make fuel available fromCrowley’s storage in Kotzebue orFairbanks.

That fuel would have had to cometo Nome by airplane also, and theprice would have included the trans-portion cost to Fairbanks or Kotze-bue, Evans said during an interviewJan. 15.

DW denied Bonanza’s claim thata higher price for a larger oil cargohad caused DW to off-load Bo-nanza’s fuel order in favor of the Red

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DW also denied the contract withRed Dog contained a clause statingthat if DW made a November deliv-ery, DW would be locked into a fatcontract to supply Red Dog for thefollowing two years.

DW responded that logistics and aseasoned contract marine pilot’s de-cision turned back the barge headedfor Nome.


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• Year in Reviewlocation to build the new RichardFoster building. The Alaska Legisla-ture allocated $16 million for thebuilding, which is to house the City’sCarrie M. McLain Memorial Mu-seum and the Kegoayah Kozga Li-brary. Throughout the year, thepreferred location alternativeschanged several times. A proposal toplace the building at the playgroundnext to Old St. Joe’s and on parts ofAnvil City Square sparked an initia-tive to “Save the Park”. Eventuallythe city decided to purchase a 13-acre parcel fromAlaska Gold Co. atthe North end of Steadman Streetwith the idea to use it as the locationfor the new R. Foster Building.

NSHC begins move into new Nor-ton Sound Regional Hospital

With the completion of the newNorton Sound Regional Hospital lo-cated at Greg Kruschek Avenue,Norton Sound Health Corporationaimed to finalize the move into thenew facilities by January 30. How-ever, citing the need for more time totrain staff on new equipment, offi-cials postponed the move to be com-pleted by March 5.

By January, dental care, eye care,audiology, CAMP, finance, humanresources and administration depart-ments had been moved to the newsite.

Nome port and Port Clarenceidentified as potential deep draftports

A study released by the ArmyCorps of Engineers and the AlaskaDepartment of Transportation andPublic Facilities put Nome and PortClarence on a short list of potentialdeep-draft Arctic harbors to be built.

Diminishing summer sea ice, theincrease in shipping traffic throughthe Bering Strait and resource devel-opment off Alaska’s coast spurredthe study. The agencies worked on afeasibility analysis that will be com-pleted in 2014.

Maritime Symposium held inNome

Residents of the Bering Strait areincreasingly concerned about the im-pact of increased marine traffic andresource development in the Arctic.In order to shed some light on ongo-ing developments, UAF’s MarineAdvisory Program agent GaySheffield organized the first BeringStrait Maritime Symposium, held inNome.

Nome Public Schools Superin-tendent resigns

On Feb. 12, amidst murky circum-stances, Superintendent MichaelBrawner handed a resignation letterto the Nome Board of Education.The circumstances were not madepublic but resulted in an investiga-tion by the Alaska ProfessionalTeaching Practices Commission.

Reasons for Brawner’s resignation

were not revealed until the Commis-sion issued a severe reprimand inApril, stating that Brawner violatedthe Alaska Administrative Code ofEthics and Teaching Standards.Specifically, the commission referredto the section that states, “an educa-tor may not sexually harass a fellowemployee.”

In his letter, Brawner said circum-stances beyond his control requiredhim to be with family. Brawnerbegan working in Nome in July2011. He left Nome in March 2013.Nome Beltz High School personneland special programs director SteveGast was appointed to fill the Super-intendent’s position in the interim.

After a search for a new superin-tendent, the Board of Educationhired Gast as the permanent Superin-tendent, offering him a two-year con-tract.

Kawerak celebrates 40 yearsOn the date of its formal incorpo-

ration on February 20, Kawerak Inc.kicked off a yearlong celebration tocommemorate 40 years as the re-gion’s non-profit Native organiza-tion. Kawerak board chairmanRobert Keith said that Kawerak hascome a long way in its 40 years ofchallenges and successes to improvethe social, economic, political andcultural conditions in the BeringStrait and Norton Sound.

Kawerak started out with two em-ployees and a $ 13,000 budget totoday’s 301 full-time employees anda budget of $35 million.

Second Paul Johnson Memorialrace shortened

A winter storm and bitter coldwind chill temperatures halted thesecond Paul Johnson Memorial sleddog race in Shaktoolik, after the par-ticipating eight mushers had made itto Shaktoolik. The race was to be a450-mile run from Unalakleet toKaltag, back to Unalakleet and upthe coast along the Iditarod trail toNome. Bad weather crossed thoseplans and race officials decided toturn the race around from Shaktoolikback to Unalakleet with the winnerbeing the first musher to arrive inUnalakleet. Bethel’s Pete Kaiser wonthe race.

Nome’s Mike Morgan placesthird in Iron Dog

Mark McKenna and Dusty Van-Meter won the 2013 Iron Dog snow-machine race, completing their trekfrom Big Lake to Nome and on toFairbanks in 36 hours and 58 minutesof trail time. One hour and 18 min-utes later, Nomeite Mike Morgan andhis partner Chris Olds finished thegrueling race in third place. Nome’sEvan Booth and his partner DougDixon had to scratch in Galena ontheir way to Fairbanks, due to a me-chanical.

MarchMitch Seavey wins 41st Iditarod

Out of a competitive field of 64

mushers in the 2013 Iditarod TrailSled Dog race, Mitch Seavey of Se-ward won the grueling race in a timeof nine days, seven hours and 39minutes. Mitch Seavey was the 2004champion and is the father of the2012 champion Dallas Seavey. Justlike his son in 2012, he had to con-tend with Two Rivers musher AliyZirkle, who put on a fight to the lastminute but saw herself outrun againby a Seavey in the race for first place.Aliy Zirkle arrived under the burledarch 24 minutes after Mitch Seavey.Jeff King finished in third place, fol-lowed by Dallas Seavey in fourth po-sition.

Esparza wins Nome-Golovinsnowmachine race

Shanta Esparza of Golovin wonthe 2013 Nome-Golovin Snowma-chine race in two hours and eightminutes of trail time. In all, 44 snow-machine racers started in four divi-sions to hit the 200-mile racecourseto Golovin and back to Nome. WhileNome’s Buddy Okleasik traded thelead back and forth throughout therace with Esparza, a torn track de-cided his fate at Fort Davis and hehad to scratch. Bob Saccheus of Elimwon the 0-600 cc division, GabeSchaeffer of Kotzebue won the fan-cooled class and Dora Hughes wonthe women’s division.

BSSD superintendent Rob Picouresigned

After three years on the job,Bering Strait School District Super-intendent Rob Picou resigned for

personal reasons. Picou served outthe remainder of his contract andschool year. The BSSD board even-tually picked Brett Agenbroad of Ari-zona to replace Picou after anationwide search resulted in eightfinalists who applied for the job.

Nome hosts science conferenceThe sixth annual Western Alaska

Interdisciplinary Science Conferencewas held at Northwest Campus, fea-turing three days of presentationsfrom scientists who have conductedresearch in Western Alaska. The sci-entists updated attendees on water-shed issues, subsistence speciesmapping, food security assessmentsand studies on the influence of sub-sistence practices on cultural tradi-tions.

Nome Kennel Club holds firstcompetitive race in years

The excited barking of local sleddogs rang through Nome once againas the Nome Kennel Club ran the in-augural Equinox Sled Dog Race – athree-day event – from March 24-26.Six local teams showed up at thestarting line and all six finished theevent. The first day, the race took theteams on a 15-mile trail, the follow-ing two days the course was 30miles. Nils Hahn won the event in anelapsed time of six hours, 21 min-utes. Second place went to DianaHaecker, third to Rolland Trow-bridge, fourth to Kirsten Bey, fifth toStephanie Johnson and sixth to JanetBalice.

Nome gets yarn-bombedIn order to bring awareness to the

Governor’s “Choose Respect” initia-tive, Nome knitters “yarn-bombed”Anvil Square and dressed the ThreeLucky Swedes plus the giant goldpan in hand-knitted and crochetedgarments. Yarn bombing is a termused when decorating public land-marks with handcrafted artwork tobring attention to a cause. In thiscase, it was the “Choose Respect”month of March to combat domesticviolence and sexual abuse.

Nome’s Postmaster retiresLaura Barnhill, Nome’s U.S. Post-

master, retired in March after threeyears on the job in Nome. Barnhillsaid she wasn’t ready to retire, butfamily health issues forced her tocloser to medical facilities with car-dio care units. Sherrie Madden wasappointed to be her successor at theNome Post Office.

AprilKawerak Regional Conferencecelebrates 40 years

The 2013 Kawerak Regional Con-ference was held on April 9 through11 at the Nome Rec Center, featuringdays of networking and renewingcontacts. This year’s motto was“Owning our future while Celebrat-ing our Past.” The conference offerededucational presentations such as theU.S. Coast Guards tribal outreach;the drafting of wills; research onmanagement of marine subsistenceresources and on mental wellness. Lt.Gov. Mead Treadwell, poet JoanKane, Iditarod 2011 champion JohnBaker and ICC Alaska presidentJimmy Stotts gave speeches. Dancegroups from several communitiesperformed during the evenings to thedelight of the audience.

Fairbanks climber injured on Mt.Osborn

Fairbanks climber Andy Sterns,46, was rescued from Mount Osbornafter a rock fall that broke his legs.His climbing partner Ian McRae ofNome saved the man’s life by gettinghim off the accident site on the northface of the ominous Mt. Osborn,keeping him hydrated, warm andsafe until help arrived. Although theycarried a SPOT emergency beacondevice with them, the reception be-hind the remote mountain on thenorth side was bad and it took sev-eral tries and venturing away fromtheir base camp to get authoritiesalerted to the needed help. Theclimbers were rescued by NomeSearch and Rescue and Sterns wasflown by helicopter from their basecamp. Sterns recovered from his in-juries.

Hunters still report hairless sealsA Nome subsistence hunter re-

ported the harvest of an oogrukshowing symptoms of the diseasethat broke out in 2011 and left hun-


Photo by Al GrilloTWO TIME WINNER— 2013 Iditarod Champion Mitch Seavey withlead dogs Tanner and Taurus.

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dreds of seals hairless or dead. Thebreakout of the disease is still underfederal investigation as an “unusualmortality event”. Symptoms of thedisease included bald seals, skinsores and apathy. The UME investi-gation has still not yielded any re-sults on the cause of the disease. TheNational Oceanic and AtmosphericAdministration ruled out an infec-tious cause as the primary reason forthe sick seals. In 2012, the BeringStrait region reported 53 animalsbearing UME symptoms, but theywere considered “survivors” of the2011 outbreak. There were no sealsseen with symptoms in the NorthSlope region.

Booth wins Kotzebue snowma-chine race

After a rough year competing,Evan Booth won the prestigiousArchie Ferguson/Willie Goodwin Sr.Memorial Snowmachine race inKotzebue. Booth finished the race-course from Kotzebue to Noorvik,Kiana, Selawik and back to Kotze-bue in two hours, 41 minutes and 31seconds. Nome’s Jarvis Miller racedto second place in two hours, 48 min-utes and 45 seconds. NomeitesBuddy Okleasik and Jordan Millerwere forced to scratch after Ok-leasik’s track broke and Millercrashed.

Jarvis Miller wins Nome Cannon-ball race

Ten snowmachine drivers gath-ered for one last race on the fastmelting trails around Nome. Theadult racers braved the rough trailand ran five laps for a total of 150miles. Jarvis Miller won the adult di-vision. Juniors had to race only twolaps. Christopher Reader took firstplace in the junior division. DonnyJohnson won the 0-600 cc division.

MaySt. Lawrence Island whalers landsix whales

Savoonga whaling captainsCharles Edwards, Floyd KingeekukJr., Larry Kingeekuk and CarlPelowook Jr. and their crews landeda whale during spring whaling sea-son. In Gambell, whaling captainsLloyd Apatiki and Tyre Ungottlanded two whales. Little Diomedeand Wales whalers were not able toland whales in the spring.

Winter shows no sign of leavingWhile the winter of 2012/2013

was an average winter without ex-treme records set or broken, thespring of 2013 seemed to not arriveat all. The month of May broke fourrecords for cold temperatures andsnowfall.

ADF&G reports record king crabharvest

The commercial winter Red Kingcrab harvest ended on May 15 withboth record harvest of 22,630 crabs(62,158 pounds) and record prices of$6.73 per pound paid by buyers. Inall, 26 commercial crabbers deliv-ered their harvests to three buyers,namely Norton Sound Seafood Prod-ucts, Robin Thomas and Frank Mc-Farland.

Nome grads recruited to play col-lege basketball

Nome-Beltz High School gradu-ates Devynn and Dylan Johnsonsigned letters of intent with WallaWalla Community College in Ore-gon. Dominic Hall signed on withNorthwest Indian College in Belling-ham, Washington.

BSSD shines at State NYO com-petition

Apaay Campbell of Gambell seta world record in knee jumping at55 ½ inches to win the gold medalat the 2013 State Native YouthOlympics held in Anchorage. StuartTowarak of Unalakleet defended hisrecord of 114 inches in the One-Foot High kick. Towarak alsoearned the State Most OutstandingMale Performer award at the event.

JuneCouncil votes to put museum on

Anvil City SquareNome Common Council voted to

build the R. Foster building which isto house the City’s museum and li-brary on Anvil City Square. The de-cision prompted a public outcry anda petition with 141 signatures waspresented to the council in hopes toreverse their opinion, which it did.The council reconsidered and de-cided to put the Foster building at theoriginally planned site, north ofSteadman, on land purchased fromAlaska Gold.

Nome gets new JudgeThe robing ceremony for Nome

Superior Court Judge Tim Dooleytook place in early June, withSupreme Court Justice Daniel Win-free and Superior Court JudgeMichael Jeffrey of Barrow leadingthe ceremonial installation and offi-cial swearing-in. Dooley was ap-pointed in April by Governor SeanParnell, after Superior Court JudgeBen Esch retired from the Nomecourt system after 16 years of serv-ice.

Covenant Church gets new placeof worship

The look of the corner of BeringStreet and Front Street changed dra-matically over the summer as theold Covenant church was torndown, the former Madden housewas moved and what used to be theKnodel’s Trading Post shop wasturned into a Covenant Youth Cen-ter. Over the course of the summer,construction crews with the Samari-tan Purse built a new church fromthe ground up and finished theirwork by the winter.

Army Corps of Engineers con-ducts deep-draft port study

With marine traffic increasingthrough the Bering Strait due to di-minishing summer sea ice, the ArmyCorps of Engineers and the State’sDept. of Transportation teamed up toinvestigate the effects of a deep draftarctic port at Nome and PortClarence. The agencies held meet-ings in Nome, Teller and Brevig Mis-sion in order to scope public opinionon the prospect of ports in the region.Nome’s leadership supports the de-velopment of a deep-draft arctic portin Nome for reasons of economic de-velopment and as a base for emer-gency responses in the Bering Straitand Chukchi Sea.

In Teller, residents told the Corpsthat they observe an increase in shiptraffic in the last few years. Con-cerned with the reality that their sub-sistence way of life may change duethe increase in traffic and humanpresence, Teller residents asked for acreation of a marine buffer zone toprotect subsistence resources nearshore.

The Corps analyzed the commentsand is in the process to write a draftEnvironmental Impact Statement.The final release of the EIS is sched-uled for Nov. 2014.

Bering Sea Alliance brings oilcompanies to Wales

A newly formed group calledBering Sea Alliance LLC brought to-gether representatives from Shell,Conoco Phillips and Statoil to Walesin order start a dialogue of what hap-pens when – and if – oil and gas re-source development starts offshore

of Alaska’s coast. The Bering Sea Al-liance LLC consists of severalBering Strait and Norton Sound vil-lage corporations who wish to havea seat at the table and a voice whenpolicies affecting the region arebeing made. Also, the BSA LLCwants to make sure that economicand job opportunities are available tolocal residents as development oc-curs. All three oil companies didn’tplan any exploration activity off-shore this year.

JulyNJUS installs wind turbines

Nome Joint Utilities System in-stalled two giant wind turbines ontop of Banner Ridge, where 16smaller turbines already spin windinto electricity. NJUS began operat-ing the wind farm called BannerWind LLC in July Banner Wind LLCis co-owned by Bering Straits NativeCorporation and Sitnasuak NativeCorp. The two new 165-feet tallwind turbines were installed in Julyand in operation in August.

New Snake River Bridge builtThe building of a new Snake River

Bridge from Seppala Drive to PortRoad was a major construction proj-ect going on this summer. The Dept.of Transportation and contractor Pro-West had begun driving in pilings forthe piers in 2012 and continued toconstruct the bridge by Oct. 2013.The bridge replaces the old woodenabutment bridge that connects PortRoad and Seppala Drive north of theSnake River.

2013 Gold RushGold miners arrived in Nome for

the summer offshore mining seasonwith several new concepts of goldextraction machinery. Most notablewas the increase in so-called surfcrawlers, large mechanical dredgesand two new jack-up rigs that dottedNorton Sound in front of Nome. TheDept. of Environmental Conserva-tion and other agencies were alertedto a hydraulic oil spill that originatedfrom one of the surf crawlers on July6.

Nome has new HarbormasterLong-time Harbormaster Joy

Baker announced her retirement inJuly. Assistant Harbormaster LucasStotts was promoted to fill the posi-tion. Baker is still working for theCity of Nome as the special projectsmanager for port development andexpansion projects.

Redistricting saga continuedThe Alaska Redistricting Board

adopted a new conceptual electionmap for the 2014 elections. The newmap shows District 39-T being closerto the boundaries before the 2012election cycle. The map includesShishmaref to the North, Huslia andRuby to the east and Hooper Bay andChevak in the south.

Redrawing Alaska’s political maphas been a long process since the2010 census produced updated pop-ulation numbers. After the Redis-tricting Board decided on 2012 map,the Alaska Supreme Court orderedthe board to redraw the lines becausefour House districts didn’t pass con-stitutional muster. An Alaska Supe-rior Court ruling said that the boardmust hold public hearings when newplans are presented. Then, the U.S.Supreme court issued a decision thatcut several steps out of the redistrict-ing process. In July the boardadopted the new map.

Nome teen crowned Miss AlaskaJunior Teen

Nome’s Allaryce Agloina, 15, wascrowned Miss Alaska Junior Teen atthe Alaska Miss America Coed pag-

eant held in Anchorage. Her sisterAver won third place in the pageant’spre-teen division. Allaryce went onto represent Alaska in the nationwideMiss America Junior Teen pageant inOrlando, Florida.

VPO shot by bootleggerBuckland Village Police Officer

Lorin Geary, 48, was shot by GaryBallot, 40, when the police officerintercepted Ballot in the attempt toimport alcohol to the local optioncommunity of Buckland. Geary re-covered from his injuries. Ballotpleaded guilty and is awaiting sen-tencing that is scheduled for Febru-ary 3 2014 in Kotzebue.

Test well drilled at Pilgrim HotSprings

In order to gauge the potential todevelop geothermal energy at Pil-grim Hot Spring to supplementNome’s power supply, the severalagencies and organizations got theball rolling to drill a test well at Pil-grim. Results were not conclusive atthe end of the drill season, but effortsare still underway to conduct more

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• Legislative update at the Nome City Council Chambers on Monday, January 6 from 6 pm to 7:30 pm

• Open house with coffee & tea in the legislative information office in the State Building on Tuesday, January 7 from noon to 3 pm

The State Legislature will reconvene on January 21, and we would like to hear yourthoughts on issues important to you and all our communities.

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WIND POWER— NJUS installed two new turbines at Banner Ridge.

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tests that will guide the course of ac-tion in the future.

AugustNome records first commercialchum harvest in decades

The Alaska Dept. of Fish andGame reported the first commercialchum harvest in the Nome subdis-trict. Two permit holders participatedin the commercial fishery. The Nomesubdistrict escapement range goal of23,000 to 35,000 fish was met.

Red king crab fishery slow insummerThe Alaska Dept. of Fish and Gamehas moved the closed area boundaryfor the commercial king crab fisherythree miles closer to Nome to helpcrabbers harvest the Norton Soundsummer quota. The harvest startedslow. Thirty of 35 permit holders de-livered only 144,000 pounds of atotal harvest level of 495,600 poundsby August.

St. Lawrence Island suffers dis-mal walrus harvest

The spring hunt for walrus, thestaple of families living on St.Lawrence Island, didn’t yield enoughanimals to fill the freezers for thewinter. Senator Donnie Olson andRep. Neal Foster petitioned the Gov-ernor to declare an economic disas-ter for the island. Adverse weatherand ice conditions kept hunters frompursuing walrus during the peak timeof their migration.

Hunters managed to harvest only340 animals. In the past decade theharvest ranged between a low of 666animals and a high of 1,394 animals.The governor declared an economicdisaster but the declaration had littleeffect on the stark reality of emptyfreezers. The organization Alaska

Community on Toxins and KawerakInc. began collecting money andfood donations to send to the com-munities of Gambell and Savoonga.NSEDC donated frozen fish; a largefish processor donated a connex fullof canned salmon.

Council puts money down forFoster building

The Nome Common Councilvoted to move ahead with schematicdesign services for the Richard Fos-ter Building. The council approvedpayment of nearly $300,000 to ar-chitects ECI/Hyer Inc. Kawerak Inc.and the City are pursuing another$2.8 million to build a separate spacefor Kawerak’s Beringia CulturalCenter.

Relay swimmers cross BeringStrait

An international team of 60 cold-water swimmers braved the freezingwaters of the Bering Strait when theyswam relay-style from Russia toAlaska. The swimmers were fromRussia, the US, the UK, SouthAfrica, Ireland, Italy, Poland, CzechRepublic, Australia, Chile, Finland,Latvia and Estonia. They were ac-companied on their 48-mile longswim relay by a Russian naval hos-pital ship.

The swim was dedicated to the365th anniversary of Dezhnev’s ex-pedition, the 70th anniversary of theAlaska-Siberian Airway and the 25th

anniversary of the Friendship Flightfrom Nome to Provideniya.

Civilians rescue stranded boaterIn a string of unfortunate events, a

boater who was stranded at SafetySound had to wait days to be rescuedfrom his predicament. While a civil-ian passenger in a local airplane no-

tified the troopers of having seen aman in a boat waving a white trashbag for help, Carl Toshavik was notrescued until a day later, when an-other local pilot noticed the elderlyman sitting slumped over in his boat.He landed his plane nearby, roundedup some help and got Toshaviksafely to Norton Sound RegionalHospital.

The troopers were looking into theincident and conducted an internalinvestigation why no search and res-cue was initiated.

Unalakleet hosts Chinook summitIn order to come up with a game

plan to find a course of action thatwould bring back Chinook salmon toSouthern Norton Sound, Art Ivanofforganized a Chinook Summit in Au-gust in Unalakleet. Subsistence stakeholders from Norton Sound, Bethel,Tanana Chiefs Conference region aswell as high level Alaska Dept. ofFish and Game officials, the Gover-nor’s rural affairs advisor, state Leg-islators Donnie Olson and Rep. NealFoster and staff to Senator LisaMurkowski, North Pacific FisheriesCouncil members and NSEDC staffand board members convened forone day to discuss how to restoreonce abundant king salmon runs.

Wes Perkins back at TelAlaskaAfter two and a half years of re-

covering from a near-fatal grizzlybear attack, Nome’s Wes Perkins hasreached his ultimate goal of beingback at his old job as the TelAlaskaarea supervisor. Perkins was attackedand severely injured by a grizzlybear during a 2011 spring hunt atSkookum Pass. After more than 25surgeries and two years of healingand recovery, Perkins reclaimed hisold office at TelAlaska and said hewas the happiest man on earth.

White House advisor visits NomeDr. Brendan Kelly, the assistant di-rector for Polar Science at the WhiteHouse traveled to Nome in August togather input for the implementationplan of President Barack Obama’sNational Strategy for the Arctic.Kelly helped formulate the strategypaper. Kelly said a common BeringStrait vision of where the region seesitself in the long term future wouldhelp to take an active role in themanagement of the Arctic.

Kelly said the term “integratedArctic management” used in the Na-tional Strategy asks for local in-volvement that invites the BeringStrait region to come up with its ownvision and plan to ask back: How dothe government and resource devel-opers fit into our plan?

Nugget file photoNOME PORT AND SMALL BOAT HARBOR— Nome’s harbor facilities are bound to play a larger role in the grand scheme of Arctic marine traffic increase. The City of Nome pur-sues funding to expand the port. Federal and state agencies study the feasibility of turning the Port of Nome into a deep-draft arctic sea port.

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continued on page 9SNAKE RIVER BRIDGE REPLACEMENT— Construction of the new Snake River bridge was completedin fall 2013.

CHOSEN SITE FOR FOSTER BUILDING— The City of Nome purchased 13 acres, pictured here at the endof Steadman Ave. to build the R. Foster Building that will house the City’s Carrie M. McLain MemorialMueum and the city’s library and potentially an add-on to house Kawerak’s Beringia Cultural Center.

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• Year in Review Parent charged after hittingteacher at Anvil City ScienceAcademy

Parent Wilma Osborne wascharged with three counts of assaultafter assaulting ACSA teacher andprincipal Todd Hindman on August27 and a count of assault for hitting apolice officer. After family postedbail, Osborne returned to the schoolthe next day, but wasn’t able to enterthe premises because the school ini-tiated lock-down procedures.

Osborne’s lawyer Myron Angst-man argued for psychiatric evalua-tion.

The court approved the evaluationand ordered Osborne to fly to An-chorage. However, Osborne violatedconditions of her release when sheran away from the airport as she wasready get on the Anchorage flight inSeptember.

Alaska Airlines reduces flightservice to Nome

On August 25, the new flightschedule of Alaska Airlines went intoeffect that reduced flights to andfrom the Gold Rush City from threedaily flights to two. The flight reduc-tion also cut out the loop that used toconnect Nome to Kotzebue in a di-rect flight.

SeptemberGold dredge burns in harbor

The gold dredge Argo went up inflames in the Nome Small Boat Har-bor on Monday, Sept. 9. The fire en-gulfed the small dredge. It wasparked at the south wall of the har-bor. The fishing vessel Erica Reneeand its crew came quickly to the res-cue and doused the flames. TheNome Volunteer Fire Department ar-rived to get the fire quickly undercontrol. Nobody was injured in theordeal, but the dredge was totaled.

NVFD Chief Matt Johnson saidthe fire started from an oil-firedspace heater inside the boat’s cabin.

Surfcrawler tips overA surfcrawler operating in the surf

zone on West Beach tipped over intoa depression on the ocean floor andhad a hard time crawling out again.DNR mining administrator ByronRedburn and DEC’s Nick Dallmanwere conducting a water turbiditysurvey when they came upon thetipped over rig. According to Red-burn, no oil spilled from the sur-

fcrawler and no citations wereissued.

U.S. Senator Mark Begich visitstown

Sen. Mark Begich came to Nomeon Sept. 14 to conduct a one-hourtown hall meeting and to hold a lis-tening session on the reauthorizationof the Magnuson-Stevens Act.Among grievances vented at thetown-hall meeting were frustrationswith Alaska Airlines dropping oneflight from the daily three flights andcutting the Nome to Kotzebue loop.He also heard Teller’s frustration ofstill not having water and sewer serv-ices and of living in third world con-ditions. Begich heard of the need foran alcohol and drug treatment centerin Nome and frustrations concerningoffshore gold mining outfits hamper-ing subsistence fishing at Fort Davis.

Brown bears shot in townTwo grizzly bears were shot

within city limits after having been

identified as nuisance wildlife byAlaska Dept. of Fish and Game offi-cials. The first bear was shot andonly wounded by a Nome Police of-ficer in the Lester Bench neighbor-hood. The bear was not found, deadnor alive. A second bear was shot andkilled near Sixth Avenue, also by apolice officer. Several bear sightingswere reported in Nome and sur-rounding settlements until late in theyear.

OctoberCity elections

Only 34.15 percent of Nome’s reg-istered voters showed up at thepolling places for the municipal elec-tion. Mayor Denise Michels received82 percent of the votes, winning themayor seat once more. Tom Sparksand Pat Krier, running for Seat A,had to face each other in a runoffelection that was won by incumbentSparks. Jerald Brown defeated LouieGreen Jr. for Seat E; Matt Culley,running unopposed for a seat vacatedby Josie Stiles, received 53 percentof the votes, beating 302 write-ins forJim Abbott. Pat Knodel won a seat atthe utility board. Berda Willson won91.6 percent to remain on the utilityboard. School board Seat E incum-bent Barb Amarok won over chal-lenger Brandy Arrington.

Nome woman dies of headtrauma

Jothilda Noongwook, 50, died ofhead injuries on Oct. 5 that she suf-fered on Sept. 18 at residence onCampbell Way. The Nome PoliceDepartment responded to a report ofan unconscious female who was un-responsive. Noongwook was taken toNorton Sound Regional Hospitalwhere head trauma was diagnosed.She was taken to the Alaska NativeMedical Center where she died onOct. 5. The State Medical Exam-iner’s office assumed jurisdiction inconducting a review of the cause ofdeath. The NPD investigation alsocontinued. NPD has not responded torequests on the status of the investi-gation.

Alaska Airlines under fire forchanged schedule

The impact of Alaska Airlines’changed schedule took a few weeksto be fully understood by Nomeites,Nome’s businesses and medical fa-cilities. In a Nome Chamber of Com-merce meeting, Alaska Airlines

representatives were present to heargrievances from citizens. Fresh flow-ers for the local flower shop don’t getto Nome in time and if they do at in-creased costs; groceries are some-times delayed in arriving and whileshelves in Nome are empty, perish-ables stack up in Anchorage. Underthe new schedule Nomeites can’t doday trips to Anchorage for businessor medical reasons anymore, travel toAnchorage now involves hotel staysat extra costs. The representatives lis-tened and promised to stay in touchwith Nome’s Chamber of Commerceto see what can be done to alleviatesome of the negative impacts of theschedule change.

Court grants protective order inOlanna vs. Smith

Nome’s Judge Tim Dooleygranted a six-month stalking protec-tive order sought by Kyan Olannaagainst Tim Smith. Olanna is an at-torney for NSEDC residing in An-chorage. She alleged that Nome

resident Tim Smith stalked her, andthat his conduct placed her in fear ofphysical harm. Smith had been criti-cal of NSEDC and was banned fromthe organization’s board meetingsafter refusing to turn off a taperecorder during a committee sessionat a NSEDC board meeting in whichhe wanted to testify at the time allot-ted for public comment.

Further limiting public participa-tion, NSEDC’s board voted in De-cember to limit their meetings toresidents of the NSEDC membercommunities, effectively disallowinglong-time Nome Nugget reporterLaurie McNicholas, who covered theNSEDC beat for years, to continueattending NSEDC meetings. McNi-cholas recently moved to Anchorage.

Shishmaref votes to stay dryDuring municipal election, Shish-

maref voters decided to keep the vil-lage dry. A proposal to lift the ban ofalcohol was on the ballot during theelection. Mayor Stan Tocktoo re-ported that 124 voters cast their voteto stay dry, whereas 98 voters wantedto Shishmaref to allow alcohol.

November Nomeites vote yes on Fluoride

As Nome voters headed to thepolls again on Nov. 5 to decide in arun-off election whether Tom Sparksor Pat Krier should win a seat at theCommon Council, they also had thechance to say if they are for oragainst water fluoridation.

Sparks won and the voters decidedto return fluoride into the City’swater supply. In all, 220 voters werefor, 160 against the fluoridation.

Nome man survives fall into icyNome harbor

Nome’s Howard Farley, 81, sur-vived a fall into the icy waters of theNome small boat harbor when heslipped while trying to go from onefishing vessel to another. Accordingto eyewitnesses, Farley spent nearly30 minutes in the water while helperstried to get him out. During the fall,Farley dislocated a shoulder, so hisrescuers were trying not to hurt himwhile fishing him out of the water.

They ended up pulling him on hisarms out of the water. Farley recov-

ered from the ordeal and the dislo-cated shoulder.

Bering Sea storms pound WesternAlaska

A succession of storms batteredwestern Alaska with high winds, ris-ing waters, snow, hail, sleet andfreezing rain. The most significantdamage was reported from Kotlik,St. Michael and Stebbins. Rising wa-ters damaged homes, roads and otherinfrastructure. Relief efforts went un-derway to collect money, clothes andhousehold items for the seven fami-lies that were displaced from theirhomes in Stebbins. Governor SeanParnell issued state disaster declara-tions for several Norton Sound andBering Strait communities. Kotlikwas hit the worst and emergency re-lief workers found that 111 Kotlikresidents, are in need of individualdisaster assistance and 31 householdshave been severely affected by thestorms.

GCI connects Nome to broad-band internet

GCI completed its TERRA North-west system and connected Nome toa system of fiber optic cable and a se-ries of microwave towers that allowsfor faster internet speed than previ-ously available via satellite connec-tion. GCI plans to expand thenetwork to Kotzebue in 2014.

AIDEA pursues Road to AmblerMining District

Canadian exploration companyNovaCopper has its eyes fixed on thecopper deposit at the Ambler miningdistrict, but needs to gain accessthrough 220 miles of pristine wilder-ness. The Alaska Industrial Develop-ment and Export Authority AIDEA isnow looking at the potential to buildan industrial access road to Amblerand seeks to find an investor whowould build, maintain and operatethat industrial road. The proposal ofthe road and the potential mine is ofconcern for communities along theway.

DecemberUnusual weather rings in warmDecember

The first week of December saw

Nomeites dress in raingear ratherthan snowpants as a Pineapple Ex-press system first dumped 3.7 inchesof wet snow on Nome. Within a fewdays, temperatures rose to above thefreezing mark and snow turned torain. The resulting ice on roads andsurfaces stopped business as usual.Nome Public Schools canceledschool and most public meetings orevents were canceled or postponed.

Avian cholera to blame for deadmigratory birds

An outbreak of avian cholera wasresponsible for the death of hundredsof birds that had washed up dead atSt. Lawrence Island beaches. Threebirds were sent in to the USGS’s Na-tional Wildlife Health Center and thelab confirmed that the birds diedfrom the bacterial infection causedby what is known as avian cholera.This is the first time that an outbreakof avian cholera was detected inAlaska.

Nome loses police officers tohigher pay elsewhere

The Nome Police Department cur-rently has only four police officers onpatrol, with a fifth out due toworker’s comp and two communityservice officers helping to pick up theslack. NPD Chief John Papasodorasaid low pay, high costs of living,high rents and better benefits else-where keep NPD officers from re-maining in town. Sgt. Ian Koenigmoved to Soldotna in early Decem-ber and another police officer is alsoset to leave soon.

Nome Common Council memberspromised to look at the issue.

Nome tackles safe route to schoolsNome Eskimo Community re-

ceived a grant from the Dept. ofTransportation to develop a SafeRoutes to School plan to make thetrip to Nome’s Elementary Schoolsafer for kids than it currently is.During a public meeting plannerNicole McCullough said that severaloptions are available to make theroads and the parking lot aroundNES safer. Once a plan is put inplace, NEC will pursue more fund-ing to implement recommendationsfrom the plan.

NOVEMBER STORM— A series of storms in November wreaked havoc in western Alaska communities. Kot-lik, pictured here, was hit the worst.

BARELY FROZEN— Unusually warm weather for December kept Nomeites dressed in rain gear and eventhe ocean took its time to slowly freeze up.

LISTENING— U.S. Senator Mark Begich held a listening session relat-ing to the reauthorization of the Magnusson-Stevens Act at the Kawerakboard room in September.

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The New Year

has begun. Time to

make some waves,

Capricorn. Confront

the situation head-on

and make your stance

clear. You are in the

majority.

Pish-posh, Aquarius.

Just because so-and-so

says something is true

does not mean it is.

Pay them no heed. A

transportation crisis

comes to a conclusion.

Surely you can do

better, Pisces. Step up

to the plate and show

your team what you

are made of. An audit

uncovers a way to

save for a rainy day.

Vacation opportunities

are hard to come by

these days, Aries.

Don’t pass up a

friend’s invite. A tickle

of the ivories sets the

stage for a wonderful

party.

Efficiency is of

the essence, Taurus.

Take care with your

approach. An elderly

pal could use some

one-on-one time. A

letter bears praise for

an idea.

Look out, Gemini.

A mystery at work

is about to unravel.

A change in protocol

at home provides a

welcome change of

pace. A mentor drops

by for a chat.

Ask and you shall

receive. It really is

that simple this week,

Cancer. A small

modification at home

boosts spirits big time.

A deadline is near.

Uh-huh, Leo. Flattery

won’t get you where

you need to this week.

Hard work is key. Dig

in deep. A foe turns

friend. Celebrate with

a night on the town.

Yes, indeed, Virgo.

Trouble is most

certainly brewing

at home, but it does

not involve you. Steer

clear of the mess and

focus on a long-suffer-

ing friend.

Listless Libra. Cheer

up. A project is on the

way. Menu choices

expand as the budget

grows bigger. Time

to get out the recipe

books and get cooking.

Party plans begin to

take shape with help

from an old friend.

Bravo, Scorpio!

Reward them for

their efforts with an

invitation to some-

place nice.

Small acts of kind-

ness do wonders for

a senior. Make it a

habit, Sagittarius, and

the relationship will

blossom. The clutter

bug sets in at home.

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Curtis Thayer named actingCommissioner of Administration

Governor Sean Parnell namedCurtis Thayer acting commissionerfor the Department of Administra-tion. Thayer served as deputy com-missioner for Administration andfills the vacancy created by the res-ignation of Becky Hultberg.

As deputy commissioner, Thayerwas responsible for the Divisions ofAdministrative Services, GeneralServices, Personnel and Labor Re-lations, DMV, Enterprise Technol-ogy Service, Alaska Oil & GasConservation Commission andAlaska Public Broadcasting Com-mission.

Thayer also served as deputycommissioner of the Department ofCommerce, Community and Eco-nomic Development, where he wasresponsible for the Divisions ofBanking & Securities, Insurance,Corporations, Business and Profes-sional Licenses, Community andRegional Affairs, and EconomicDevelopment. He previously servedon the boards of Alaska Housing Fi-nance Corporation, Alaska GaslineDevelopment Corporation, and onthe Alaska Royalty Oil and Gas De-velopment Advisory Board.

Prior to his service with the Stateof Alaska, Thayer worked for EN-STAR Natural Gas Company, andthe Alaska Gas Producers PipelineTeam. He also spent several years inWashington, D.C., working forCongressman Don Young and theCommittee on Resources in theU.S. House of Representatives andlater worked with Senators TedStevens and Lisa Murkowski.

Governor Parnell AnnouncesBoard Appointments

Governor Sean Parnell an-nounced appointments to the boardof directors of the Alaska RailroadCorporation, Real Estate Commis-sion, Alaska Public BroadcastingCommission, Emerging EnergyTechnology Fund Advisory Com-mittee, Denali Access System Advi-sory Committee, State OfficersCompensation Commission, andAlaska Chilkat Bald Eagle PreserveAdvisory Council.

Board of Directors of theAlaska Railroad CorporationGovernor Parnell reappointed

John Binkley to the board of direc-tors of the Alaska Railroad Corpo-ration. The board of directorsmanages the Alaska Railroad Cor-poration and its assets.

Binkley, of Fairbanks, has morethan 30 years of experience in thetourism and transportation industry.He is the president of the AlaskaCruise Association, and formerchief executive officer of RiverboatDiscovery and Gold Dredge 8.Binkley also served in the Legisla-ture as a senator and representative.He is reappointed to a seat for thefourth judicial district.

Real Estate CommissionGovernor Parnell appointed Cyn-

thia Cartledge to the Real Estate

Commission. The commission reg-ulates and controls licensing, sus-pensions, and revocations of the realestate industry, and manages the re-covery fund.

Cartledge, of Anchorage, is ashareholder at Wohlforth, Brecht,Cartledge, & Brookings, APC. Sheis a member of the National Associ-ation of Bond Lawyers, Alaska Gov-ernment Finance OfficersAssociation, and the real estate com-mittee of the Alaska Bar Associa-tion. Cartledge serves as vicepresident of the Alaska Women’sAid in Crisis Foundation Board, andis a member of the State of AlaskaBar Association Law ExaminersCommittee. She is a past boardmember of Victims for Justice. Car-tledge holds her bachelor’s degreefrom Northern Arizona Universityand her juris doctorate from SeattleUniversity School of Law. She is ap-pointed to a public seat.

Alaska Public BroadcastingCommission

Governor Parnell appointedAnnaBell Stevens to the AlaskaPublic Broadcasting Commission.The commission encourages and su-pervises development of an inte-grated state public broadcastingsystem, and recommends grantfunding.

Stevens, of Anchorage, has beenthe AFL-CIO community servicesliaison for the United Way of An-chorage since 1999. She is active inher community as a member of theAlaska Center for the Blind and Vi-sually Impaired, Senior Citizens Ad-visory Commission, and theBusiness and Professional Womenof Alaska. Stevens is appointed to apublic seat.

Emerging Energy TechnologyFund Advisory Committee

Governor Parnell reappointedEric Eriksen and Brent Petrie to theEmerging Energy Technology FundAdvisory Committee. The commit-tee, created by the Legislature,makes grants from the fund fordemonstration projects of technolo-gies that have a reasonable expecta-tion to be commercially viablewithin five years, and that are de-signed to test emerging technologiesor methods of conserving energy, orimproving existing technologies.

Eriksen, of Juneau, works as thevice president of transmission anddistribution at Juneau’s Alaska Elec-tric Light & Power (AEL&P), a po-sition he’s held since 2006. Eriksenhas served in several roles withAEL&P, including assistant trans-mission and distribution engineer,and assistant generation engineer.He has also served as team leaderfor the University of Alaska spacegrant and held a science and engi-neering fellowship for the U.S. De-partment of Energy. Eriksenreceived a bachelor’s degree in elec-trical engineering from the Univer-sity of Alaska Fairbanks and amaster’s degree in business admin-istration from the University ofAlaska Southeast. He is reappointedto an electric utility seat.

Petrie, of Anchorage, is the man-ager of Petrie and Associates, a con-sulting firm engaged in energyprojects and project management.He previously was the manager ofspecial projects and key accounts forAlaska Village Electric CooperativeInc., general manager of the INNElectric Cooperative Inc., and heldmanagement positions with theAlaska Energy Authority and theDepartment of Natural Resources.

Petrie received a bachelor’s degreein geography from the University ofDenver and a master’s degree inwater resource management fromthe University of Wisconsin-Madi-

son. He is reappointed to a seat re-served for the renewable energy sec-tor.

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Bible Baptist Church443-2144

Sunday School: 10 a.m./Worship: 11 a.m.

Community Baptist Church-SBC108 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 ChurchWest 2nd Avenue & C Street • 443-2865

Pastor Charles BrowerSunday: Worship 11:00 am

Monday: Thrift Shop 4:00 to 5:00 pmTuesday & Thursday: Thrift Shop 7:00 to 8:30 pm

Wednesday: Faith Followers 5:45 to 7:30 pm

Nome Covenant Church101 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 Church5th Avenue & Bering • 443-5295

Sunday: Worship 11 a.m.Sunday: worship 7 p.m. (2nd and 4th Sunday only)

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River of Life Assembly of God405 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)

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Seventh-Day Adventist Icy View • 443-5137

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Nome Church of Nazarene3rd Avenue & Division Street • 443-2805

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By Rev. Ross Tozzi, St. Joseph Catholic ChurchMember of the Nome Ministerial Association

Oh Lord, I cry for helpListen, God, to my prayer; do not hide from my pleading;hear me and give answer.I rock with grief; I groan. (Psalm 55: 2-3)

Oh Lord I cry for help for the victims of domestic violence. Heal thosewounded by angry words, harmed by feelings turned inside out, made to feelugly, unintelligent, unworthy of any love, intimidated, economically abused,sexually battered.

Oh Lord I cry for help for those in the grip of fear. Put an end to the beat-ings . . . the unrelenting violence . . .the unceasing pain. Grant courage tothose who feel all alone, those who stay, those who cry out silently eachnight.

Oh Lord I cry for help for those who inflict violence. Lead them to agreater awareness of the wickedness of domestic violence, help them to re-alize the damage done and the hope destroyed, and give them the grace to re-pent of their sins and seek the healing that only you can provide.

Oh Lord I cry for help for our culture of violence. Put an end to all that glo-rifies physical, sexual, psychological, and verbal abuse in entertainment, inmusic, films, and videos. Lead us to a moral revolution to replace our cultureof violence with a culture of respect for the dignity of each and every person.

Oh Lord I cry for help, listen to all our prayers and grant us the courageto act always in peace and ever in justice.

Saying it Sincerely

New ArrivalsSixth-generation Nome resident,

Jossalyn Ella Delilah Martinblessed us with her presence at 7:35a.m. on October 9, 2013 at ANMCin Anchorage. She weighed 8 lbs. 6oz. and was 20.5 inches long. Herparents are Jacob Martin andChrystie Salesky of Nome. Jos-salyn’s maternal grandparents areJanice and Doug Doherty of Nome.Her great-grandparents are Caroland Vic Olsen of Nome. Her pater-nal grandparents are Guy and Blue

Martin of Nome. Her great-grand-mother is Lucy Koyuk of Nome.Jossalyn Ella was named after hergreat, great-grandmother, the lateElla Tanner of Nome. Her Eskimoname is “Sinuuq”, after her great-great aunt, Helen Pushruk.

Kathleen “Katie” Miller an-nounces the birth of her daughterBrianna Frankie-Quinn Miller onNovember 17, 2013 at Alaska NativeMedical Center in Anchorage. Sheweighed 5 lbs. 10 oz. and was 18.75”long.

Her grandparents are Frank andDiane Miller of Teller.

David and Julie Yoder Elmore arepleased to announce the birth of theirson, Oliver Yoder Elmore, on De-cember 4, 2013 at 2:35 p.m. at Oak-lawn Hospital in Marshall,Michigan. Oliver weighed 6 lb. 5 oz.and was 18.5 inches long. Oliver’sEskimo Name is “Kiasuk,” whichwas given to him by Esther Bour-don. His maternal grandparents areMJ and Carolyn Yoder of

Settlement, has recently learned thatindividuals representing themselvesto be associated with the Cobell Set-tlement have contacted one or moreclass members and sought to obtainbank account information. Please beadvised that these individuals are notacting on behalf of the Cobell Set-

tlement. No one associated with theCobell Settlement will ever requestthat you provide information regard-ing your personal bank account.Therefore, please be careful aboutreleasing your bank account num-bers to others. If you receive a callrequesting such information or if you

are concerned about a call you re-ceive, please write down the phonenumber and contact the Garden CityGroup at 1-800-961-6109 or DavidSmith and Bill Dorris, Class Coun-sel, at 1-866-383-6554.

Stevensville, Michigan and paternalgrandparents are David and EmilyElmore of Houma,Louisiana. Oliver and his parentsnow reside in Litchfield, Michigan.

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All Around the Sound

Denali Access System AdvisoryCommittee

Governor Parnell reappointedStephen Ivanoff, Ray Richards, andJoel Neimeyer to the Denali AccessSystem Advisory Committee. Thecommittee members advise the De-nali Commission on the surfacetransportation needs of Alaska Na-tive villages and rural communities.Projects include construction of es-sential access routes within remoteAlaska Native villages and ruralcommunities, and construction ofroads and facilities necessary to con-nect isolated rural communities tothe road system.

Ivanoff, of Unalakleet, has beenthe transportation planner for Kaw-erak Inc. since 2002. He is a memberof the Alaska Federation of NativesBoard of Directors, SIU Alaska ofNorton Sound Economic Develop-ment Corporation, Unalakleet Na-tive Corporation, and Bering StraitsNative Corporation. Ivanoff is reap-pointed to represent a rural Alaskaregion or village.

Richards, of North Pole, is a geo-logic material engineer for DoyonLimited and a former constructionsupervisor with Alyeska PipelineService Company. He received abachelor’s degree in petroleum en-gineering from the University ofAlaska Fairbanks. Richards is reap-pointed to represent a regional Na-tive corporation.

Neimeyer, of Anchorage, is thefederal co-chair of the Denali Com-mission. He formerly served as aprogram officer for the Rasmuson

Foundation. He also worked for theAlaska Area Native Health Serviceas an engineer from 1985–1999. Hereceived a bachelor’s degree in civilengineering from the University of

Texas at Austin. Neimeyer is reap-pointed to a seat reserved for thechairman of the Denali Commission.



• Governor appointees

State Officers CompensationCommission

Governor Parnell appointed KathyHosford to the State Officers Com-pensation Commission. The com-mission reviews the salaries,benefits, and allowances of membersof the Legislature, the governor, thelieutenant governor, and each princi-pal executive department head, andprepares a report on its findings atleast every two years.

Hosford, of Skagway, is the ownerand operator of Chilkoot Trail Out-post and former director of the Sk-agway Chamber of Commerce.Hosford has been an active leader atthe local and state levels by servingon the Southeast Conference Trans-portation Committee, Alaska Cham-ber of Commerce Board ofDirectors, Skagway TransportationCommittee, Alaska Travel IndustryAssociation, Alaska Federation ofRepublican Women, Alaska SeismicHazards Safety Commission, andDomestic Violence and Sexual As-sault Board. Hosford is appointed toa public seat.

Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Pre-serve Advisory Council

Governor Parnell reappointedDean Risley to the Alaska ChilkatBald Eagle Preserve Advisory Coun-cil. The council assists the Depart-ment of Natural Resources in thedevelopment and monitoring of amanagement plan for the AlaskaChilkat Bald Eagle Preserve.

Risley, of Haines, is a U.S. Armyveteran and has been a commercialfisherman for more than 25 years. Heserves on the board of directors forthe Southeast Alaska Fisherman’sAlliance, and is a member of theUpper Lynn Canal Fish & Game Ad-visory Committee. Risley is a formermember of the Port and Harbor Ad-visory Committee of Haines. He isreappointed to a seat representing theUpper Lynn Canal Fish & Game Ad-visory Committee.

Appointments to Boards andCommissions Announced

December 23, 2013, Juneau,Alaska - Governor Sean Parnelltoday announced appointments tothe Alaska Military Force Advocacyand Structure Team, Alaska VeteransAdvisory Council, and Alaska FireStandards Council.

Alaska Military Force Advo-cacy and Structure Team

Governor Parnell appointed Gen-eral Carrol H. “Howie” Chandler tothe Alaska Military Force Advocacyand Structure Team (AMFAST).AMFAST provides recommenda-tions to the governor on how best toretain and build on the state’s currentmilitary force capability, and advo-cates for the proposed strategies asoutlined in the AMFAST short-termand long-term strategic plans.

General Chandler served in theU.S Air Force for 37 years, retiringas a four-star general and as the 35th

vice chief of staff of the Air Force. Inthis role, he organized, trained, andequipped 680,000 active-duty,Guard, Reserve, and civilian forcesserving in the United States andoverseas. Chandler has a vested in-terest in Alaska, having served ascommander of Alaskan Commandand commander of the Pacific AirForces. He holds a bachelor’s degreefrom the U.S. Air Force Academyand a master’s degree in manage-ment from Webster University.Chandler is appointed to a publicseat.

Alaska Veterans AdvisoryCouncil

Governor Parnell appointed Ger-ald Diotte, Phillip Hokenson, andKen Truitt, and reappointed RyanTilbury and Ronald Huffman to theAlaska Veterans Advisory Council.The council advises the Alaska De-partment of Military and VeteransAffairs on matters concerning stateveterans, their dependents, and theirsurvivors.

Diotte, of Palmer, retired as a lieu-tenant colonel in the U.S. Army, andpreviously served as the chief avia-

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issuance of citations or the act of arrest does notassign guilt to any identified party:

On 12-16 at 1:22 a.m. the Nome Police De-partment conducted a traffic stop near BeringStreet. This resulted in Iskander Garifullin, 20,was issued a citation for Driving Without a ValidDriverʼs License.

On 12-16 at 5:15 p.m. the Nome Police De-partment responded to the report of a stolen ve-hicle in Nome. Investigation revealed that thevehicle was not stolen but was a dispute be-tween family members regarding property nei-ther owned.

On 12-16 at 5:30 p.m. the Nome Police De-partment responded to a home in Nome on thereport a person would not leave the residence.This case led to an investigation being openedfor domestic violence.

On 12-16 at 10:11 p.m. the Nome Police De-partment responded to a residence on Third Av-enue on the report of a group of individualsconsuming alcohol who shouldnʼt be. Investiga-tion revealed Jimmy Weyioanna, 46, and AnnSoolook, 43, had been drinking when they wereon probation. Both persons were arrested andtransported to AMCC for Violation Conditions ofRelease.

On 12-17at 2:56 a.m., the Nome Police De-partment conducted a traffic stop near FrontStreet. Investigation led to the arrest of ThomasAsila, 28, for Driving Under the Influence. Hewas then transported to AMCC.

On 12-17 at 10:31 p.m., the Nome Police De-partment received a call regarding a disturbancenear Seppala Drive. Investigation led to the ar-rest of Florence Habros, 42, for Violating herConditions of Probation. Also, Valerie Kakaruk,22, was placed under arrest for Probation Viola-tion. Both were transported to AMCC.

On 12-18 at 2:46 a.m. the Nome Police De-partment received a call regarding individualstrespassing. Further investigation led to the ar-rest of Joseph Snowball, 30, for Criminal Tres-pass in the Second Degree. Also, AndrewOzenna, 27, was placed under arrest for Crimi-nal Trespass in the Second Degree and Mis-conduct Involving a Controlled Substance in theSixth Degree. Both were transported to AMCC.

On 12-18 at 5:39 p.m. the Nome Police De-partment responded to a residence near 4th Av-enue after a reported assault. Investigation ledto the arrest of Joe Jones, 31, for Assault in theFourth Degree DV. He was then transported toAMCC.

On 12-20 at 2 a.m. the Nome Police Depart-ment responded to Front Street after a report ofan assault taking place. Investigation led to thearrest of Eugene Fenton, 57, for punching an-other individual in the face. He was placed underarrest for Harassment in the First Degree andtransported to AMCC.

On 12-20 at 1:10 p.m., the Nome Police De-partment responded to Nome-Beltz High Schoolon the report of a student being caught with to-bacco. The individual was issued a citation forMinor In Possession.

On 12-20 at 6:09 p.m. the Nome Police De-partment responded to a local business for a re-port of a person refusing to leave the premises.Upon arrival, Officers contacted Iskander Gari-fullin, 20, who was still inside the business. Hewas subsequently arrested and remanded toAMCC for Criminal Trespass in the Second De-gree and was held on $250 bail.

On 12-21 at 2:46 p.m. the Nome Police De-partment responded to a residence for a reportof a disturbance. Upon arrival, Officers contactedCodie Amaktoolik, 29, who was found intoxi-cated while on current Condition of Probationthat prohibited the consumption of alcohol. Hewas subsequently arrested and remanded toAMCC for Violating his Conditions of Releaseand Probation.

On 12-21 at 10:15 p.m. the Nome Police De-partment received a call regarding a possibleDUI near 3rd Avenue. Further investigation led tothe arrest of Kandie Allen, 33, for Violating herConditions of Probation and Endangering theWelfare of a Minor. She was transported toAMCC.

On 12-22 at 12:42 a.m. NPD came in contactwith Wagner Mokiyuk, 20. Further investigationled to his arrest for Possession of Alcohol Under21. He was transported to AMCC.

On 12-223:27 a.m. the Nome Police Depart-ment responded to a residence on SpokaneStreet for the report of trespass. Investigation ledto the arrest of Justina Adams, 27, for CriminalTrespass in the First Degree and Violating herConditions of Probation. She was transported toAMCC.

On December 14, 2013 at 7:10 p.m. the AlaskaState Troopers received a report of an assault atthe Anvil Mountain Correctional Center. A suspecthas been identified. Investigation continues.

On December 16, AST in Nome arrested CoreyAkeya, 23, in Savoonga on a Bench Warrant is-sued by Nome court. C. Akeya was transportedand remanded to AMCC in Nome without bail.

On December 16, AST in Nome arrested Leon An-toghame, 38, in Gambell on a Bench Warrant forAssault in the Third Degree. L. Antoghame wastransported and remanded to AMCC in Nomewithout bail.

On December 17, AST in Nome arrested VincentKaningok, 51, in Gambell on a Bench Warrant is-sued by Nome court. V. Kaningok was transportedand remanded to AMCC in Nome without bail.

On December 17, AST in Nome contacted Wag-ner Mokiyuk, 19, in Savoonga and arrested himon an outstanding warrant issued by Nome court.Hidden on W. Mokiyukʼs person were approxi-mately ninety packets of yeast, which is com-monly used to manufacture homebrew. W.Mokiyuk was transported and remanded to AMCCin Nome. Charges for Possession of HomebrewIngredients in a dry area will be filed with the Of-fice of Special Prosecutions and Appeals.

On December 17, AST in Nome arrested QuinnSlwooko, 43, in Gambell on a Bench Warrant is-sued by Nome court. Q. Slwooko was transportedand remanded to AMCC in Nome without bail.

On December 17, at approximately 9:00 p.m.Alaska State Troopers received a report of anoverdue snowmachiner. Albert Bogeyaktuk Jr.,27, of Stebbins, left Stebbins on December 17, atapproximately 1500 hours and was traveling toKotlik. Bogeyaktuk did not arrive in Kotlik. TheCity of Kotlik sent independent searchers, who didnot locate Bogeyaktuk. AST sent a hasty teamfrom Stebbins on the trial to Kotlik. A family mem-ber independently went out on the trail and lo-cated Bogeyaktuk, whose snowmachine fellthrough the ice at the Nunavulnuk River. Bo-geyaktuk and the searchers returned to Stebbins.No injuries were reported.

On December 19, at approximately 9:35 p.m., theVillage Police officers in Stebbins received a tele-phone call from Jolene Thrasher who was report-

ing that her 25-year-old son and 14-year-olddaughter were overdue from traveling via snow-machine to Kotlik from Stebbins. At approximately11:00 p.m., Kotlik searchers found the travelerswho had stopped on part of the trail to wait for aground storm to clear. Both were in good condi-tion and travelled to Kotlik with the volunteersearchers.

On December 19, AST in Nome contacted a 24-year-old female as she was traveling to Shish-maref. An investigation showed that she wasimporting alcohol to Shishmaref, a local optioncommunity where the sale and importation of al-cohol are banned. The case is forwarded to theOffice of Special Prosecutions and Appeals.

On December 21, at 11:40 a.m. AST received areport of someone burning candy wrappers in theKoyuk school gymnasium, causing damage. Asuspect has been identified. Investigation contin-ues.

On December 22, at 4:22 a.m. AST received a re-port of a domestic disturbance in Stebbins. In-vestigation continues.

On December 19, 2013 at 11:50 a.m. the AlaskaState Troopers received a report of a death inSavoonga. The investigation revealed that a 17-year-old had committed suicide.

On December 23, at approximately 2:30 p.m.,Fred Weyiouanna, 30, of Shishmaref, was ar-rested for Assault IV after the investigation re-vealed he had assaulted a household member.Fred Weyiouanna was transported to the AnvilMountain Correctional Center.

On December 24, Mariah P. Morgan, 22, ofBellingham, WA, was found guilty In the NomeDistrict Court of failing to immediately notify thedepartment of her DLP grizzly bear. Morgan shota bear on July 15, 2013 at Bear Creek and theTroopers discovered it on July 24. Morgan wasfined $85.

On December 24, at 4:04 p.m. AST received a re-port of an ATV theft in Stebbins. The vehicle wasrecovered but it sustained approximately $1,000damage. Five juvenile suspects have been iden-tified. Investigation continues.

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UNALAKLEET LAND FOR SALE – Unalak-leet River. SEALED BID. Owner finance available.Marilyn Oyoumick, owner. Native Allotment F-17506, 119.20 acres on the Unalakleet River,Alaska, Lot 4, U.S. Survey No. 5306. Accessibleby boat and snowmachine. Opening bid$110,000.00 cash or terms. Deferred paymentplan is available. Land sold as a result of this ad-vertisement will be conveyed in fee simple statusby approved deed. Terms available are cash ordeferred payment as specified.

Sealed bid opening on February 4, 2014 at3:00 p.m. Contact Kawerak, Land ManagementServices, P.O. Box 948, Nome, AK 99762.

Award will be made to the highest bidder whomeets or exceeds the minimum acceptable bid,subject to approval by the owner. Instructions andfurther info are available at the above office or byphone 1-800-443-4326, direct (907) 443-4324.Terms of sale specified thereon.10/10-17-24-31-11/7-14-21-28-12/5-12-19-01/2-9-16-23-30

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATEOF ALASKA

SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF:

MINA M. BACHELDER,

Deceased. Case No. 2NO-13-50 PRNOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is hereby given that Mr. David Shinen hasbeen appointed personal representative of theabove-entitled estate. All persons having claimsagainst said deceased are required to presenttheir claims within four months after the date offirst publication of this notice or said claims will beforever barred. Claims must be presented toDavid Shinen, c/o Lewis & Thomas, P.C., Box 61,Nome, Alaska 99762, or filed with this Court atP.O. Box 1110, Nome, Alaska 99762. DATED at Nome, Alaska this 9th day of Decem-ber, 2013.s/Erin M. Lillie, Attorney for David Shinen, Personal Representative, Box 6l, Nome, AK9976212/12-19-1/2

PUBLIC NOTICENotice of School Property Conveyance

By the State of Alaska, Department of Educa-tion & Early Development to the Bering Strait

School DistrictTeller School Site

Pursuant to AS 14.08.101(8) andAS 14.08.151(b), the Department of Education &Early Development proposes to transfer its own-ership of all land and structures located within Lot5, Block 3, U.S. Survey 3452A & B; Lots 20 and21, Block 7, U.S. Survey 3452A & B; and Lot 1,Block 8 of the Municipal Reserve, in Teller, Alaska,to the Bering Strait School District.

Public comments on this proposed action must bereceived by 5 p.m. on January 17, 2014, and di-rected to the Alaska Department of Education &Early Development, School Finance/Facilities,Attn: Kimberly Andrews, 801 W. 10th St., Ste. 200,Juneau, AK 99801. Comments can be e-mailed [email protected]. For questions

about this proposed action, contact Kimberly An-drews at (907) 465-1858.12/19-1/2

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATEOF ALASKA

SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT AT NOME

ERIK R. NOETPlaintiffvs.

ANGELINE GREEN

aka ANNE GREENandPARMELLEE ENTERPRISEStheir heirs, successors andassigns, and all other persons claiminga right, title or interest in the real estatedescribed herein

Defendants,Case No. 2NO-13-318 Civil

NOTICE TO ABSENT DEFENDANTSTO: ANGELINE GREEN aka ANNEGREEN and PARMELEE ENTERPRISES her/itsunknown heirs, successors and assigns and allother persons claiming a right, title or interest inthe real estate described herein,

You, the defendants in the above entitled ac-tion, are hereby summoned and required to filewith the court an answer to the complaint filed inthis case. Your answer must be filed with the courtat P.O. Box 1110, Nome, Alaska 99762 within 30days after the last publication of this notice. In ad-dition, a copy of your answer must be sent to theplaintiffʼs attorney LEWIS & THOMAS, P.C.,whose address is P.O. Box 61, Nome, Alaska99762. If you fail to file your answer within the re-quired time a default judgment may be renderedagainst you for the relief demanded in the com-plaint

This is an action to quiet title to real propertydescribed as: Lot 6, Block 15 according to the of-ficial Townsite plat of Nome, Alaska records of theCape Nome Recording District, Second JudicialDistrict, State of Alaska, the street address 102Moore Way, Nome, Alaska.

The relief demanded is that the interests of thenamed defendants

her/its unknown heirs, successors and assignsbe declared null and void and removed as a cloudon title and that any and all other persons or enti-ties claiming a right, title or interest in the real es-tate described herein on any basis be foreverenjoined and barred from asserting any claimwhatsoever in and to the real property that is ormay be adverse to the plaintiff and that plaintiff bedeclared t o be the owners of the described prop-erty.

You have been made a party to this action be-cause you may claim some right, title, estate, lienor interest in the above described real property ad-verse to the plaintiffs.

DATED: 12/12/2013C. Lyon / Deputy Clerkfor CLERK OF COURT12/19-1/2-9-16

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nod their heads. She said it’s not just some of us, it’s not just the two thirdsyou read about, it’s not the fact that it is ten times the reported average thanthe rest of the United States for aggravated sexual assaults against women, itseveryone that you have met. I know these people I grew up with them, theyhave all been raped.”

The ILOC report focuses on reducing domestic violence in Alaska, noting“The situation in Alaska is urgent…and of national importance…The Com-mission’s findings and conclusions represent the unanimous view of nine in-dependent citizens, Republicans and Democrats alike: It is the Commission’sconsidered finding that Alaska’s approach to criminal justice issues is funda-mentally on the wrong track.” Moreover, the Commission found that re-sponsibility for rampant crime in rural Alaska “lies primarily with the State’sjustice system.”

In his presentation yesterday, Troy Eid elaborated, saying “And we thinkthat very strongly that the role that nations, in this case Alaska Native Na-tions have ought to be respected, not just by the federal government but by thestate government.”

The ILOC report made several recommendations to reduce crime in ruralAlaska, including collaborating with tribes on other criminal justice issues,deputizing tribes to provide a wide array of criminal justice services, andadopting a policy of state deference to tribal authority in tribal communities.These recommendations are the polar opposite of Parnell Administration ef-forts to undermine tribal sovereignty through the Kaltag, Minto, and othercourt cases. As Attorney General Geraghty’s letter in response to the ILOCreport makes clear, the Parnell Administration will continue to oppose tribalsovereignty even though such opposition has been found to exacerbate ruralviolence.


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to even make ends meet!Rather than attempting to walk in

the tattered shoes of the less con-nected, however, a few politiciansnow tend to act more like electedaristocracy, than they do someonewho is hurting socially and econom-ically!

In other words, to play the part,you must first understand the partand live it, which most career politi-cians have not! So I figured that Ihad damned well better say what ison my mind here and now, while itis still semi-legal to do so, and whilethe “The Magnificent Bill of Rights”

still exists in its present and unal-tered form?H. Rick Tavares Campo, California, 91906

Dear Editor:Have you noticed in the ADN

12/24/13 page A-8, Izembek: Roadsupporters say they don’t plan togive up fight. 3rd column over sec-ond paragraph down the governorsays, “unconscionable” and another“irrational decision by the federalgovernment that denies Alaskans ac-cess – in this case access to emer-gency treatment.”

What about the 40,000+ Alaskans

that are the working poor that coulduse the Obama care for their med-ical emergencies that the governoris denying them? Who is calling thekettle black here?John SuterChugiak, AK 99567

Dear Nancy,Greeting to you all at the Nome

Nugget!Here’s wishing all you readers a

very Merry Christmas 2013 and aprosperous New Year 2014 and be-yond. I just want to take this timeto thank you all, from the elders ondown for your prayerful supportduring the sudden loss of my dearnephew David Vernon Slwookowhom passed away on September24, 2012 while en-route fromKoyuk to Unalakleet.

In some ways this has been theworst year of my life spiritually,mentally and physically. We all dealwith death and we all handle it dif-ferently as individual, as families,and corporately as believers.

I talk to ministers often and onequestion I had to ask: Do we standbefore the judgment seat of Christwhen we breathe our last? The an-swer a resounding yes! I am nowmore convinced of our own eternaldestiny. Will we hear God say to ussomeday “come enter into the joy ofthe Lord” or depart from me I neverknew you.

The latter is very real and hell isvery real. Many of us say to otherssometimes “you go to hell,”

My grandparents have been gonefor years, Harold and Anna Ahma-suk Sr. and Charles and AmySlwooko and the man whom I amnamed after Howard I. Slwooko Sr.whom passed on nearing 20 years.

The one thing that sustained my-self was a beautiful dream I myselfhad of Grandpa Ahmasuk welcom-ing David to a very bright door andI won’t elaborate more. You see I’mtold from a very reliable source thatmy late grandfather Ahmasuk was agreat hunter as well as many men ofWales, Alaska where my motherEllen is from. Lord willing she willturn 84-years young January 11,2014 so mark that on your calendarsand don’t forget to call and wish thisdear saint of ours a Happy Birthday.

My dear nephew David, I knowwas turning into a great-hunter too,how I cherish the good memories ofour outings though imperfect we hu-mans are. I have had a hard time let-ting him go and I believe as it hasbeen said that we lose our lovedones in pieces.

Some day soon we will be madewhole. Thanks to God for our godlywidows who prays much for family,my mother, I think of our dear friendMaggie Olson of Golovin and oth-ers.

Thanks most of all goes to Godwhom is very familiar with death.Micah 6:8 says: He has showed you,O man, what is good. And whatdoes the Lord require of you? Toact justly and to love mercy and towalk humbly with your God.(NIV).

Thanks to our family membersnear and far who call often and en-courage my mother a lot. Greetingsto the Ahmasuk and Slwooko tribes.For a great 2013 Christmas celebra-tion may we all celebrate sobriety,sanely and be doers and not hearersonly. Good luck to all you huntersof the land, sea and air and don’t’forget to be generous with yourcatch.Sincerely,Howard Ira SlwookoUnalakleet, AK 99684

Hello out there,I hope this finds you all doing

good. Even though the years seemto be going fast, circumstances havemade it seem like a long year.

I really don’t know why theyhave changed the law to where par-ents can’t discipline their kids with agood spanking without getting introuble— it makes the kids thinkthey could get away with more andfrustrates the parents.

Not only that, but our town seemsto be going backwards. Like theirletting people get away with moreand more things. Just seems to me

like people could beat on other peo-ple, or whatever, and not seem to domuch time.

In all my kids growing up lives, Ihave tried to look for help for differ-ent situations—I have asked differ-ent agencies/people, and where doesit get me—nowhere. Even as far asasking the school to hold my kidsback because I think it would bene-fit them—to no avail there too. Itsaddens me—breaks my heart to seekids passed into the next grade, andhave bad grades. In my day, wewould have been held back.

It seems, no matter how hard I tryto get community functions together,people think they are too busy for it.And yet, you’d find out you’re hav-ing fun.

The shame of Eskimo Dancingaround our region here is that ourancestors were told it was evil. Youcan look at all kinds of countries andsee that dancing is everywhere—ifGod didn’t mean for things like that,then people wouldn’t know about it.And it’s fun to boot. All I need toget Eskimo Dancing started aresome drums.

I could have sworn that there wasa time when, if you wanted someoneout of the house, regardless of who itis, they had to leave. I think maybemy friend would still be alive todayif that was the case.

Just like, OMG, the companiesthat are taking advantage of us peo-ple living in the villages, they should

come and stay for a while and seehow they like it. Then they tack onthese outrageous rates when you arelate on paying, and say they’re duenow.

The thing that really gets methough, is the people who are votedinto office, saying they have the peo-ple’s interest in mind, and then theyline their pockets with the moneythat is supposed to go to helping thepeople who voted them in. If onlysome of us could make in a yearwhat some of them get as bonuses,we’d be able to afford more for ourkids. How about reinvesting intoour communities instead? Or, atleast give us some dividends too, sowe could pay for these outrageousprices they charge us to live aroundhere.

I’m sure glad NSEDC has a fish-ing program where some peoplecould make some money fishing forbaitfish. They are paying 50¢ apound, and the shipping is free.Only costs $75 a year, of which theyare willing to take out of you check,to get you started. Pretty good dealI’d say. Quyanna-buk NSEDC.

I hope all of you have some greatholidays! Don’t forget to look at thebeauty of the sky. I thank God everyday for such glorious things. Takecare you all.As always,Karen NanoukUnalakleet, AK 99684

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Athena HallYikes! A teenager on Jan. 3!

Happy 13th birthday from Grandma, Dad, Amber, Dominique,

Blaise, Zanai, Phoenix and Cypress.

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Week ending 12/20Civil

Bering Straits Regional Housing Authority v. Kloos, Mary; Forcible Entry/DetainMinor Party v. Mike, Daniel; Civil Protective OrderWalker, Jason v. Walker, Jocelyn; Civil Protective OrderMinor Party v. Walker, Jocelyn; Civil Protective OrderTucker, Courtney L. v. Tucker, Michael D.; Civil Protective OrderBurgo, Alfred v. Oconner, Dawn; Civil Protective OrderAukon, Sabrina v. Takak, Washington; Civil Protective OrderMinor Party v. Koweluk, Andrew; Civil Protective Order

Small ClaimsWilliams, SR., Darrel K. v. Wiederhold, Al; Small Claims Greater Than $2500

CriminalState of Alaska v. Joseph Snowball (11/1/83); Dismissal; Count I: Criminal Trespass 2°;

Filed by the DAs Office 12/5/13.State of Alaska v. Ronald Kingeekuk (4/8/91); 2NO-13-722CR Judgment and Order of

Commitment/Probation; CTN 004: AS11.46.130(a)(2): Theft 2-Firearm Or Explo-sive; Class: C Felony; Offense Date: 9/7/13; Plea: Guilty; Plea Agreement: Yes; Thefollowing charges were dismissed: CTN 001: Burglary 1- In A Dwelling; CTN 002:Theft 2-Value $500-$24,999; CTN 003: Issuing Bad Check- Value $500-$24,999;CTN 005: Unauthorized Use Of Access Device; CTN 006: Forgery 3- Make FalseWritten Instrument; Defendant came before the court on (sentencing date) 12/16/13with counsel, PD Greene, and the DA present; Incarceration: It is ordered that thedefendant is committed to the care and custody of the Commissioner of the De-partment of Corrections for the following period(s): CTN 004: 24 months with 18months suspended; The unsuspended 6 months shall be served immediately; Totalunsuspended term of incarceration: 6 months; Surcharges: Police Training Sur-charge: The defendant shall pay the following police training surcharge(s) to thecourt pursuant to AS 12.55.039 within 10 days: CTN 001: $100 (Felony); Initial JailSurcharge: Defendant arrested and taken to a correctional facility or is being or-dered to serve a term of imprisonment; Therefore, IT IS ORDERED that defendantimmediately pay a correctional facilities surcharge of $100 per case to the Depart-ment of Law Collections Unit, Anchorage; Suspended Jail Surcharge: Defendant isbeing placed on probation; Therefore, the defendant pay an additional $100 cor-rectional facility surcharge; This surcharge is suspended and must only be paid ifdefendantʼs probation is revoked and, in connection with the revocation, defendantis arrested and taken to a correctional facility or jail time is ordered served; AS12.55.0471(c); DNA IDENTIFICATION: If this conviction is for a “crime against aperson” as defined in AS 44.41.035(j), or a felony under AS 11 or AS 28.35, the de-fendant is ordered to provide samples for the DNA Registration System when re-quested by a correctional, probation, parole, or peace officer; Restitution: Defendantis ordered to pay restitution as stated in the Restitution Judgment (form CR-465)and to apply for an Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend, if eligible, each year untilrestitution is paid in full; Probation: After serving any term of incarceration imposed,the defendant is placed on probation for 2 years under the following conditions:General Conditions of Probation, as stated in the order; Bond(s): Any appearanceor performance bond in this case: is exonerated.

State of Alaska v. Ronald Kingeekuk (4/8/91); 2NO-13-859CR Notice of Dismissal;Charge 001: VOCR; Filed by the DAs Office 12/16/13.

State of Alaska v. Jimmy Weyiouanna (3/17/67); 2NO-13-98CR Order to Modify or Re-voke Probation; ATN: 111177729; Violated conditions of probation; Probation ter-minated; Suspended jail term revoked and imposed: all remaining time.

State of Alaska v. Jimmy Weyiouanna (3/17/67); 2NO-13-906CR Order to Modify orRevoke Probation; ATN: 114195627; Violated conditions of probation; Suspendedjail term revoked and imposed: No Sanctions Taken; Must pay suspended $100 jailsurcharge to the AGs Office, Anchorage.

State of Alaska v. Jimmy Weyiouanna (3/17/67); 2NO-13-962CR Order to Modify orRevoke Probation; ATN: 114194061; Violated conditions of probation; Suspendedjail term revoked and imposed: No Sanctions Imposed; Must pay suspended $100jail surcharge to the AGs Office, Anchorage; All other terms and conditions of pro-bation in the original judgment remain in effect.

State of Alaska v. Jimmy Weyiouanna (3/17/67); 2NO-13-976CR Notice of Dismissal;Charge 001: VOCR; Filed by the DAs Office 12/17/13.

State of Alaska v. Deanna Dae Shelikoff (7/14/92) Notice of Dismissal; Charge 001:MCA; Filed by the DAs Office 12/17/13.

State of Alaska v. Archie D. Adams (12/7/77); Crim Trespass 2- Vehicle; Date of Of-fense: 12/15/13; Committed to custody of Commissioner of Corrections to serve:time served; Police Training Surcharge: due in 10 days: $50; Initial Jail Surcharge:$50 per case, due now to AGs Office, Anchorage.

State of Alaska v. Edwin Campbell (10/23/74); Crim Trespass 2- Upon Premises; Dateof Offense: 12/14/13; Committed to custody of Commissioner of Corrections toserve: 42 Hours Flat; Initial Jail Surcharge: $50 per case, due now to AGs Office,Anchorage.

State of Alaska v. Manuel Meyer (3/14/63); Order to Modify or Revoke Probation; ATN:113677875; Violated conditions of probation; Probation extended by six months;Must pay suspended $100 jail surcharge to the AGs Office, Anchorage.

State of Alaska v. Shawn Pomrenke (3/26/75); Order to Modify or Revoke Probation;ATN: 112697451; Violated conditions of probation; Probation extended by one year;Suspended jail term revoked and imposed: 10 days, report to Nome Court on 1/3/14for a remand hearing, 1:30 p.m.; Must pay suspended $100 jail surcharge to theAGs Office, Anchorage; All other terms and conditions of probation in the originaljudgment remain in effect.

State of Alaska v. Paul Henry Weyanna (9/5/90); 2NO-11-353CR Order to Modify or Re-voke Probation; ATN: 112701843; Violated conditions of probation; Suspended jailterm revoked and imposed: 8 months, consecutive to the term in Case No. 2NO-12-803CR, 2NO-12-929CR, and 2NO-13-409CR.

State of Alaska v. Paul Henry Weyanna (9/5/90); 2NO-12-803CR CTN 002: VehicleTheft 2- Take Propelled Vehicle; Date of Offense: 7/30/12; Found And Adjudged:Guilty Of AS 11.56.790(a)(1): Compounding; CTN Charges Dismissed: 001; Com-mitted to custody of Commissioner of Corrections to serve: 4 months flat; Consec-utive to sentenced in 2NO-11-353CR – 2NO-12-929CR and 2NO-13-409CR; PoliceTraining Surcharge: due in 10 days: $50; Initial Jail Surcharge: $50 per case, duenow to AGs Office, Anchorage.

State of Alaska v. Paul Henry Weyanna (9/5/90); 2NO-12-929CR Judgment and Orderof Commitment; CTN 002: AS 11.46.130(a)(1): Theft 2-Value $500-$24,999; Class:C Felony; Offense Date: 12/18/12; Plea: Guilty; Plea Agreement: Yes; The follow-ing charges were dismissed: CTN 001: AS11.46.300(a)(1): Burglary 1- In ADwelling; CTN 003: AS11.46.486(a)(2): Criminal Mischief 5 – Damage Under $50;CTN 004: AS11.71.060(a)(1): Cntrld Subs 6 Use/Display Any Amt VIA; OffenseDates: 12/18/12; Incarceration: It is ordered that the defendant is committed to thecare and custody of the Commissioner of the Department of Corrections for the fol-lowing period(s): CTN 002: 3 years flat; Consecutive to sentences in 2NO-13-409CR, 2NO-12-803CR and 2NO-11-3583CR; Surcharges: Police TrainingSurcharge: The defendant shall pay the following police training surcharge(s) to the

court pursuant to AS 12.55.039 within 10 days: CTN 002: $100 (Felony); Initial JailSurcharge: Defendant arrested and taken to a correctional facility or is being or-dered to serve a term of imprisonment; Therefore, IT IS ORDERED that defendantimmediately pay a correctional facilities surcharge of $100 per case to the Depart-ment of Law Collections Unit, Anchorage; Suspended Jail Surcharge: Defendant isbeing placed on probation; Therefore, the defendant pay an additional $100 cor-rectional facility surcharge; This surcharge is suspended and must only be paid ifdefendantʼs probation is revoked and, in connection with the revocation, defendantis arrested and taken to a correctional facility or jail time is ordered served; AS12.55.0471(c); DNA IDENTIFICATION: If this conviction is for a “crime against aperson” as defined in AS 44.41.035(j), or a felony under AS 11 or AS 28.35, the de-fendant is ordered to provide samples for the DNA Registration System when re-quested by a correctional, probation, parole, or peace officer; Any appearance orperformance bond in this case: is exonerated.

State of Alaska v. Paul Henry Weyanna (9/5/90); 2NO-13-409CR CTN 002: Burglary 2;Date of Offense: 5/23/13; Found And Adjudged: Guilty Of AS 11.46.140(a): Theft 3°;CTN Charges Dismissed: 001, 003; Committed to custody of Commissioner of Cor-rections to serve: 4 months flat; Consecutive to sentenced in 2NO-12-929CR –2NO-12-803CR and 2NO-11-353CR; Police Training Surcharge: due in 10 days:(no amount indicated; Suspended Jail Surcharge: $100 Per Case With $100 Sus-pended; Must Be Paid if Probation is Revoked And, In Connection; Defendant is Ar-rested And Taken To Jail Or Is Sentenced To Jail.

State of Alaska v. Alvina Apangalook (2/7/59); CTN 001: Assault 4; Date of Violation:2/3/13; CTN Chrgs Dismissed: 2 to 4; 60 days, 60 days suspended; Probation for1 year (date of judgment: 12/19/13; Shall comply with all court orders by the dead-lines stated; Subject to warrantless arrest for any violation of these conditions of pro-bation; Shall commit no violations of law, assaultive or disorderly conduct, ordomestic violence; Shall not possess or consume alcohol in any dry or wet com-munity; Shall not have alcohol in her residence; Shall not enter or remain on hepremises of any bar or liquor store; Subject to warrantless breath testing at the re-quest of any peace officer; Subject to warrantless search of residence for alcohol.

State of Alaska v. Martin Lincoln (1/30/82); 2NO-13-654CR Order to Modify or RevokeProbation; ATN: 114189903; Violated conditions of probation; Suspended jail term:no time imposed; Must pay suspended $100 jail surcharge to the AGs Office, An-chorage; All other terms and conditions of probation in the original judgment remainin effect.

State of Alaska v. Martin Lincoln (1/30/82); 2NO-13-735CR Assault 4; Date of Violation:9/18/13; 90 days, 60 days suspended; Report to Nome Court on 2/25/14, 1:30 p.m.for a remand hearing; Initial Jail Surcharge: $50 per case; Due now to AGs Office,Anchorage; Police Training Surcharge: $50 shall be paid through this court within10 days; Probation for 1 year (date of judgment: 12/19/13); Shall comply with allcourt orders by the deadlines stated; Subject to warrantless arrest for any violationof these conditions of probation; Shall commit no violations of law, assaultive or dis-orderly conduct, or domestic violence; Shall not possess or consume alcohol in anydry or damp or wet community; Shall not have alcohol in his residence; Shall notenter or remain on the premises of any bar or liquor store; Subject to warrantlessbreath testing at the request of any peace officer; Subject to warrantless search ofresidence for alcohol.

State of Alaska v. Andrew Ozenna (1/3/86); CTN 001: Criminal Trespass 1; Date of Vi-olation: 12/18/13; CTN Chrgs Dismissed: 002; 3 days flat; Initial Jail Surcharge:$50 per case; Due now to AGs Office, Anchorage; Police Training Surcharge: $50shall be paid through this court within 10 days.

State of Alaska v. Wagner Mokiyuk (4/25/94); 2NO-13-512CR Order to Modify or Re-voke Probation; ATN: 113678757; Violated conditions of probation; Suspended jailterm revoked and imposed: 10 days; Must pay suspended $100 jail surcharge to theAGs Office, Anchorage.

State of Alaska v. Wagner Mokiyuk (4/25/94); 2NO-13-785CR Notice of Dismissal;Charge 001: Hab. MCA; Filed by the DAs Office 12/18/13.

State of Alaska v. Florence Habros (11/7/71); Order to Modify or Revoke Probation;ATN: 111176118; Violated conditions of probation; Probation extended to 12/18/14;Must pay suspended $100 jail surcharge to the AGs Office, Anchorage.

State of Alaska v. Ann Soolook (6/29/70); 2NO-13-449CR Order to Modify or RevokeProbation; ATN: 113678298; Violated conditions of probation; Suspended jail termrevoked and imposed: all remaining time.

State of Alaska v. Ann Soolook (6/29/70); 2NO-13-975CR Notice of Dismissal; Charge001: VOCR; Filed by the DAs Office 12/18/13.

State of Alaska v. Joseph Snowball (11/1/83); Criminal Trespass 1; Date of Violation:12/18/13; 3 days flat; Initial Jail Surcharge: $50 per case; Due now to AGs Office,Anchorage; Police Training Surcharge: $50 shall be paid through this court within10 days.

State of Alaska v. June Weyanna (1/27/88); 2NO-13-580CR Notice of Dismissal;Charge 001: Criminal Trespass; Charge 001: Disorderly Conduct; Filed by the DAsOffice 12/18/13.

State of Alaska v. June Weyanna (1/27/88); 2NO-13-701CR Disorderly Conduct; Dateof Violation: 9/4/13; Any appearance or performance bond is exonerated; 120 days,60 days suspended; Unsuspended 60 days shall be served with defendant report-ing to Nome Court on 1/10/14 at 1:30 p.m. for a remand hearing; Initial Jail Sur-charge: $50 per case; Due now to AGs Office, Anchorage; Police TrainingSurcharge: $50 shall be paid through this court within 10 days; Probation for (noamount of time provided); Shall comply with all court orders by the deadlines stated;Subject to warrantless arrest for any violation of these conditions of probation; Shallnot possess or consume alcohol in any dry or damp or wet community; Shall nothave alcohol in her residence; Shall not enter or remain on the premises of any baror liquor store; Subject to warrantless breath testing at the request of any peace of-ficer; Subject to warrantless search of residence for alcohol.

State of Alaska v. June Weyanna (1/27/88); 2NO-13-789CR Violate Conditions of Re-lease; Date of Violation: 10/17/13; 10 days, 10 days suspended; Initial Jail Sur-charge: $50 per case; Due now to AGs Office, Anchorage; Suspended JailSurcharge: $100 per case with $100 suspended; Must be paid if probation is re-voked and, in connection, defendant is arrested and taken to jail or is sentenced tojail; Police Training Surcharge: $50 shall be paid through this court within 10 days;Probation for (date of judgment: 12/18/13); Shall comply with all court orders by thedeadlines stated; Subject to warrantless arrest for any violation of these conditionsof probation; Shall commit no violations of law, assaultive or disorderly conduct, ordomestic violence; Shall not possess or consume alcohol in any dry or damp or wetcommunity; Shall not have alcohol in her residence; Shall not enter or remain on thepremises of any bar or liquor store; Subject to warrantless breath testing at the re-quest of any peace officer; Subject to warrantless search of residence for alcohol.

State of Alaska v. Quentin Oseuk (2/15/74); Order to Modify or Revoke Probation; ATN:113671161; Violated conditions of probation; Conditions of probation modified as fol-lows: No alcohol at all; Warrantless search for alcohol; Suspended jail term revokedand imposed: 30 days; Must pay suspended $100 jail surcharge to the AGs Office,Anchorage.

State of Alaska v. Edward Ungott (9/9/94); 2NO-13-401CR Reckless Driving; Date ofOffense: 5/18/13; 20 days, 20 days suspended; Initial Jail Surcharge: $50 per case;

Pay $50 to Collections Unit, AGs Office, Anchorage; Probation for 1 year (date ofjudgment: 12/18/13); Obey all direct court orders listed above by the deadlinesstated; Commit no jailable offenses; Do not possess or consume alcohol for a pe-riod ending 1 year from the date of this judgment.

State of Alaska v. Edward Ungott (9/9/94); 2NO-13-810CR Assault 4; Date of Viola-tion: 10/12/13; Any appearance or performance bond is exonerated; 10 days, 10days suspended; Initial Jail Surcharge: $50 per case; Due now to AGs Office, An-chorage; Police Training Surcharge: $50 shall be paid through this court within 10days; Probation for 1 year (date of judgment: 12/18/13); Shall comply with all courtorders by the deadlines stated; Subject to warrantless arrest for any violation ofthese conditions of probation; Shall not possess or consume alcohol in any dry ordamp or wet community; Shall not have alcohol in his residence; Shall not enter orremain on the premises of any bar or liquor store; Subject to warrantless breathtesting at the request of any peace officer; Subject to warrantless search of resi-dence for alcohol.

State of Alaska v. Maureen Aukon (7/5/88); False Information; Date of Violation:7/21/13; Imposition of sentence is suspended; The defendant is placed on proba-tion subject to terms, orders ad conditions listed below; Police Training Surcharge:$50 shall be paid through this court within 10 days; Probation for 1 year (date ofjudgment: 12/18/13); Shall comply with all court orders by the deadlines stated;Subject to warrantless arrest for any violation of these conditions of probation; Shallnot possess or consume alcohol in any dry or damp or wet community; Shall nothave alcohol in her residence; Shall not enter or remain on the premises of any baror liquor store; Subject to warrantless breath testing at the request of any peace of-ficer; Subject to warrantless search of residence for alcohol; Defendantʼs personand baggage are subject to warrantless search at any airport en route to local op-tion community.

State of Alaska v. Tiffany Slwooko (7/9/81); Reckless Endangerment; Date of Viola-tion: 8/7/13; 90 days, 90 days suspended; Initial Jail Surcharge: $50 per case; Duenow to AGs Office, Anchorage; Suspended Jail Surcharge: $100 per case with $100suspended; Must be paid if probation is revoked and, in connection, defendant isarrested and taken to jail or is sentenced to jail; Police Training Surcharge: $50shall be paid through this court within 10 days; Probation for 3 years (date of judg-ment: 12/18/13); Shall comply with all court orders by the deadlines stated; Subjectto warrantless arrest for any violation of these conditions of probation; Shall notpossess or consume alcohol in any dry or damp or wet community; Shall not havealcohol in her residence; Shall not enter or remain on the premises of any bar orliquor store; Subject to warrantless breath testing at the request of any peace offi-cer; Subject to warrantless search of residence for alcohol.

State of Alaska v. Micah Trigg (12/28/88); Amended Judgment and Order of Commit-ment/Probation; CTN 001: AS11.46.310: Burglary 2- In A Dwelling; CTN 002: As-sault 4° - Reckless Injure; Offense Dates: 1/3/13; Plea: Guilty; Rule 11 Plea: Yes;The following charge were dismissed: CTN 003: Assault 4° - Recklessly Injure; Dateof Offense: 1/3/13; Defendant came before the court on 5/1/13 with counsel, Pub-lic Defender Agency, and the DA present; Sentence: It is ordered that the defendantis committed to the care and custody of the Commissioner of the Department ofCorrections for the following period(s): CTN 001: 2 years with 1 year suspended;Unsuspended 1 year is to be served immediately; CTN 002: 365 days with 365days suspended; Surcharges: Police Training Surcharge: The defendant shall paythe following police training surcharge(s) to the court pursuant to AS 12.55.039within 10 days: CTN 001 and 002: $100 (Felony); Initial Jail Surcharge: Defendantarrested and taken to a correctional facility or is being ordered to serve a term of im-prisonment; Therefore, IT IS ORDERED that defendant immediately pay a correc-tional facilities surcharge of $100 per case to the Department of Law CollectionsUnit, Anchorage; Suspended Jail Surcharge: Defendant is being placed on proba-tion; Therefore, the defendant pay an additional $100 correctional facility surcharge;This surcharge is suspended and must only be paid if defendantʼs probation is re-voked and, in connection with the revocation, defendant is arrested and taken to acorrectional facility or jail time is ordered served; AS 12.55.0471(c); DNA IDENTI-FICATION: If this conviction is for a “crime against a person” as defined in AS44.41.035(j), or a felony under AS 11 or AS 28.35, the defendant is ordered to pro-vide samples for the DNA Registration System when requested by a correctional,probation, parole, or peace officer; Probation: After serving any term of incarcera-tion imposed, the defendant is placed on probation for 5 years under the followingconditions: General and Special Conditions of Probation, as stated in the order; Anyappearance or performance bond in this case: is exonerated.

Week ending 12/27/13Civil

Akeya, Sheryl v. Park, Min S.; Civil Protective OrderHukill, Angela M. v. Hukill, JR., B. R.; Dissolution with ChildrenFenton, Eugene H. v. Harrinston, Ryan; Civil Protective Order

Small ClaimsNo current claims filed (start 2NO-13-169SC)

CriminalState of Alaska v. Codie Amaktoolik (9/11/84); Violate Condition of Release; Date of Vi-

olation: 12/21/13; 20 days, 0 days suspended; Unsuspended 20 days shall beserved with defendant remanded immediately to AMCC; Initial Jail Surcharge: $50per case; Due now to AGs Office, Anchorage; Police Training Surcharge: $50 shallbe paid through this court within 10 days.

State of Alaska v. Justin Nanouk (1/30/82); Order to Modify or Revoke Probation; ATN:109422837; Violated conditions of probation; Suspended jail term: 30 days; Mustpay suspended $100 jail surcharge to the AGs Office, Anchorage.

State of Alaska v. Kandie Allen (3/4/80); Order to Modify or Revoke Probation; ATN:113676894; Violated conditions of probation; Probation terminated.

State of Alaska v. Benjamin Booshu (12/16/78); 2NO-11-820CR Order to Modify or Re-voke Probation; ATN: 111030408; Violated conditions of probation; Probation ter-minated; Suspended jail term revoked and imposed: all remaining time is revokedand imposed; Consecutive to the term in Case No. 2NO-13-463CR and 13-489CR;Must pay suspended $100 jail surcharge to the AGs Office, Anchorage.

State of Alaska v. Benjamin Booshu (12/16/78); 2NO-12-353CR Dismissal; Count I:Escape 2°; Filed by the DAs Office 12/27/13.

State of Alaska v. Benjamin Booshu (12/16/78); 2NO-13-463CR CTN 001: Assault 4°;DV; Date of Violation: 7/9/13; CTN Chrgs Dismissed: 002, 003; 60 days, 0 dayssuspended; Unsuspended 60 days shall be served consecutive to 11-820CR and13-489CR; Initial Jail Surcharge: $50 per case; Due now to AGs Office, Anchorage;Police Training Surcharge: $50 shall be paid through this court within 10 days.

State of Alaska v. Ben Booshu (12/16/78); 2NO-13-475CR Dismissal; Count I: Assault4°; Count II: Resisting or Interfering With Arrest; Count III: Misconduct InvolvingWeapons 4°; Filed by the DAs Office 12/27/13.

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tion planning and operations officerat Fort Richardson. He currently isthe Junior Reserve Officer TrainingCorps instructor at Colony HighSchool. Diotte is a member of theVeterans of Foreign Wars and ArmyAviation Association of America. Heholds a bachelor’s degree in sciencefrom the U.S. Air Force Academyand a master’s degree in business or-ganizational management from theUniversity of La Verne. Diotte is ap-pointed to a public seat.

Hokenson, of Fairbanks, is a vet-eran’s service officer for VietnamVeterans of America. He previouslyserved as an Army Artillery Officer.Hokenson holds a bachelor’s degreein philosophy from the U.S. MilitaryAcademy and is currently obtaininga master’s degree in business admin-istration from the University ofAlaska Fairbanks (UAF). Hokensonis appointed to a public seat.

Truitt, of Juneau, is the division di-rector of the Alaska Pioneer Homes.He previously worked as generalcounsel and interim chief executive

officer for the Southeast Alaska Re-gional Health Consortium, and assis-tant attorney general for the State ofAlaska. Truitt is a member of theAlaska Bar Association and previousmember of the Juneau HomelessShelter. He holds a bachelor’s degreein education from Oral Roberts Uni-versity and a juris doctorate fromArizona State University College ofLaw. Truitt is appointed to a seat re-served for a state agency.

Tilbury, of Fairbanks, is a primaryexercise action officer assigned to theNortheast Asian Warfighting Center,U.S. Pacific Command (J-7), UnitedStates Air Force Reserve. Since2004, he has worked as a schoolcounselor in the Yukon-KoyukukSchool District. Tilbury is the chairof the Transportation Committee forIntergovernmental Support Agree-ments for the Fairbanks North StarBorough, representing Alaskan Com-mand. He previously served twoterms on the board of directors withthe UAF Alumni Association.Tilbury earned bachelor’s degrees inpsychology and foreign languages,and a master’s degree in education

from UAF. He is reappointed to apublic seat.

Huffman, of Nome, is a retiredU.S. Air Force chief master sergeantwith 32 years of service. He is a pro-gram director in the Community Ed-ucation Department of Kawerak Inc.Huffman earned a bachelor’s degreein occupational education from Way-land Baptist University, and is a for-mer ROTC instructor at EdgecombeCounty Schools. He is reappointed toa public seat.

Alaska Fire Standards CouncilGovernor Parnell appointed Dan

Grimes, and reappointed GregoryCoon and Christopher Steeves to theAlaska Fire Standards Council. The11-member council establishes theminimum training and performancestandards for certification of firefighters and other fire services per-sonnel, and establishes minimumstate fire training standards.

Grimes, of Fairbanks, is thedeputy chief of the Fairbanks Inter-national Airport Fire and Police. Heis also a certifying officer for theAlaska Fire Standards Council, a fireinstructor, and a member of the

Alaska Fire Chiefs Association.Grimes received the WilliamHagevig Alaska Fire Instructor of theYear Award in 2007. He holds an as-sociate degree in municipal fire con-trol from UAF. Grimes is appointedto a seat representing the Alaska FireChiefs Association.

Coon, of Fairbanks, is the battal-ion chief at the University of AlaskaFire Department. He has nearly 25years of experience in diverse aspectsof fire service, including structuraland wild land firefighting, hazardousmaterials, aircraft rescue firefighting,and emergency medical response.Coon holds a Fire Service InstructorCertificate, Emergency MedicalTechnician III Certificate, and an as-sociate degree in applied science, firescience. He is reappointed to a seatreserved for the chief of a fire de-partment employing paid firefighters.

Steeves, of Eagle River, has been acaptain at the Alyeska Marine Termi-nal since 2007, and a volunteer forthe Chugiak Fire Department since2002. He has a wide range of fire-fighting experience, including volun-teer, municipal, wild land, and

industrial firefighting. Steeves at-tends ongoing training with the Na-tional Fire Academy and EmergencyManagement Institute. He is cur-rently obtaining a bachelor’s degreein occupational health and safetyfrom Columbia Southern University.Steeves is reappointed to a seat re-served for a firefighter.



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16 THURSDAY, JANUARY 02, 2014 THE NOME NUGGETLOCAL

Nome Elementary School Christmas Concert

Photos by Diana HaeckerIN THE SPOTLIGHT— Nome Elementary School second graders got over their stage fright and performed splendidly during the 2013 NES Christmas Concert held on Dec. 17.

PAYING ATTENTION— Sixth grader Makayla Marble looks at themusic director as she plays the alto saxophone during the NES Christmasperformace.

FRIENDS— Sixth graders Mallory Conger and Ava Earthman performed together during the NES Christ-mas program.

SOLO— Ellie Martinson played a trumpet solo during the NES Christ-mas Concert.

IN HARMONY— Fourth graders Grace Okleasik, Kathy Nguyen andHeidi Okleasik performed “Sleigh Bag” on their recorders.

MUSIC DIRECTOR— Nome Elementary School music teacher Ron Horner worked hard with all grades tostudy and perform Christmas songs at the annual Nome Elementary School Christmas Program, held on Dec.17 at the Nome Elementary School gym. The program attracted a full house and started out with the schoolband consisting of sixth graders. Fourth graders performed on their first instrument, the recorders. Youngergrades learned popular Christmas carols and let it jingle all the way.

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