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Ordinance aims to keep peace at boat harbor

Archaeologist shares expertise and skills with Native communities

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See HARBOR page 10

Committee’s rewrites have been two years in making

ALONE IN THE WILDERNESS -- A fox stands watch recently near the summit on Haines Highway. Ron Horn

No easy answers as to future of area shifting and slidingSlump gets disaster designation

By Rosalie LoewenArchaeologist Nancy “Anastasia” Wiley

tells her younger students not to agonize over their course of study choice. “It doesn’t really matter because you are going to change your mind anyway when you get there.” Wiley herself began her academic career studying Latin at the Albany State Teacher’s College of New York. “I decided I wanted to be an ‘old maid’ Latin teacher,” she said. “I decided I couldn’t live without Latin.”

But once she got into the Classical Studies program, she discovered that she liked Ancient Greek better than Latin. Next, she added anthropology to her degree. Finally, her summertime work on archaeological digs convinced her to continue her education at the University of Pennsylvania, from which she earned a master’s and then a doctorate in Classical

Archaeology.Shortly after receiving her Ph.D.,

in an effort to expand her field work opportunities, Wiley moved to the sunny shores of California and stepped away from Classical Studies, stepped away from her work in Italy and Greece, and entered into what would become a successful career as a working archaeologist and cultural resource investigator on the West Coast.

In another fortuitous twist, Wiley has made the decision to bring her talents and experience to Haines where she and her

company, Scientific Resource Surveys, Inc., have already put down roots.

Wiley’s Alaskan adventures began in 2005, when she met and married Ted Wiley, a Tlingit, originally from the Haines area who was living in California at the time. Anastasia laughs when she recalls her courtship with Ted. “I had a friend in church who kept telling me that she had met someone who was going to be my future husband. But I didn’t want to meet anyone who was going to be my future husband. I had been alone since my first husband died

in 1982 and the thought of a husband didn’t necessarily thrill me. Finally she tricked me into meeting him. I met him and we just talked for hours. Within four months we were married.”

Ted brought Anastasia to Haines for their honeymoon. Wiley describes her first impression of Haines as “breathtaking. I fell in love with the place. Everything about it is, as they say, a breath of fresh air. It is so clean and quiet and the people are respectful of each other. People give each other privacy, but also help each other,” she said. “That’s one thing about Haines that is just unbelievable. Anytime there is a fire or someone’s house burns down or somebody gets cancer, they have a fundraiser to help each other, and people show up who don’t even know that person.”

By Margaret FriedenauerThe Haines Borough Assembly on

Feb. 3 held a special meeting to declare a disaster and request state assistance in response to the slump and ground movement near the Oceanview and Lutak areas.

Ground shifting on the Oceanview hillside was first reported Jan. 16 and continues. A main sewer line that runs through the approximately five-acre area was breached last week but was diverted within 24 hours to maintain service to about 120 homes.

The assembly passed the disaster resolution unanimously Friday in order to begin the process of requesting state funds to help with the response. The assembly at its Jan. 24 meeting allocated $75,000 to establish and staff an emergency command center, hire a drill rig to conduct geotechnical investigations, establish monitoring

equipment and perform emergency temporary repairs to the sewer main.

The disaster resolution states “disaster emergency is now exceeding the ability of the borough to adequately safeguard life and property and minimize the effect of environmental and structural damage.”

The resolution specifically asks for state assistance with “temporary housing for impacted residents, public disaster assistance for emergency protective measures, temporary and permanent repairs to borough sewer, water and transportation infrastructure” and with technical assistance to continue evaluating and responding to the issue.

Mayor Stephanie Scott said the disaster declaration is a tool to get funding from the state, if approved by Gov. Sean Parnell. The bulk of the responsibility regarding response to the situation would remain with the borough.

According to Jeremy Zidek with the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management – the state agency responsible for emergency management - response staff at the department received the disaster declaration from the borough and is gathering more information to pass along to the governor and his cabinet. They make the final decision on whether the borough will qualify for state disaster funds. But Zidek said the state would likely let the borough keep maintaining its active response and wait until the event “stabilized” to come to Haines and gather more information.

“The borough has been doing a great job working through the event,” he said. “This is really what we like to see at the state level; they deal with the incident

“It seems like Anastasia’s heart is in the right place. She is

in it for the archaeology and the people, which is refreshing.”

- Andrea Nelson

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By Krista KielsmeierAs Haines Borough harbormaster for more than

a year, Ed Barrett said he’s never been physically hurt during a dispute, but he has “heard some very colorful things.”

The boat harbor advisory committee over the past two years has fleshed out the details of a 22-page ordinance to clarify governance of borough port and harbor facilities. One component of the ordiance that had notable discussion at Tuesday’s borough government affairs and services committee meeting is new wording that would give Barrett more authority, and more protection.

The committee discussed attorney Brooks Chandler’s edits to the ordinance, scheduled for a first public hearing at the assembly meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 14.

But a Jan. 6 memo from police chief Gary Lowe took issue with the document’s designation of the harbormaster as a “peace officer.”

“While there are criminal charges that can be filed for disobeying a peace officer and there are greater penalties for people that assault a peace officer, this term is not one that you can pick and choose which sections of code apply to it and which sections of code don’t apply,” he wrote.

Lowe wrote he “could continue for several pages with the legal requirements placed on peace officers by local and state code,” and he advised borough manager Mark Earnest to apply the term “peace officer” only to sworn police officers.

Borough code states a peace officer “is synonymous with police officer” and must meet Alaska Police Standards Council certification within a year, Lowe wrote.

“I don’t think I really want to go to the academy so I can write parking tickets,” Barrett said. “If there is some other way to deal with this issue, I am totally open to that.”

Barrett said he has not issued citations as harbormaster in Haines.

“Meter tenders are peace officers, people who deal with animals are peace officers, and in my view (the ordinance) was not (about) becoming a police officer or a security individual, but it gave a person the authority to write citations, which I

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Save the DateLetters to the EditorThursday, Feb. 9 60+? Join us for lunch, Monday through Thursday, noon at senior center, 766-2383. Val-o-grams For Sale, at the school, 11:30 - 12:45. Sponsored by the sixth grade. Strong Woman Weight Training, noon to 1 p.m. Chilkat Center lobby. Sponsored by Well & Fit. Class also Tuesdays. Weights provided. Afterschool Activities at the library: Science Fun, 3:30 p.m; Homework Help, 4:30 p.m. Burger Night, 5 p.m. at the American Legion. Haines Borough Planning Commission meeting, 6:30 p.m. in assembly chambers. Dick Hotch Basketball Tournament, in the Haines School gym, begins at 6 p.m. and con-tinues throughout the weekend.Friday, Feb. 10 Story Time and Crafts, ages 2 to 5, 11 a.m. at the library. Afterschool Activities at the library: Word Games, 3:30 p.m.; Homework Help, 4:30 p.m. Burger Feed, 5 to 7 p.m. at the Elks Lodge. Haines Glacier Bears boys’ basketball vs Whitehorse, 6 p.m. Game Saturday 4 p.m. Dick Hotch Basketball Tournament in the Haines School gym, begins at noon. Spaghetti Fundraiser Dinner, during Dick Hotch Tournament games, in school cafeteria. Support teen counselors to go to Angoon Kids’ Camp.Saturday, Feb. 11 ANS Bake Sale, noon to 6 p.m.during Dick Hotch Tournament at the school. Women’s Valentine Tea, 1 to 3 p.m. at the Presbyterian Church. We the People meets, 2 p.m. in the library conference room to discuss and act on issues pertinent to the 99 percent. Everyone welcome.Sunday, Feb. 12 CYD Open Gym for children 12 and under, 10 a.m. to noon.Monday, Feb. 13 Mother Goose Stories and Songs, new-borns to three years old, 11 a.m. at the library.

Senior exercise classes, 11:15 a.m. at the senior center. Also on Wednesdays. All seniors are welcome. Afterschool Activities at the library: Strategy Games, 3:30 p.m.; Homework Help, 4:30 p.m. Teen Media Club, informational meeting, 3:30 p.m. at the library. Middle School History Day Open House, 7 p.m. at the museum. Revolutionary, Reac-tion and Reform in History exhibits displayed through Saturday, Feb. 18.Tuesday, Feb. 14 Afterschool Activities at the library: Tlingit Craft, 3:30 p.m. Birding Program, Homework, 4:30 p.m. Taco Tuesday, 5 to 7 p.m. at the Elks Lodge. Haines Borough Assembly meeting, 6:30 p.m., in assembly chambers. Wednesday, Feb. 15 Afterschool Activities at the library: Beads and String, 3:30 p.m.; Homework Help, 4:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17 Baby Photo Shoot: All babies born in 2011 invited, noon until 3 p.m., Haines Public Health office. Haines Glacier Bears boys’ basketball vs Mt. Edgecumbe, 6 and 7:30 p.m. Games same times Saturday. Last home games of the season.Saturday, Feb. 18 Winter Games, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the fairgrounds. Thursday, Feb. 23 Haines Comprehensive Plan Work Session, 6 p.m. in assembly chambers. The “95%” com-plete pre-draft plan will be reviewed.Saturday, Feb. 25 Adult Book Club discusses Skeletons on the Zahara, 1 p.m. at the library. Books avail-able for check-out. Northern Light Showcase of local talent, 7 p.m. in the Chilkat Center lobby, presented by the Haines Arts Council.Monday, Feb. 27 Free Health Screening, Chilkat Center lobby. Call Mandy Ramsey for Monday or Tuesday appointments. 766-6700.

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Education a critical investmentWe all understand that schools represent one of our most important

investments. It is critical we have well educated, creative, motivated men and women to guide the future. The quality of the education students receive in school depends on having a wide range of classes and programs that meet their needs. It also depends upon committed teachers and support staff to make those classes and programs successful. Last year, our district was one of only 12 districts out of 53 in Alaska that made Adequate Yearly Progress under the No Child Left Behind law. In recent years we have increased our graduation rate from around 70 percent to 90 percent. We’ve expanded our vocational education program. We’ve added programs to help students who are struggling readers. We’re adding advanced classes for those who are ready. In order for us to continue this work, our schools need to be fully supported and fully funded both at the local and state level. Sending this message to our representatives is immediately important. I am not only speaking as a school superintendent who realizes that the costs associated with running a school district are increasing, but also as a parent, grandparent and community member who feels that making sure our children have a great education is one of the best legacies we can leave. We all can help by writing or contacting our representatives to let them know how important it is to fully fund our schools and prevent cuts that will hurt their effectiveness.

Michael Byer, SuperintendentHaines Borough School District

Donations keep fund helping patientsThank you Alaska Power and Telephone for your generous donation

to the Haines Cancer Travel Fund. This fund offers small grants to help Haines residents with the high cost of travel for cancer treatments outside of Haines. We would like to acknowledge the generosity of AP&T for donating $250 for the third consecutive year and on behalf of the recipients of your gift, thank you, AP&T, for your help. The fund is held in reserve by Hospice of Haines with funds raised through donations at different events in Haines, including the Chilkat River Walk. In partnership with the SEARHC/WISEWOMAN Women’s Health Program and the Southeast Alaska State Fair, the next fundraiser will be the LunaFest Film Festival on March 9.

Beth MacCready for Hospice of Hainesand Pam Sloper for the SEARHC/WISEWOMAN Program

Snowmachine drag races a successWe wish to thank all of the volunteers, businesses and participants

that helped make the recent snowmachine drag races at 18 Meadows such a success. We had three hours of racing, with our very own Lawrence Willard having the quickest individual heat at 7.0 seconds for the 660-foot-track. During the later Radar Runs, the Canadian sleds showed consistent speeds of 87 and 88 miles an hour, with one good run up to 94 miles an hour (these runs were not timed.) Our grand prize drawing winner was Ben Sternbergh, who won the ACS/AP&T Phone Package. A big thank you to the Chilkat Snowburners for their sponsoring the event; Alaska Meat and Grocery for the food donations; Haines Cable TV for advertising and manpower; Kings Store for help with forms; AP&T for the grand prize and manpower; Haines ambulance crew, Jen and Chuck, for giving their afternoon; Haines Borough School for helping with equipment when ours did not make it from Juneau; Steve Alcock, Chris Alcock, Gable Sage, Hudson Sage, Dylan Swinton, Phyllis Sage, Patty Campbell, without whom we would not have had a race. Also, a special thanks to the state DOT folks that were out early to ensure the highway was drivable on Sunday for our race. Hope to see you next year at the drags.

George Campbell

Community loves Keup backI just wanted to express my gratitude for all the love and support from

the community after the unexpected passing of my husband, Rod Keup. It has been a very difficult time for me, my family, and his friends. We have all come together to help each other. The remembrance celebration at the ANB Hall last Thursday, although very emotional, was also very healing. Thank you all for coming and sharing your hugs and stories. Special thanks to everyone at Mountain Market, Oleruds, and the ANB Hall for your generous donations. Rod loved this community and you’ve all shown that you loved him back.

Randi Povey and Family

Senior Center grateful for supportI am one of many seniors who want to thank Ripinsky Rippers for

their very generous donations to Haines Senior Citizens Center, Inc to help keep the Senior Center open. We also appreciate that the group rents the building twice a month for activities.

I am a senior who depends on the convenient and sun-lit open space at the Haines Senior Center where I conduct a well-attended exercise class twice a week and many seniors in town enjoy meals and socialization.

During these trying times when funds for the center are decreasing, we need all the help there is out there to keep the center open. This makes me appreciate all the more the thoughtful gift.

Shirley CollinsPresident, Haines Senior Citizens Center, Inc

By Sara Callaghan ChapellBlake Hamilton was selected

as the U.S. Naval Academy’s Midshipman of the Month. The honor comes with a formal presentation and additional privileges in his regimented schedule. Hamilton, who grew up sailing with his family, was also selected to sail on the Varsity Navy 44 as crew in an upcoming yacht race from Annapolis to Bermuda. Proud parents Scott and Jan Hamilton also noted that Blake was appointed to the Superintendent’s List for maintaining a 3.6 GPA. Send your congratulations to MIDSN Blake Hamilton, USNA, P.O. Box 12665, Annapolis, MD 21412.

Laurie Dadourian and Lucy Harrell grew up on the same road in Alta Dena, Calif. When Laurie planned a trip to her hometown recently, Lucy asked her to bring back a picture of her old house. Laurie visited Lucy’s former home, where the current homeowner invited her to the backyard to see the old cement stairs with “Lucy” carved into it.

Matt Boron was presented the 2011 Employee of the Year Award for Maintenance & Operations in the Alaska Department of Transportation Southeast Region. Matt is Foreman of DOT’s Haines Maintenance Station and runs a deferred maintenance crew throughout Southeast in the summer months. The award commends outstanding service and is based on a nomination from his peers. Matt’s boss, SE Maintenance Superintendent Greg Petz, traveled to Haines to present Matt with a plaque.

Al Badgley traveled to his childhood home of Baytown, Tex.

to celebrate the 95th birthday of his mother, Evelyn Badgley on January 20. Evelyn is well-known in Haines from her summers spent in the Lutak area since 1976. Evelyn’s children and grandchildren surrounded her for the celebration, including Al’s sisters, Carol Williams and Jennie Hogan. Al also stopped off in Seattle to see former residents Lola and Frank Putnam.

Proud grandmother Patty Morgan feels blessed by the addition of new grandchildren into her family. Khessa Chloe McWhorter was born November 22 to Naomi (Hartmann) and Cortes McWhorter in Juneau. Khessa weighed 7 pounds, 6 ounces and measured 19 inches. She joins her big sister Kairi. Patty was in Cedar Hill, Tex. for the birth of Hazel Azaria Duskin on January 12 to Ariana (Hartmann) and Dwayne Duskin. Hazel weighed 9 pounds, 14.5 ounces and measured 21 inches. Hazel is named after her great-grandmother Hazel Morgan, 88, from New Mexico. Hazel joins Arguel Hartmann, who turns 3 this month. While in Texas, Patty visited with daughter Marita Hartmann, who works as a real estate agent in Austin, Tex. and says she misses the Pacific Northwest. Bill Hartmann, who lives in Walker Lake, Nev., was in Juneau in early December and had the chance to meet four of his grandchildren for the first time including Kaitlann Jim, the daughter of Heather (Hartmann) Jim, Khessa and Kairi, and Kody Wyatt Morrison, the son of Bethany (Hartmann) and Kyle Morrison, who was born in August.

J a n e t K u r z s p e n t t h e holidays with her children and grandchildren in New Jersey and Virginia. She spent Christmas with her oldest son, Jay Kurz and his wife Tina. They traveled to Silver Springs, Md. to see son Karl and his wife Jackie Kurz with their new baby Makenzie, who was born July 24. They also traveled to Virginia to see Janet’s oldest granddaughter, Tiffany Anderson, the daughter of Tia (Kurz) Anderson.

Daniel Glackin has relocated to Long Beach, Calif. where he is working as a deckhand and science educator on the Tallship American Pride. The three-masted schooner was constructed in 1941 and measures 130 feet long. Built

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LETTERS from page 2

LOVE IN THE AIR -- Holly Davis changes out snowflakes for heart decorations at the Haines Borough Public Library recently. John S. Hagen photo.

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Human interest stories appreciatedI would like to give some kudos to the Chilkat Valley News for its

human interest coverage. Too often I have learned fascinating details of some local person’s life in their obituary. Now, I can stop that person on the street and say, “Tell me more.” Thanks again for this positive contribution to our sense of community.

Joe Ordonez

Alternative 3 best Juneau Access optionI favor alternative three for the Juneau Access, with only minor

additional construction on the east Lynn Canal side to meet the ferry teminal. There seems to be confusion with the other alternatives in regards to the best location for a ferry terminal on the east side, be it Echo Cove, Cascade Point or Sawmill Cove. The west ferry terminal would remain at William Henry Bay. It would be an hourly ferry, on each side and would provide service between the east and west terminals.

We have a natural transportation corridor from William Henry Bay north past Pyramid Harbor to the shortest crossing of the Chilkat River at Zimovia Point to meet the Haines Highway. This intersection, four miles from the Haines Airport, would require a far shorter bridge than that shown in alternative three and not direct traffic through a residential part of Haines.

A ferry from Haines would connect to Skagway on the seasonal schedule. The west side road would cost far less and meet the objective of improving the connection between Juneau and the continental highway system by reducing travel time and cost while providing capacity and opportunity to travel.

Alernative 2B would require extensive high cost construction on the east side of the Lynn Canal to Katzehin. This, along with most other alternatives, would not improve the opportunity to travel.

Please respond before Feb. 20 to Juneau Access DOT&PF Southeast Region, Juneau Access Improvements Project SEIS, P.O. Box 112506, Juneau, AK 99811-2506.

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as a fishing boat, the American Pride is now operated by the Children’s Maritime Foundation for educational tours. Daniel lives on the boat and assists with sailings and school groups. Daniel was encouraged to apply for the job by his friend Jeremiah Brower when Jeremiah was home in Haines over Christmas. Jeremiah has worked on the American Pride since March 2011. Although it was hard for Daniel’s mother, Patty Campbell, to say goodbye to her youngest son, she says she’s proud that he’s found something that makes him happy. “I will miss him,” says Patty, “but he’s doing his thing and that’s all that matters.”

Mosquito Lake Fourth grader Odin Jacobson won a $1,500 credit in the University of Alaska

College Savings Plan for his entry in the “I Know I Can” career education program presented by Haines School Counselor Lindsey Moore in November. Lindsey visited classrooms in Haines and Mosquito Lake to talk about career choices, and students completed an art activity in which they drew pictures of a career they envision themselves doing. Submissions to the Alaska Commission on Post-Secondary Education were included in a random drawing for two $1,500 prizes. Odin drew a picture of himself as a soldier rappelling out of a helicopter. Although Odin’s plans for his future career are still evolving, mother Amiee Jacobson hopes that the prize will help Odin start saving for college. “Every little bit helps,” she says.

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Pam RandlesWe have heard the words

“winter storm warning” a great deal this winter. NOAA says that means a storm that “could pose a threat to life and property” including white-outs, wind chills and frostbite. So, we dress warmly, heat our houses and shovel - and shovel and shovel.

The c r i t t e r s don’t have snowplows, wood stoves or parkas, so they adopt other strategies. One is to be larger than their cousins in warmer climates. Our large mammals, like moose and bear, and non-migratory birds, like ravens, are bigger because it is easier to keep warm that way. This is called Bergmann’s Rule. Animals lose heat based on their surface area, so it might seem that a larger surface area would lose more heat. However, larger volume slows the heat loss. Overall, larger animals are able to conserve more heat. There is another factor in this equation as well: There are fewer species of everything in the north, so these large animals have less competition for food and are able to eat more and get larger.

However, our smaller furbearers aren’t larger in the north. The same strategy doesn’t seem to work for them. Many of them live under the snow in the subnivean environment which protects

them from the stormy stuff. The temperature is more stable there and the wind doesn’t blow. Some of them huddle together to conserve warmth.

Members of the weasel family, such as mink, marten, weasel, otter and wolverine, make a compromise. They dig elaborate tunnels and feeding dens in the ground or under the snow. But they are predators, so they spend time outside their dens hunting on land or in the water. They have feet that allow them to travel easily on snow.

So what about the little ones that don’t live under the snow? The golden-crowned kinglet is a little bird that lives in the trees year-round. It is four inches long with a wingspan of seven inches, and weighs two-tenths of an ounce, no bigger than a hummingbird but with more feathers. It maintains a higher body temperature than most birds, at about 111 degrees. It can fluff its feathers up to an inch thick, squatting to cover its feet and tucking its head. It is a voracious hunter, eating three times its weight in insects daily. It finds insects in the winter by hovering and hopping along twigs searching for tiny prey. It must forage constantly to stay alive. Often, it will huddle with other kinglets at night to stay warm.

Some animals, like toads and

bark beetles, make a sort of antifreeze. The reason freezing kills animals is that ice crystals form in their cells and cut the cell walls. So, if you can keep the ice out of the cells, you can live through freezing temperatures. Bark beetles and toads do that by producing glycerol (a chemical relative of the antifreeze you put in your car) in their cells. The liquids between the cells can freeze as long as the cells don’t.

Meanwhile, inside the bear dens, bear cubs will soon be born. They are small – about fist-sized, hairless and blind at birth, weighing about a pound. The sow is in a state of dormancy, but the kids know what to do, and are quite noisy about it. They will nurse for about three months. When they come out of the den, they will be about fifteen pounds. How many cubs a sow has will depend on how much fat she was able to store the previous summer and fall. She will only give birth to the number of cubs she can “afford.” Any other fetuses will be reabsorbed to assure that mom will make it to take care of the new cubs.

If you have questions or observations, please call Pam Randles a t the Takshanuk Watershed Council, 766-3542, or visit www.takshanuk.org and add your observations and photos.

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By Margaret FriedenauerJayden Rettinger sure didn’t act

nervous on Tuesday during his first spelling bee.

It only took 25 minutes and six rounds for fourth-grader Rettinger to beat out a field of 12 students for first place in the Haines School Spelling Bee.

“It’s my first spelling bee in my life,” he said. “I was really nervous.”

Rettinger clinched the win by correctly spelling “eclipse” followed by “virtue” after second-place winner, eighth-grader Mori Hays, misspelled “antelope.”

But the real excitement came in the competition for third place. Fourth-grader Dylan Chapell and eighth-grader Alexandria Chapin both misspelled their words in the final round and went head-to-head for eight rounds in a spell-off to break the tie. For the first few rounds, neither Chapell nor Chapin could get past stumpers like “perturb,” “interrupt” and

Heinz nabs 40 Under 40 accolade

Local businessman Karl Heinz was recently named to the 2012 Top Forty Under 40 list from the Alaska Journal of Commerce. Heinz is vice president and Haines branch manager of First National Bank of Alaska. He was nominated for the honor by co-workers at the Haines branch and bank management in Anchorage. Heinz and the other recipients from across the state were chosen from nearly 200 nominations.

“In general, Top Forty Under 40 recipients are selected for their work in their business and employment and in their community service work. We look for a nice, yet outstanding, balance between the two,” said Melissa Campbell, editor of Alaska Journal of Commerce.

Doug Longacre, Senior Vice President, Branch Lending and Administration Division wrote in response to the award: “On behalf of First National Bank Alaska, I want to congratulate Haines Branch Manager Karl Heinz on being selected as one of the Top 40 Under 40 award recipients. Our bank and the citizens of H a i n e s a n d s u r r o u n d i n g community have benefited from Karl’s leadership ability and banking professionalism. Karl has represented First National well with the utmost of honesty, integrity, and community spirit and we are glad he is on our team.”

“ingredient.” But then the pair kept the tie going with several rounds of each correctly spelling words like “glimpse,” “axle,” “ugliness,” “munchkin” and “flannel.” Finally, in round eight, Chapin correctly spelled “assign” and Chapell missed the spelling of “chorus,” giving the eighth-grader the third-place win.

Friends Rettinger, a home-schooled student, and Chapell sat together and encouraged each other throughout the event. Rettinger said he studied hard

and practiced mostly by spelling words out loud. Any words he mis-spelled, he would then practice by writing out. And now he plans to continue studying because he is going to Anchorage to represent Haines in the state spelling bee on March 3. The Haines American Legion Women’s Auxiliary is sponsoring his trip.

And hopefully, with one spelling bee behind him, the next one won’t be so nerve-racking.

“I had no idea I was going to win,” he said.

Heinz, 32, grew up in Anchorage and graduated from University of Alaska Anchorage. He began working for First National Bank Alaska in 2003 and came to the Haines branch in 2008. He’s served on the Haines Chamber of Commerce board of directors, the Alaska State Chamber of Commerce and Lynn Canal Counseling board of directors.

Venturer Scouts host race event

The Venturer Scouts are taking a page from the playbook of the hit reality show “The Amazing Race” and hosting a women’s only scavenger hunt later this month to raise money for upcoming scout activities.

The event is scheduled for Feb. 25 from 10 a.m. to about 5 p.m.. Organizer and scout leader Greg Podsiki said there will be up to nine teams of four women. Teams will be directed to complete more than a dozen tasks throughout the day, racing against the clock and other teams for the top prize.

All events are secret until the day of the hunt. But Podsiki said all the tasks are fun and not “revolting, vulgar, immoral or lewd.”

“All the tasks are things that they have or someday will have to do because they live in the state of Alaska,” he said. “Nothing will be so challenging that they couldn’t do it.”

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By Margaret FriedenauerLeigh Horner doesn’t have cable

TV. If she and her family watch any television, they watch the random mix of programming on the Alaska Rural Communication Services (ARCS) channel, the free, low-power service provided to 235 communities across Alaska.

The service, formally called RATNET, was originally created decades ago by the state to provide television and a means of emergency communication to rural areas. The programming is a mix of public and commercial network and syndicated programs, Alaska news and public affairs shows and educational and informational programs.

Horner said she doesn’t mind the unpredictable nature of the programming; she just likes not paying for cable TV. Occasionally, while watching the station, Horner will notice the picture gets scratchy or the station goes out all together. She figures – often correctly – that severe weather and heavy snowfall are impeding the signal to the satellite. Eventually the channel will return or clear up, after the weather lifts or the snow is cleared from the satellite.

“I always wondered who cleaned the snow off that thing,” Horner said. “Now I know.”

That’s because Horner is herself now one of the volunteers taking up the shovel to keep the ARCS satellite clear and ready to receive a signal.

But more interest and volunteers are needed to keep the channel going.

KHNS radio station has hosted

the ARCS satellite and receiving equipment in its shed off FAA Road for the past 25 years, said Kay Clements, general manager of KHNS. Recently the radio station aired a public service announcement asking for help with snow removal near the satellite when snow was piled as high as seven-feet near and around the shed and dish.

“We’re just trying to get a community group of ARCS watchers that would help carve a path to the dish,” Clements said.

While KHNS gladly hosts the equipment site, Clements said it’s getting more difficult to assist with the maintenance of the aging equipment. KHNS doesn’t receive any funding for hosting the equipment or any maintenance or replacement of the equipment.

“We’re happy to host it, it’s just the budget of replacing equipment and who is going to pay for that,” she said. “It’s sort of like this little abandoned orphan.”

According to Alaska Public Broadcasting, Inc., there is still state funding for ARCS sites - just not as much as there used to be.

“The state still has a hand in all of the functions that ARCS requires,” said Steve Hamlin, technical manager for ARCS at APRI. In years previous, there was funding for a traveling engineer, but that went away a long time ago, he said. Now, Hamlin fills the only position directly related to ARCS that the state funds. He is the coordinator and a troubleshooting resource for the 200-plus ARCS sites around the state.

While the state still provides

funding for aspects like program management and the cost of the FCC license and filing, most other costs are expected to be covered by the communities hosting an ARCS station. According to an ARCS information sheet from Alaska Public Broadcasting, “Direct funding for the repair of ARCS equipment is not available from the state of Alaska at this time,” and “Communities are being asked to bear the cost of repairs to the state-owned equipment serving their communities.” The communities are also expected to provide a safe and secure space and power for electrical equipment, outside space for satellite and broadcast antennas – which is what KHNS does – and perform local maintenance and troubleshooting on a volunteer basis.

The information suggests communities can contact the state Department of Administration to request direct funding of needed repairs, contact state legislators to help secure funding, use some source of community funding or try collecting funding from local donors or grant agencies.

Clements said her biggest concern is that the equipment is going to need replacing in the near future. Recently, falling ice shredded a cable and destroyed a satellite receiver. Haines School had a used receiver they donated as a replacement part.

But it’s unclear what will happen once the equipment needs a more permanent fix. Hamlin said The Denali Commission during the last several years granted money for equipment upgrades in several communities, but that funding ended last year.

Hamlin said ARCS is a labor of love for most of the communities where it operates, relying on a core group of volunteers.

“Almost every community where this is working, there are one or two people that have taken this under their wing,” he said.

Horner said she’s happy to help out, now that she knows where the satellite is. It took her two hours to snowshoe to the satellite and shovel it the first time she went. But she’d rather pay in shovel time than in money to keep watching the station.

“This is a way I can contribute to ARCS,” she said. “It’s not always a great picture, it’s low frequency, so you get what you pay for. But the price is right.”

Podsiki said the idea came from the similar activities that take place at Boy Scout Jamborees. He also wanted to create a different type of fundraiser, one where people are more involved and got something out of the event.

“We’re trying to think of ways to raise money without soaking up the community’s dollars, where we give something back to the community,” he said. “They give us so much. With this, they’ll be getting a really, really fun day out of it.”

The Venturer Scouts will be helping out at different stations throughout the day and there will be a cash prize for the top finishers and a celebration dinner at the end of the event.

Women over 21 can participate and there are four women per team. Cost is $50 per person, or a $50 sponsorship. All four members of a team must be licensed drivers and Alaska residents.

Podsiki said while participants don’t have to be in top physical condi t ion, they should be physically fit and capable of performing outdoor activities. If a participant doesn’t have a team, Podsiki said he can help match up teams. Contact him at 766-2723 for more information.

The Venture Scouts are raising

money for their upcoming trips to Hawaii in June and Australia in 2014.

Mammogram van in Haines in May

The mobile mammogram van will visit Haines on May 9-22 as part of the SEARHC WISEWOMAN Women’s Health Program.

The mobile mammography program is run through a partnership between Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau and the SEARHC WISEWOMAN program and makes mammogram screening services available to women who live in communities where they aren’t available year round.

T h e p r o g r a m p r o v i d e s free clinical breast exams, mammograms, Pap tests and cardiovascular screening for all women ages 40 and older who meet income and insurance guidelines.

Women should contact the local SEARHC clinic prior to the mobile van’s visit because they will need to receive a clinical breast exam before they can get their mammogram.

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Wiley also linked up with Haines resident Andrea Nelson, who had archaeological field work experience, but had been unable to pursue her interests in Haines. “I really missed Haines,” Nelson commented. “I thought I would have to choose one or the other. It is great to be able to pursue a field that you enjoy in the place you want to live.”

Nelson is impressed with the SRS’s new office. “The facilities are amazing. [SRS] has an amazing archaeological laboratory set up with great resources, technology, and a library. All the tools are there to really accomplish a lot.”

Wiley’s approach also jibes with Nelson’s. “It seems like Anastasia’s heart is in the right place. She is in it for the archaeology and the people, which is refreshing, because I have worked with others who were more corporate. She does a good job collaborating with the Natives and putting them in the center of it.”

Wiley foresees that SRS will win business from state, federal, and local agencies who need environmental impact statements or archaeological monitoring for a project. The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 requires any project or action driven by federal funding to have an environmental assessment that takes into account the impact on culturally important sites.

SRS has the certifications and experience necessary to provide the analysis and documentation required by NEPA.

In 2008 , SRS p rov ided archaeologic grading monitoring during Southeast Roadbuilders’ refurbishment of Union Street and Third Avenue.

SRS projects are more diverse than assessment and monitoring. One project, begun in 2007, involves transferring Tlingit language field notes from an early study into digital format. “Marsha Hotch, as a linguist, was looking at the words, and some words had been lost, so this (project) is already a contribution to the (Tlingit) language.”

However, the project that Wiley seems most excited about is her partnership with the local Native organizations and the University of Alaska Southeast to train Natives in archaeological techniques. The training will be sufficient to allow them to work as monitors for their own cultural sites during road construction projects, for example. “It’s better for everyone. It saves a lot of problems down the line if the [Native] people are integrated into the whole process.”

This past summer, eight Native students from Klukwan and Haines participated in a five-week pilot program. The students learned basic archaeological theory and techniques and completed independent study projects. The program was supported and funded by the Alaska Department of Natural Resources.

Hotch, a Tlingit linguist and UAS adjunct professor, was a student in the program. She said the program provided an enormous benefit for the community as well

as the students who participated.“I wish I had had this class

years ago. I think I would have been a better person to represent my community knowing what our rights are, as a Native people, what we are entitled to, and what can and can’t be done, pertaining to cultural sites. I think it empowered all of us to better make decisions in our community and outside our community. Not even just the Chilkat Valley, but I also think that other tribes throughout the state will benefit from their members becoming knowledgeable and giving them the opportunity to collaborate with other projects that might take place in their area.”

Wiley was enthusiastic about continuing this program and expanding it to other parts of the state. “You do archaeology to gain knowledge so you can share it with people. You need to write or teach or lecture. The tribal groups are wonderful. I like working with them. On these training programs I have gotten to know the younger people. It is a lot of fun teaching

them something new that they are extremely interested in because it is part of their heritage. Eventually you will get a student who wants to continue this, to become an archaeologist or anthropologist.”

Another overarching goal for SRS in the Haines and Klukwan area is to identify and find all the traditional sites of the Chilkat Valley, including records, maps, historical photographs and oral histories. She is working to build a consortium of Native, government and academic entities to further what SRS calls the Chilkat Valley Traditional Cultural Places Project.

Wiley has been pleased with SRS’s developing relationship with the Haines and Klukwan communities. She recalled an open house that SRS hosted with the Haines Chamber of Commerce in November 2011. “People began to realize that we have a tremendous resource that can be used by the community.”

Increasingly spending her time in Alaska, but still traveling back down to the main branches of

SRS, Wiley is determined to make the move to Alaska full-time. “More and more I just want to stay in Alaska. I don’t want to keep going back and forth. I only have so much energy and I prefer to spend it working in Southeast.”

In part, Wiley’s timing is driven by the impending culmination of her largest project to date: Her work on the Bolsa Chica site in California. “I am writing the final reports on 20 years of work ... It is an eleven-volume final report. It should be done by March or April and go to the printers. Then I can breath easier.”

Wiley is looking forward to having time in the winter to explore Haines’ local resources, like the Sheldon Museum. “It’s one of those rare hidden jewels that most people don’t know about. They have so much information - the historic photos, the historic books, the oral interviews of early families. It is just tremendous, what is there. That is another reason why I like Haines. I could stay in the library at the Sheldon Museum for days and days.

“I love being in Haines in the winter, because it is even quieter, and there is nothing to do but research. In the summer, of course, you are lured away by fishing and berry picking, but the winter allows you to sit back and write up everything. ”

Despite being a longtime resident of sunny California, Wiley claims to be looking forward to a winter replete with snow and limited daylight. “I come from upstate New York originally, from snow country,” she points out. “That’s another reason I am comfortable in Alaska.”

Anastasia Wiley examines the Klaney wooden cabin remains at 13 Mile Haines Highway in July. Submitted photo.

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By Heather LendeLongtime Haines resident

Helen Fenn, 98, died at the Sitka Pioneer Home following a stroke Jan. 24. She was the owner of Helen’s Shop, a jewelry, gift and watch repair store that was a Main Street institution for over 50 years until it closed in 2010.

Borough assembly member Debra Schnabel grew up with Helen’s Shop. “It seemed like the most exotic place in our town, especially for a girl,” she said. “All your presents came from there.”

Friend Doris Ward said Helen’s Shop was successful in part because for many years it was the only gift store in Haines and, “A lot of it was Helen’s personal touch. She was a very good salesperson.”

In a 2007 feature story about her titled “Frontier Salesmanship” in the Anchorage Daily News, Fenn said that when she learned a former employee had said she could “sell merchandise to a fencepost,” she took it as a compliment.

Daughter Sandra Martin noted, “If a kid came in to buy a gift for his mother and only had $1.50 and it cost eight dollars, she’d say, ‘okay’ and she’d make the kid sign a piece of paper for it, promising to pay her back. She said she never had one who didn’t.” Her mother made private loans as well, when she saw a need. “She helped a lot of people financially.”

Helen Rae Elkins was born Sept. 9, 1913, the sixth of eight children to Colorado homesteaders Anna Kelly and Louis Elkins. They

lived three miles from the Clifford railroad station. Of her frontier childhood she recalled, “lots of tall grass and buffaloes.” After completing her freshman year of high school in a one-room schoolhouse, she became a nanny in Denver before marrying Clifford Fenn in 1934 in Lamar, Colorado. They returned home to work the family farm. The farm failed during the Depression. In May 1936 the Fenns traveled with her parents and little brother to join several of Helen’s siblings in the then-Norwegian-speaking Petersburg where they initially worked for a brother’s oyster business.

Helen harvested oysters and worked in a cannery and a jewelry store before opening the first Helen’s Shop there. During her 20 years in Petersburg, she reared two children, was a charter member of the first Emblem Club in Alaska, joined the Order of the Eastern Star and the American Legion Auxiliary and held leadership positions in all three. She enjoyed traveling around the region and the state on boats, planes, cars and trains.

Fenn was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis when she was in her late thirties. For much of her life she relied on a cane but rarely, if ever, mentioned her condition. “Her legs would ache after a day in the shop and she took an occasional tumble, but she didn’t complain. I used to tell her doctors, ‘If she says she isn’t feeling well then she’s very sick,’” Martin said.

Fenn moved to Haines in 1954 when her husband took a job inspecting the Haines-to-Fairbanks pipeline. She opened a second store here and maintained both for several years before

selling the Petersburg shop.She told a Pioneer Home

historian that compared to well-maintained Petersburg, Haines was a shock. “There wasn’t a bit of paint on any of the buildings - it looked like a ghost town. But I found there were a lot of nice people.”

Fenn served seven years on the Haines school board, organized a local chapter of the Business and Professional Women’s Club and was a charter member of the Haines Pioneer Igloo. In 1959 she was appointed to the first tourism advisory board in Alaska and served on it for about 10 years.

Her husband died in 1970 and in 1978 she sold the store to her daughter and moved to the Sitka Pioneer Home. “My mother was in and out of there at least four times since 1981,” mostly to travel to places like China, Europe, Australia, South Africa, Mexico and the Caribbean, Martin said.

Fenn also joined octogenarian Captain Lucy Harrell on her 32-foot Nordic Tug for two “Ancient Mariner” Inside Passage cruises with a handful of women aged 78 to 93. “Helen was a real party animal. She enjoyed people, good food, good conversation and something interesting to look at,” Harrell said. On a 10-day trip to Misty Fjords National Monument, Fenn was greeted by name in each port. “She knew everybody in Sitka, everybody in Petersburg and half the people in Juneau and Ketchikan,” Harrell said.

“My mother was active, she took care of herself, she ate well and always cooked from scratch. She was just a very, very strong-willed person who overcame formidable obstacles,” Sandra Martin said.

In addition to her daughter in Haines, Helen Fenn leaves a son, Kenneth, and his wife Danielle of Juneau, grandchildren Chad and Shane Martin and Kenneth Jr., Christopher Fenn and Michelle Fenn Dye, as well as 14 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandson.

A memorial service was held in the Sitka Pioneer Home. She will be buried next to her husband in Juneau.

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Hotch tourney readies for stiff competitionBy Krista Kielsmeier

The Dick Hotch Memorial Basketball Tournament starts 6 p.m. tonight (Thursday, Feb. 9) at the Haines School.

“I’ve played in about 25 of them,” said organizer Larry Sweet. “From when I first started playing basketball in Southeast to what it is now, the competition level has skyrocketed, the level of play has gone up tremendously, and it’s more of a fast-paced game than it used to be.”

The tournament runs through Sunday, Feb. 12, at Karl Ward Gymnasium and is set to feature adult teams from Haines, Juneau, Klukwan, Skagway and Whitehorse. The event has been a tradition for more than three decades.

“Everybody had such a great love for Dick Hotch; his name was synonymous with Klukwan basketball,” Sweet said. “Basketball is loved throughout Southeast Alaska, and this is also a great warm-up for Gold Medal, which is just around the corner (in March).”

Games start at noon Friday and Saturday, and the championship game is Sunday afternoon.

Last year, the Haines Merchants fell to a Juneau squad in the finals. Sweet said both teams have entered the 2012 tournament.

The Haines High School boys’ team also will compete over the weekend.

“One of the guys coming down with the Whitehorse team is actually the coach for the high school in Whitehorse, so they’re going to bring their high school team down,” Sweet said. “They’re going to square off against the Haines team on Friday and Saturday.”

A Thursday through Sunday spectator pass is $25 for adults, and the price for a tournament-long pass drops by $5 each day. Morning and evening sessions are $5 each, and a day pass is $10. Senior and children’s discounts are available, and concessions will be served.

The tournament also will award about 30 trophies, for honors such as “Best Fan” and top point-scorer. Three-point and free-throw contests are scheduled for Sunday morning.

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That’s not to say the state isn’t already involved on many levels. While Oceanview Drive and the utilities in the area fall under the responsibility of the borough, Lutak Road is a state road. Alaska Department of Transportation crews have been working with the borough to monitor movement and keep Lutak Road passable.

“Short term, it’s a maintenance issue for us,” said Al Clough, Southeast Regional Director with DOT. “We are doing quite a bit to investigate the issue, working with the city and on our own, so we can build a solution.”

Chuck Correa, regional pre-construction engineer with DOT, said there have been several similar slide and slope incidents in Juneau, Sitka and around Southeast he can remember in the last 15 years. But each one has its own characteristics.

“This one in Haines, it’s unique in that it is very slow moving so far,” he said.

Usually, slide events happened very quickly or overnight, damaging roads, houses and properties all at once.

“The more common event is a sudden failure and then we go out and it’s a cleanup operation,” Correa said.

A slow moving event requires more patience, Correa said, and examination of data to try to determine a “causative effect” and develop a long range response. But heavy snowfall this winter is also hindering data collection and slowing down the process even more.

“There’s a lot of questions we’d like to look at, but can’t until spring,” Correa said.

And even then, there is always one, very temperamental factor that plays a large part in keeping geological events largely unpredictable.

“It’s Mother Nature,” Clough said. “You can have the best data available and Mother Nature will turn around and smite you.”

------------------Cindy Buxton is a local

geologist familiar with the bedrock geology of the Haines area. She emphasizes she has little experience in geological engineering.

Buxton observed some of the drilling as it took place on Oceanview Drive as engineers gathered samples to better understand what was happening under the surface. She said in drill holes on Oceanview Drive, a clay-rich silt layer was hit about 20-feet down that was very saturated in water. A hole in Lutak Road revealed a wet layer of sand at about the same depth.

“When these materials get very wet they can lose their cohesiveness and strength and the materials above them can start sliding on these layers if there is a steep enough slope,” Buxton said.

She said the area has a “dynamic glacial history,” and that could be causing lateral changes in the distribution of clay and sand layers.

“The sand, silt, and clay were deposited in a body of water, such as a lake, that likely formed as the glaciers were retreating, or may have been deposited in saltwater out in front of a glacier.”

She emphasizes that the testing done by the engineers collecting the samples will be able to reveal many more details about the sub-surface materials.

Technically, she said, the mass-wasting event is called a slump, although it’s not acting as a strict textbook case. Here is how

Buxton illustrates the movement:“It is a bit like a flattened bowl

sitting on a slippery slope. Imagine the bowl sliding slowly down the slope and at the same time you put a little weight on the top edge of the bowl. As the bowl is sliding down slope, the bottom edge tilts up slightly (i.e., the bump on Lutak Road near Front Street), resulting in rotational and translational movement. The bowl is for the most part sliding as a unit. However the earth is not that rigid, so small cracks are opening up in the middle of the horseshoe-shaped area as well as large cracks on its edges.”

------------------Besides the sewer main break,

the rough road, the contingency plans in place should Lutak Road be closed and the displacement of one family thus far, the slump could have even more long-term effects.

Brian and Sarah Elliott bought just over an acre of property on the hillside in the summer of 2010. They liked the neighborhood, the proximity to town and most of all, the view over the water. But now, Sarah Elliott said she is glad the couple didn’t begin construction on their home last summer as they originally planned.

“We’re actually feeling very fortunate that we don’t have a big, brand new home there right now,” she said.

Plans were in motion to build this summer. A pad and driveway were laid and the couple had a houseplan and a builder lined up, ready to begin construction as soon as the ground thawed.

While the sewer line that was compromised last week runs through the property, Elliott said their property doesn’t appear to be on the slab of earth actually moving.

Still, before moving on with construction, Elliott said she wants a thorough explanation from engineers and contractors

about what is happening and what the outlook is for the area.

“Now that this has happened, I am personally extremely hesitant to move any further in any direction with development on the property,” she said.

The Elliotts bought one of three lots for sale by developer Jan Van Dort. Real estate agent Jim Studley said Van Dort ceased development on the property over the last couple years.

“They were not stopped being developed because of the slump affecting the road, but because of the slump in the market,” Studley said.

But obviously, he said, the present situation adds concern to if and how to move forward with development in the future. Studley said decisions about the property depend on information engineers compile and what the borough decides is necessary to stabilize or repair the area.

“(Van Dort) is not going to

develop them until the market improves and this is definitely going to have an effect on his decision making,” Studley said.

------------------The borough continues to release

daily updates of the situation. In the last week highlights and developments include:

• A sudden increase of movement on the evening of Feb. 1 caused concern and revealed cracks had opened wider and deeper on Lutak Road. One family on the Oceanview Drive side of the slump decided to stay elsewhere for one evening because of the movement, but returned to their home the next day.

• State crews filled in cracks and smoothed out a large heave in Lutak Road.

• Warmer temperatures caused some snow melting and revealed an old manhole that borough officials did not have on record. The manhole was compromised by the ground shifting and broke the sewer line. Residents in the area were asked to reduce their water and sewer usage while crews made repairs and re-routed the sewer line.

• The damage to the sewer line allowed mud, sand and gravel to enter the line. The borough consulted with Juneau city officials about equipment in Juneau that could help remove debris from the sewer.

• The borough awaits detailed data from engineers monitoring the movement with specialized sensors. Manual measurements by the borough along the top of the slide show a movement of eight to nine inches in the last week and a half.

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Lutak Road shows the effects of a slump and ground movement occurring in the area. John S. Hagen photo.

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Trust Land Offi ceNotice under 11 AAC 99.050 of

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Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to the provisions of AS 38.05.801 and 11 AAC 99, the Executive Director of the Alaska Mental Health Trust Land Offi ce (TLO) has determined that it is in the best interest of the Alaska Mental Health Trust and its benefi ciaries to sell approximately 75 Trust parcels through the Trust Land Office’s Land Sale Program and deem specifi c state statutes inconsistent with Trust management principles. The basis for this determination is explained in a written best interest decision prepared by the Executive Director pursuant to 11 AAC 99.040.

The Trust land affected by the decision are located in or near the following communities: Haines, Gustavus, Hollis, Ketchikan, Naukati Bay, Edna Bay, Whale Pass, Sitka, Petersburg, Delta Jct., Tok, Ester, Olnes, Two Rivers, Eielson, Salcha, Talkeetna, Valdez, Moose Pass, Oyster Cove, Wasilla, Palmer, Cordova, and Kodiak.

Persons who believe that the wr i t ten decis ion should be altered because it is not in the best interests of the Trust or its beneficiaries, or because the decision is inconsistent with Trust management principles set out in 11 AAC 99.020, or any other provision of 11 AAC 99, must provide written comments on or before 4:30 PM, March 2, 2012. Comments should be submitted to the TLO at 2600 Cordova Street, Suite 100, Anchorage, AK 99503, or by fax (907) 269-8905 or email mhtlo@alaska.gov. Following the comment deadline, the Executive Director will consider timely comments that question the decision on the basis of the best interest of the Alaska Mental Health Trust and its benefi ciaries or inconsistency with 11 AAC 99, and the best interest decision may be changed in response to such written comments or other information. Commenting parties will be provided a copy of the fi nal best interest decision after the end of the notice period.

To be e l i g i b l e t o f i l e fo r reconsideration of the best interest decision, or to fi le a subsequent appeal to the Superior Court, a person must have submitted written comments during the notice period. Eligible persons will have twenty (20) calendar days after receipt of the final written decision to request that the Executive Director reconsider the decision under 11 AAC 99.060(b).

Copies of the written decision are available at the Trust Land Offi ce, or at www.mhtrustland.org. If you have any questions concerning this action, please contact the Trust Land Offi ce at (907) 269-8658.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Alaska Mental Health Trust is prepared to accommodate individuals with disabilities. Please contact the Trust Land Offi ce at (907) 269-8658 for assistance. Requests for assistance must be received at least 48 hours prior to the comment deadline in order to ensure that any necessary accommodations can be provided.

The Executive Director of the TLO reserves the right to waive technical defects in this notice or to amend, postpone, or vacate the best interest.Gregory L. Jones Executive Director First Publication Date: 02/02/2012

Police Report HAINES BOROUGHPUBLIC NOTICE

Haines Borough Assembly

At 6:30 p.m. , on Tuesday, February 14, in the Assembly Chambers at the Public Safety Building, 213 Haines Highway, a public hearing is scheduled for the following:

Ordinance 11-10-274(Second Hearing)An Ordinance of the Haines Borough adding Haines Borough Code Title 12 Chapter 12.40 to establish a public park at Picture Point.

Ordinance 12-01-279(Second Hearing)An Ordinance of the Haines Borough Assembly amending Haines Borough Code Section 5.18.080(f)(4) to provide that global positioning data submitted by ski tour operators are confidential.

Ordinance 12-01-280(Second Hearing)An Ordinance of the Haines Borough Assembly providing for the addition or amendment of specific line items to the FY12 budget. Ordinance 12-01-281(First Hearing)An Ordinance of the Haines Borough Assembly amending Haines Borough Code Title 16 to clarify governance of the Haines Borough Port and Harbor Facilities.

More information is available at the Borough Clerk’s Office or on the website: www.hainesborough.us/consider.html. Oral comments may be made at the public hearings or you can send written comments to P.O. Box 1209, Haines, AK 99827 or jcozzi@haines.ak.us.

Signing up to speak during a public hearing is encouraged but not required. It’s as easy as contacting the Clerk’s Office ahead of time to have your name added to the list or you can sign up yourself just before the assembly meeting begins. Again, it’s not required, but it is encouraged.

Posted 2/6/2012Julie Cozzi, MMC, Borough Clerk

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Monday, Feb. 6 A caller reported a phone call about lowering his credit card interest and said he thought it was fraud. Police took a drunken person at a downtown apartment into protective custody.Sunday, Feb. 5 An officer responded to a domestic dispute at a downtown apartment complex. No charges were filed. An officer gave a juvenile a ride home.Saturday, Feb. 4 A cal ler f rom a Haines Highway business requested

assistance with a loiter ing customer. An officer responded, and the customer left. A caller requested a welfare check at a residence up the highway. Alaska State Troopers responded and found the person was fine.Friday, Feb. 3 A caller reported a power line on Lutak Road leaning against trees and sparking. A caller requested a welfare check on his brother, and everything was fine. A caller reported a damaged window at a Main Street business. Police said the damage might

have been due to snow or a break-in attempt.Thursday, Feb. 2 An officer made a traffic stop for erratic driving. The driver had snow on the windshield and was not able to observe the road.Wednesday, Feb. 1 Walkers reported a line down near Front and Union streets. A caller reported information on someone selling drugs. No charges have been filed.Tuesday, Jan. 31 Officers issued three parking citations for vehicles obstructing snow removal. An officer issued a citation for not having a visible tail light on a trailer. There were 12 medical calls and two calls about dogs. The Haines Borough Police Department can be reached at 766-2121.

thought was the intent of the code, especially in parking,” he said.

Assembly member Joanne Waterman suggested for Barrett, Earnest and Lowe to meet and discuss the peace officer provision before the ordinance is up for adoption.

“If we just word it so that the harbormaster has the ability to write citations, and then has the protection as if he was a peace officer, that’s what we were after,” said Bill Rostad of the harbor advisory committee.

Earnest said some borough employees are more exposed to public disapproval.

“We’ve had equipment operators that have been threatened with shovels just recently,” he said. “We’re out there dealing with the

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Above, Haines High School cheerleaders Christine Briggs, Brook Cinocco, Serena Badgley, Samantha Hoffman and Kristen Gann get the crowd going at a Haines Glacier Bear basketball game recently. Below, Cassie Galasso and Brook Cinocco perform with the Haines High School Dance Team at the Glacier Bear boys’ basketball game against Metlakatla on Friday. Below left, Haines sophomore Devin Light dribbles past a Metlakatla player on Friday night. John S. Hagen photos.

By Krista KielsmeierSenior Brandon Haxton’s dunk

on Saturday closed out another strong second half for the Haines boys’ basketball team, which topped Metlakatla twice last weekend at home.

“We encourage aggressive play, and that’s good to see,” said coach Steve Fossman. “It shows a guy’s making a decisive move and finishing it.”

The Glacier Bears relied on dominant third quarters each night to distance themselves from Metlakatla on the scoreboard. Haines won 76-53 on Friday and 84-62 on Saturday.

Senior Tyler Swinton led with 20 points the first night, followed by senior Devin Braaten, 14; sophomore Devin Light, 11; junior Caullen Taylor, 10; senior Parker Schnabel, 8; sophomore Justin Swinton, 7; and seniors Haxton, Logan Simpson and junior Reik Fischer with 2 apiece.

Fossman credited Braaten, who scored several baskets in the lane.

“He looks pretty efficient when he catches the ball and makes a quick score in there, but there’s a lot of hard work that goes into getting that position,” Fossman said. “Nobody works harder

than Devin on the court.”Braaten tossed in 15 points Saturday,

closely trailing Tyler Swinton, with 18, and Haxton, who had 16. Simpson added 12 points, Justin Swinton, 8; Schnabel, 6; Light, 5; and Taylor, 4.

“The second night, we had really balanced scoring from the three big guys, and the guards are playing better at getting out on the fast break,” Fossman said. “A lot of that is due to Tyler Swinton really dominating the defensive rebounding; that’s the reason we can run.”

The Haines junior varsity trailed Metlakatla both nights, losing 59-50 on Friday and 63-59 on Saturday. Light scored 26 points over the two games. Other scorers were sophomore Isaac Wing, 23; Fischer, 22; sophomore John Gross, 12; sophomore Chris Turner, 8; sophomore Chevy Fowler, 6; freshman Keanu Lynch, 6; sophomore Kai Sato-Franks, 5; and sophomore James Morgan, 1.

The Haines varsity next will host a Whitehorse squad, during breaks at the Dick Hotch Memorial Basketball Tournament this weekend at Karl Ward Gymnasium. As of press time

Boys sweep Metlakatla on home court; girls split

Wednesday, the Glacier Bear games were scheduled for 6 p.m. Friday and 4 p.m. Saturday.

“They should be good games,” Fossman said. “I know they have a couple big guys that should match up well with our big guys.”

The Haines girls split with Metlakatla, falling 54-46 on Friday and recovering for a 43-33 win on Saturday. Senior Hannah Wing

poured in 31 points in a losing effort, and then tallied 20 in the victory.

Saturday, senior Amey Messerschmidt had 8 points, senior Marnie Rasmussen, 7; senior Ashley Messerschmidt, 6; and senior Anna Jacobson, 2. There were no JV games.

The girls’ varsity this week headed to Delta Junction for a tournament.