Monthly Archives: December 2006

The house was packed for the house concert, featuring Michael Stackhouse, on Saturday evening following Thanksgiving.

30 or so appreciative folks listened and watched in the Senior Lounge as Mike played guitar and harmonica (simultaneously) and sang 2 hours worth of material drawn largely from his CD Comin Home, which may be procured from CD Baby on the web.

Michael is a charming and animated performer, and when he smiles, his entire face—no, wait,—the entire room lights up!

Michael is a regular performer in Fairbanks at the Tanana Valley Fair each year, the Folk Festival, and other venues around town. No cheechako, he has been an Alaskan for many years, and has a homestead 10 miles south of the Arctic Circle on Red Mountain Creek. Retired from State service, he is now delighted to be able to spend more time developing his performance skills, and preparing to record another CD.

Enthusiasts were fortunate to be able to book Michael for this personal concert and the delectable snacks brought to Delta courtesy Alpha Omega Life Care, Inc. and the Polar Pickers.

By Kenneth Farrow

Robert Hendrix, Sr. from the American Legion Service Office will be in Fairbanks on 14 – 15 December 2006. He will be at the Vet Center, on 4th Ave., on 14 December from 12:30 pm to 4:30 pm, then at the American Legion Post #30 in Moose Creek from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. On the 15th of December, he will be at the Vet Center, on 4th Ave. from 9:00 am to 11:30 am.

The American Legion Service Officer provides information on VA benefits, helps with the filing of a claim with VA for benefits, compensation, health, pension and can answer questions on pending claims. Can also assist Veterans returning from Enduring Freedom and Iraq Freedom on benefits provide by VA for them.

The American Legion provides this service free of charge and you do not have to be a member of the Legion to utilize this service. For more information or assistance please contact me at the following numbers, (Anchorage) 907-276-8211 or toll free at 1-888-353-7574, ext. 4802.

The report is avaiable as a 1.3 MB PDF file, an approximately 3 minute download over a 56K dialup modem, and roughly sixteen seconds on a cable/DSL connection.

The 160 page book is available on Amazon and other booksellers.

Just use “Iraq Study Group” as a search term.

National SOS (an Emergency Radio group based on the use of the FRS radio system for area disasters) will be holding its first official meeting on Monday the 11th of December at the Hard Wok Cafe 6 pm.

Delicious brewed coffee will be provided, and info packs will bedistributed. You need “no formal training” to get involved, and the public is invited to come get information about the service.

National SOS is offering this to the Delta Area.

For more info, Please call 895-6297 or email you may also see our parent website

The Attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise aerial attack largely on Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, and the USA launched by the 1st Air Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy of the task force Carrier Striking Task Force on the morning of Sunday, December 7, 1941 (Hawaii time). It was aimed at the Pacific Fleet of the United States Navy and its defending Army Air Corps and Marine defensive squadrons as preemptive war intended to neutralize the American forces in the Pacific in an impending World War II. Pearl Harbor, was actually only one of a number of military and naval installations which were attacked, including those on the other side of island.

Of 8 American battleships in the harbor, the attack resulted in 1 destroyed, 2 sunk at their moorings, 1 capsized, 1 beached and 3 damaged but afloat. With the exception of the Arizona (destroyed), all the others were refloated or righted and 6 (Nevada, West Virginia, Tennessee, Maryland, California and Pennsylvania) were repaired and returned to service. While the Oklahoma, which had capsized, was righted, she was never repaired. Additionally, the attack severely damaged 9 other warships, destroyed 188 aircraft, killed 2,403 American servicemen, and 68 civilians. However, the Pacific Fleet’s three aircraft carriers were not in port and were left undamaged, as were the base’s vital oil tank farms, Navy Yard and machine shops, submarine base, and power station, as well as the Headquarters Building (home to the intelligence unit HYPO). These provided the basis for the Pacific Fleet’s campaign during the rest of the war.

Taken from Wikipedia and you can also read the entire article here.

Learn to make 6+ quick, easy, inexpensive gift ideas. Thursday, Dec 14th, 7-9 pm at City Hall. Projects include Edible Gift Tags, Sm/Med/Lg Memory Boards, M&M’s Christmas Story, Beaded Ornament, Gift in a Jar recipes, and more. All materials and instructions are provided. Sponsored by Delta Evening Aglow. Call Fran at 895-5532 or Becky at 895-2267 for more info.

The Ft. Greely Armed Forces Entertainment will present the Taylor Made Jazz Band, an international R&B jazz band. This will be held on Saturday, Dec 9th, at the Gabriel Auditorium at 8 pm. The community is invited. The FRG will have a Mexican dinner for purchase being served starting at 7pm. $5.00 – Adults 4-12yrs – $4.00 For any questions, please call 873-5662.

The Delta Junction Legislative Information Office (LIO) is open as of Tuesday, December 5, 2006. Office hours are 8:00 am – 4:30 pm but closed from noon to 1 pm for lunch. Please come by or call if you are in need of information. 895-4236. The 25th Legislature will convene on January 16, 2007.

In one week the editor collected 12,173 emails, and most of those were spam. With the spam problem, we have had to change our email addresses. If you have any of my email addresses in your address book, please update it to the new ones.

webeditor@deltanewsweb.com
photo@deltanewsweb.com
marketing@deltanewsweb.com

Sorry for the inconvenience, but this was a move that was necessary to cut back on the amount of spam each day. Instead of 1500+ this morning, we only received 105 messages. If you are being spammed to death, you may want to think about changing your email address. If we have your address in our address book, and you decide to change your address, please notify us so can update our address book as well.

Nominations are currently being taken for the Annual Outdoor Decorating Contest sponsored by the Delta Chamber. Nominations are due to the Delta Chamber office by December 13. Judging will take place between December 15-17. Nominations forms can be picked up at the Delta Chamber Office located in the Jarvis West building (1B). For more information please contact the Delta Chamber at 895-5068.

The Delta Chamber and Delta Library are proud to host the Gingerbread Dreams contest. There will be an awards ceremony at 5:30 P.M. December 14 at the Delta Library. Refreshments will be served and the Delta Carolers will entertain with some holiday songs. The gingerbread houses will be on display through December 20th. There will be a silent auction of the gingerbread houses proceeds from the auction will go towards the Festival of Lights Fireworks. Also, visitors have the chance to vote for their favorite house in the people’s choice category. Votes will be $1 with the proceeds going towards the Festival of Lights Fireworks. Come and enjoy the fun. If you would like to enter the Gingerbread House Contest entry forms are due to the Chamber office by December 13. For more information please contact the Delta Chamber office at 895-5068.

Join the Delta Chamber for the Annual lighting of the Visitor Center for the holiday season. The Visitor Center holiday lights will be turned on at 4:30 P.M. on Friday, December 15. From 4:30 P.M. to 5:15 P.M. refreshments will be served inside the visitor center. The Delta Carolers will entertain and a visit from Santa will delight children of all ages. All are invited! For more information please contact the Delta Chamber office at 895-5068.

The Internet is often considered the enemy of local businesses, particularly small businesses. Alaskans now are able to search the Internet for Alaskan holiday gifts exclusively from fellow Alaskans. AlaskaGoogle.com is a custom search engine created with Google Co-Op. The service is in it’s beta release from the search giant Google.com

AlaskaGoogle.com developer Robert Cortez says about the project, “I personally preview every site included in AlaskaGoogle.com which currently searches 2,740 quality Alaskan websites”. One of the requirements for inclusion, as published on the website, is that all businesses or organizations must have an Alaskan address to be included. AlaskaGoogle.com works on the same principles as Google.com. There are no fees for sites to submit, to be included, or for better placement in the search results. Search returns are based on the relevancy of the website to the search terms input by the site user. The search results can be further refined by selecting from sixteen different labels including “Business/Industry” or “Made In Alaska” AlaskaGoogle.com is supported by advertising, primarily from Google’s Adwords program which delivers relevant text ads based on the search terms. No annoying flashing banners or popups. Using the same simple successful model as Google.com, AlaskaGoogle.com is light on graphics to provide fast results even on the slowest connections. In addition to the personal screening of sites, search results and advertising are further screened for objectionable material by Google’s “Safe Search” technology.

Cortez says about AlaskaGoogle.com, “The focus of this project has been to provide Alaskans with a tool to find Alaskan information, products and services from quality Alaskan sources. It’s still very much a work in progress. I’m adding and refining the site everyday with unique quality Alaskan websites.”

Robert Cortez is a 30 year Alaskan resident. He has been a businessman and entrepreneur working as an independent Internet consultant and project manager since 1998.

Husky action. Photo Courtesy Michael Kingston

Ben Geagley with the Delta Snow Seekers. Photo Courtesy Barbara Tharp

For additional text and enlargements, we invite you to browse our family photo albums.

A military exercise called Vigilant Shield will take place on Fort Greely December 4-14. The exercise will allow Fort Greely to test its security measures.

About 120 soldiers from Fort Richardson will participate in the exercise and will be housed in the Fort Greely physical fitness center (gym) Dec. 5-8. The gym will be closed to the public those four days.

At various times, delays may occur at the front gate, and additional traffic can be expected. Drivers should ensure they have valid vehicle documents at all times, and all those entering the installation should be prepared to present entry documents.

Students, parents, and visitors should use extra care when walking and driving at this time. Traffic conditions may suddenly change due to the movement of military, emergency and fire vehicles. Greely School should not be otherwise affected by this exercise.

For more information, contact the Fort Greely public affairs officer, Mr. Leslie Ozawa, at 873-4604, or email.