Tag: AK News

907 Updates September 22, 2016

Updated

Alaska Dispatch News 2 officers hurt during gunfire as standoff continues on Anchorage Hillside

 

 

Mike Campbell:  New ATV trail at Jim Creek broadens recreation prospects in the Valley
The new 3-mile, three-loop $87,000 ATV trail at Jim Creek christened Wednesday was largely funded by a federal grant passed through the state to the Mat-Su Borough via the Recreation and Trails Grant Program. The borough contributed $18,000.

 

UAA charges students for classes that have no credit value.
Tegan Hanlon:  UAA uses zero-level classes to get hundreds of students ready for college

 

Presented by First National Bank Alaska:  MAKING IT: Cooking up a recipe for success in Spenard

 

Fresh Snow on the mountains.

 

 

907 Updates September 21, 2016

Four males against one 72 year old. Obviously this man is scary as fuc@ since these youngsters were afraid to go one on one with him~.
Michelle Theriault Boots: 72-year-old man beaten in home invasion remains in critical condition
The attackers were described as “four Samoan males, one very heavy set, three of average build, one with wavy blonde hair,” police said.

Once again,the brouhaha on National Anthemn being played before a game.  Not real life, a game.
Colin Kaepernick Has been playing football since 2011, now in 2016 he is concerned about racial problems. He will kneel before a game, will he forfeit his pay for playing a game?

Why is it a concern now?  Also, football is just a game, and is anyone being forced to play?  Why do these kids not want their names publicized? 
Stephan Wiebe:  West High football players who knelt during national anthem aren’t speaking publicly
Beth Bragg contributed to this report.
The district’s policy on patriotic assembly gives students the right to not participate in the daily Pledge of Allegiance:  “A student who chooses not to participate must maintain a respectful silence and may not be disruptive while others are reciting the pledge.”

 

Would you take one-time PFD payout instead of a year-to-year?
Ben Anderson: On Friday, Alaskans will find out this year’s PFD amount — and what it could have been

 

Please stop by Boom! Coffee! Any day at any time. Open 24 hours on the corner of Arctic and International. Local Kaladi coffee, we make our own whipped cream and fruit smoothies up to 32 oz.!!! Red bull drinks and lots of great smiles. Thank you.

Please stop by Boom! Coffee! Any day at any time. Open 24 hours on the corner of Arctic and International. Local Kaladi coffee, we make our own whipped cream and fruit smoothies up to 32 oz.!!!
Red bull drinks and lots of great smiles. Thank you.

Paula Dobbyn: Need some midnight espresso? New 24-hour coffee hut opens in Anchorage
Pat Kinnebrew, who co-owns the business, said he expects the coffee hut to also be popular with cabbies, police, and others who work night shifts.
Seven women have been hired to cover the dayside hours. Two men — a former Marine and a former Thursday Night at the Fights boxer – are scheduled to work the graveyard shifts, Woody said.

 

Tegan Hanlon: YWCA Alaska names this year’s Women of Achievement
The presentation is set for 5:15 p.m. Nov. 3 at the Discovery Theatre at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts.

The 2016 Women of Achievement are:
Sheri Buretta, chair of the Chugach Alaska Corp. board of directors
Judith Crotty, Wells Fargo community development regional manager
Mara Kimmel, Alaska Institute for Justice co-founder and Anchorage first lady
Kris Norosz, Icicle Seafoods’ director of government affairs
Deena Paramo, Anchorage School District superintendent
Elizabeth Ripley, Mat-Su Health Foundation executive director
Elizabeth Pierce, Quintillion Subsea Operations chief executive
The Rev. Julia Seymour, pastor at Lutheran Church of Hope
Alaska state Rep. Ivy Spohnholz, D-Anchorage
Carol Swartz, Kenai Peninsula College’s Kachemak Bay campus director

 

 

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907 Updates September 20, 2016

wiki Meningitis

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Fact sheet (pdf) on meningococcal disease says it is fatal in about 10 to 15 percent of all cases, even with treatment. Nationwide cases have been on the decline over the past 20 years, from a peak of about 3,500 annually in the late 1990s to fewer than 1,000 by 2012.

1 student death in Kotzebue, AK
Chris Klint: Elementary school student in Kotzebue diagnosed with bacterial meningitis

 

 

Will they be banned from the village, from hunting or?
Alaska Statutes Title 16. Fish and Game § 16.30.010. Wanton waste of big game animals and wild fowl

Jerzy Shedlock: 4 Point Hope residents charged in walrus kills
Four Point Hope residents are facing federal charges alleging they shot and killed at least six walruses for their ivory tusks and then wastefully left the carcasses behind on a beach in Northwest Alaska last year.

Adam Sage, Michael Tuzroyluk Jr., Guy Tuzroyluk and Jacob Lane have been charged in the case, which was filed last week in federal court in Fairbanks.

 

Samantha Angaiak: Runners raise awareness for veterans issues at 5k Run
For the first time ever, Student Veterans at UAA club and YWCA’s Alaska Veterans Organization for Women partnered up to host a 5k. Student Veterans at UAA, a charter of a national club says it’s an event designed to benefit nearly 10 percent of the university’s population.

 

Alaska Health Fair

907 Updates September 19, 2016

I may be looking for excuses where there none.  I look to justify drug and alcohol abuse by a traumatic event(s) The death of an only child is an easily understandable spiral of despair and torment. How much of it is guilt whether earned such as drove drunk or not such as hit by a drunk driver.

The 12 year old that was raped while unconscious, left to die, an the rapist bragged about it at school the next day. If she spirals down slowly or takes herself out I would have empathy. Children and adults who are sexually abused, bullied, have mental issues, feel a guilt or haunted by demons.  

Apparently this young lady had a lot going for her and wanted to work in law enforcement. What choices did she have and what brought her to using heroin?

Lisa Demer:  After a young woman’s death from a heroin overdose, an Alaska village looks inward

 

Congratulations Tina Sena, owner of The Perfect Start coffee Cart
Soooo wouldn’t this be a great stop before beginning a road trip or heading to special occasion?

Suzanna Caldwell: These Red Bull tie-dye smoothies are a viral hit in Wasilla
WASILLA — The Perfect Start coffee cart owner Tina Sena describes her tie-dye, neon-colored Red Bull smoothies in two different ways.

 

 

$30- a month sounds like a great deal for folks!  What would you expect to see in this box?   What would you see or place in a box for where you live?
Annie Zak:  This new company wants to sell you Alaska in a box

 

 

Barbara Brown’s Our Third Thirds:
This is very short, but one of those quick jolts to the brain.

I was giving a workshop for teachers on resilience. We were looking at how we could reframe events, incidents, obstacles so we could better deal with them. One woman said she’d been frustrated over where she was in her career, but the change she wanted to make would mean going back to school for a degree.

“If I go back to school now, I won’t have my degree till I’m 55!”

Her husband: “How old will you be if you don’t go back to school?”

 

 

907 Updates September 17, 2016

Martin Sensmeier stars in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and Columbia Pictures' THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN.

Martin Sensmeier stars in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and Columbia Pictures’ THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN.

Martin Sensmeier, a 32-year-old actor from Yakutat, is co-starring in the major motion picture “The Magnificent Seven.”

Hunter Hauk  Q&A: Native Actor Martin Sensmeier on Starring in “The Magnificent Seven”

wiki: Martin Sensmeier

 

The U.S. Army Service's famed "Black Wolf Squadron" left its mark on northern history in 1920, when four biplanes passed through the Yukon and Alaska in an attempt to demonstrate the feasibility of long-distance air travel.

The U.S. Army Service’s famed “Black Wolf Squadron” left its mark on northern history in 1920, when four biplanes passed through the Yukon and Alaska in an attempt to demonstrate the feasibility of long-distance air travel.

Tricia Brown: The Black Wolf Squadron: Dawn of Airplanes over Alaska

 

Ned Rozell: Meet the man studying Alaska’s glaciers by living on one each summer

wiki: Retreat of glaciers since 1850

 

 

Lost by 8 votes
Nathaniel Herz: Barrow Rep. Nageak files dual legal challenges in primary loss

Alaska Divison of Elections

 

Tegan Hanlon, Marc Lester:  Seeking the truth and protecting the vulnerable in Anchorage’s domestic violence court

Domestic Violence Information
This booklet was designed to inform victims of their rights and services available to them, as well as promote awareness to help stop domestic violence.

If you are a victim of domestic violence, and the police responds to assist you, they are required by law to read certain portions of this “booklet” to you. An asterisk next to the heading marks this information. The other information is provided for your additional benefit.

 

The Alaska Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault

Sex Offender/Child Kidnapper Registry

Domestic Violence Alaska Legal Services Corporation

 

907 Updates September 16, 2016

Nathaniel Herz: Legislature completes purchase of new Anchorage office building; move is set for next month.
The Fourth Avenue building’s landlords, Mark Pfeffer and Bob Acree, have filed a $37 million damages claim, with the Legislature’s response due next month. The claim could be a precursor to a lawsuit.

What is costing so much?  Is the quality of education worth it, and what options are there to decrease the debt burden for students?
Would Community Colleges and Trade Schools be a better option for work experience and less cost, less student debt?  I am all for education.  I am against unrealistic job expectations and student debt.

Tegan Hanlon : UA prepares for another multimillion-dollar budget gap and tuition hike

wiki: Student financial aid in the United States

 

Sam Becker: The Simple Reason College Tuition Costs Have Exploded

Why is it the parent’s responsibility to pay for “higher education?”
Ken Clark: Understanding the Skyrocketing Costs of a College Education

The skyrocketing costs of college can lead a parent to wonder if an investment in higher education still makes sense. This is especially true when the annual cost of attending a private college can easily exceed the annual salary a graduate receives during their first few years of work.

Bottom Line
College costs are increasing faster than most of the other areas of life, and show no signs of slowing. For parents or students within a year or two of starting school, this can mean that your last year of college may cost 15-25% more than your first year. For parents or students that have a number of years until college begins, it means your savings plan needs to account for this gigantic increase in cost.

Have you participated a neighborhood or trail Watch program?  Comments on the dangers and to protect yourself and how to improve programs? Comments on the area being patrolled and probable dangers?  Adults who park their campers in parking lots for schools, churches, etc. to prevent vandalism by young kids or teens is less dangerous than patrolling a wooded, lone area for teenage (singular or groups) or adults. Plus what about moose and bears? And day versus night, especially full moon craziness.

Devin Kelly: Park killings bring renewed interest in Anchorage Trail Watch program

 

 

 

907 Updates September 15, 2016

Will research information on what Rep. Wilson has done to provide more funding, improve OCS work force and foster homes.
Elise Patkotak: Social workers can’t protect Alaska kids on shoestring budgets

 

Congratulations Maija Katak Lukin!
Yereth Rosen: Former Kotzebue mayor to head western Arctic national park units

 

What percentage of those in pubic office are under investigation, have been formally charged, convicted or sentenced for crimes?
Alex DeMarban:  Convicted tax evader won’t vacate Skagway assembly seat, sparking a storm

Henricksen noted Henry still faces a hearing before the Alaska Public Offices Commission on Oct. 25 over a complaint alleging he falsified financial disclosure reports for four years.

Asserting that he lied on his APOC submissions and avoided income taxes, Henricksen asked, “Have you been honest with the Municipality of Skagway?”

In February, Henry signed a plea agreement that said he did not file individual income tax returns from 2004 to 2012. Henry agreed to pay $600,064.

 

 

FYI:
DEC’s Contaminated Sites Program (CSP) recently updated the memorandum that describes how CSP will make closure determinations for sites regulated under the Oil and Hazardous Substance Site Cleanup Rules, Title 18 Alaska Administrative Code 75, Article 3 and the Underground Storage Tank regulations at 18 AAC 78, Articles 2 and 6. The memorandum is available on the DEC CSP Technical Guidance website at:
http://dec.alaska.gov/spar/csp/guidance_forms/docs/SiteClosureMemoCSP_8-30-16.pdf.

Kevin Gardner
Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation
Contaminated Sites Program
Desk: 907.269.7658  Cell: 907.268.9875To receive program updates, please join the Contaminated Sites Listserv:

http://list.state.ak.us/mailman/listinfo/DEC-Contaminated-Sites-Program

 

The Galactic Life: By the Numbers/Is Life Better In Reverse?
Alisa occasionally mutters something along the lines of, “this is the best of life”, or “I’m so happy”.
The sea is blue, we are completely on our own and glad for it, and the days go so fast that it’s hard to hold onto them.
Who could argue with her?

907 Updates September 14, 2016

Yes, several people volunteered to help clean up this “hazmat” spill. Great comments!
Chris Klint: Semi overturns, dumps beer along Glenn Highway in Mat-Su

 

What do you think?  Is he being upfront to avoid any possibilities of conflict of interest, hypocrisy or WTF is he thinking
Devin Kelly:  Compromise reached over Anchorage assemblyman’s participation in marijuana votes
The Anchorage Assembly voted Tuesday night that Assembly member Patrick Flynn can participate in most types of votes on licenses for pot businesses — but not commercial grow operations, since he himself is an investor in one.

 

Want to buy a bridge? Any information on folks who have bought historic bridges and actually used them as a bridge?
Laurel Andrews:  The state of Alaska will pay you $30K to move and maintain this historic bridge
“I just really don’t understand how they would do it. It’s somebody else’s headache,” he said.
So has Williams heard of anyone interested?
“Not a one,” he said.

 

Does anyone have information if banishment does deter the criminal or just moves the crime to another place?
Lisa Demer: Alaska village banishes 6 over drug and alcohol suspicions

Great resource as it shows who has been banished.
Lac du Flambeau Tribal Banishments

 

 

907 Updates September 13, 2016

Wonder if the actions of the victim worth loosing his life and life’s domino chain of events for alleged shooter and his family?

Chris Klint: Suspect arrested in fatal Anchorage shooting after morning manhunt
“This (expletive) was brought to my home,” the man said. “I know I’m going to be gone — I ain’t gonna get to see my son born.”

 

 

 

FYI:
The Alaska Online With Libraries (OWL) Program

Join us in Juneau or via OWL videoconference for a free presentation: The Alaskan Economy: Wishful Thinking Versus Economic Reality

When: Thursday, Sept. 15th, noon

Where: Andrew P. Kashevaroff Building Lecture Hall, 395 Whittier St.

What: Clive Thomas, editor of the new book, Alaska Politics and Public Policy: The dynamics of beliefs, institutions, personalities, and power, and former political science professor at UAS, will consider the various views on how Alaska’s economy can be diversified and stabilized.  He’ll touch on the development of the state’s economy, the political dimensions of the issue, and the realities of Alaska’s place in the national and world economies.  Some possible solutions to the chronic boom-bust cycle will be presented, and there will be plenty of time for questions.  With such a fascinating and timely topic, and such a witty and energetic speaker, this should not be missed!

The presentation will be available live via videoconference, so if you’re interested but not in Juneau, please check with your local library about the possibility of joining.

Feel free to contact me with any questions.

Freya Anderson

Head of Information Services

Alaska State Library

395 Whittier St.

Juneau, AK 99801

P: 907-465-1315 | F: 907-465-2151 |

The Information Center for Government

907 Updates September 12, 2016

Because the victim was passed out, it doesn’t count as much?  What about her getting through the attack?  How does she turn her life around?  Every knows as he bragged at school about raping an unconscious 12 year old. 
Lisa Demer: Scammon Bay teen gets 5 years for raping 12-year-old girl

“And I have to look at you. Goodness. You have no record,” McConnell said to Kaganak. “This was your first offense, and it was a very serious one.”

 

Banishment means they are still able and willing to commit crimes.  It just means it is difficult for them to commit crimes where they were banished from.
Lisa Demer:  Young man blamed for 3 arson deaths in Alaska village gets traditional justice: Banishment

 

Chris Klint: Company to challenge $560K state fines in Anchorage worker’s death
The review board hearing, in Suite 102 of the Atwood Building at 550 W. Seventh Ave., is scheduled for 9 a.m. on Oct. 5.

 

 

Does your school district have a lobbyist?
Tegan Hanlon: Should the Anchorage School Board hire a lobbyist?

wiki: Lobbyist
A person remunerated to persuade (to lobby) politicians to vote in a certain way or otherwise use their office to effect a desired result.

 

Suzanna Caldwell: Cordova will ban plastic bags and foam containers starting Oct. 1
James Brand, branch manager of the AC Value Center in Cordova, the city’s largest retailer, said the store is still working through its stock of regular plastic bags. Last year the store handed out 140,000 plastic bags.

He said biodegradable bags are in the process of being shipped and will likely be there in time for the ban’s implementation Oct. 1. But he said if they aren’t the store will still have paper bags.

wiki: Biodegradable bag