Monthly Archives: February 2007

The membership of the Delta Clearwater Seniors meet en masse at the Senior Lounge in the Community Center at 1 PM on the first Wednesday of each month.

The Senior Lounge is open to members and visitors each weekday from 10AM to 2PM, and at others times for special, scheduled, events.

There is a guest and member sign-in book just inside the entrance of the lounge—please sign in when you arrive. Each month a random drawing will be made from the names on that register and a ten-dollar merchandise certificate will be presented to the winner.

On Valentine’s Day, Wednesday, 2-14, there will be a potluck luncheon in the Senior Lounge. If you are a senior who has considered joining the Delta Clearwater Seniors, or would simply like to meet the membership, come along and share the fellowship and the goodies, or drop in nay day for coffee.

State of Alaska
Local Boundary Commission (LBC)

On the date and at the time and place noted below, the LBC will meet to convene a public hearing under 3 AAC 110.560 regarding the proposal to incorporate the Deltana borough:

Friday, March 16, 2007 – 5:30 p.m.
Delta Junction High School – Large Gym

Following the public hearing, the LBC may convene a decisional meeting under 3 AAC 110.570, to act on the proposal. If the meeting does not conclude by 10 p.m., the meeting will recess and reconvene at 9 a.m. on Saturday, March 17, at the same location.

Circumstances permitting, the LBC will tour portions of the proposed borough before the hearing or decisional meeting.

The hearing agenda and information concerning the tour, hearing, decisional meeting, and other aspects of the incorporation proposal may be obtained from:

LBC Staff
Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development
550 W. 7th Avenue, Suite 1770
Anchorage, Alaska 99501-3510

Telephone: (907) 269-4501
Fax: (907) 269-4539
E-mail: LBC@commerce.state.ak.us

To view the proposed agenda, click on the Notices link on the LBC Website and select the March 16, 2007, LBC Public Meeting, or call 907-269-4501 and request that a copy be mailed or faxed to you.

Persons interested in receiving future LBC notices by electronic mail may subscribe to the LBC notice list service by visiting the LBC Website set out above, clicking on the link to the LBC Subscription Service, and following the instructions.

Teleconference sites for the proceedings may be added for the convenience of the public and/or LBC members. Individuals with disabilities who need auxiliary aids, services, or special modifications to participate should contact LBC Staff.

PUBLIC HEARING AND DECISIONAL MEETING REGARDING DELTANA BOROUGH INCORPORATION PROPOSAL AGENDA

I. Call to order
II. Roll call & determination of quorum
III. Approval of agenda
IV. Comments by members of the Local Boundary Commission
V. Comments by members of the public concerning matters not on the agenda
VI. Public hearing on Petition to incorporate the Deltana Borough and dissolve
the City of Delta Junction

A. Summary by DCCED of its conclusions & recommendations
B. Petitioner’s opening statement (limited to 10 minutes)
C. Sworn testimony of witnesses called by the Petitioner
D. Period of public comment by interested persons (limited to 3 minutes
per person)
E. Petitioner’s closing statement (limited to 10 minutes)

VII. Decisional session (optional at this time)
VIII. Comments from Commissioners and LBC Staff
IX. Adjourn

Wireless Delta Internet Services has announced that it has a new forum online for people in the Delta Junction / Ft. Greely area. The forum is designed for users age 13 and over.

The new forum is moderated but is “a First Amendment board,” according to WDI’s Candy Corty, the forum administrator. Registration is required.

The new forum can be found at http://deltajuctionak.21.forumer.com

February 9, 10, 2007
Presented by Delta Chamber of Commerce

Friday, February 9
5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Spaghetti Feed at Presbyterian/Faith Lutheran Church
$9 over 12 yrs old and $4 for kids under 12 years old

Saturday, February 10
Noon to 4:30 p.m. Arts and Crafts Galleria – Delta H.S. (Big Gym)
Great Shopping! Food and Music, too!
1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Jammin’ Salmon Dixieland Band from Ft. Wainwright – Delta H.S.
11 a.m. – 4 p.m. – Kid Craft Day at the Delta Library
3:45 p.m. – Winter Escape Raffle Drawing, Delta H.S.
4 p.m. – Polar Bear Plunge don’t miss the icy splash, Delta H.S.
7 p.m. – Light Up the Night Parade – Route Grizzly Ln. onto Richardson Hwy, end at City Park
8 p.m. – Light up the winter sky Fireworks at the Delta City Park

On dispaly through the weekend:
Sam Vose Ice Carving at Visitor Information Center
Photo Contest – Delta Library

For additional information please call the Delta Chamber of Commerce at 895-5068.

With considerable regret I turned off the Delta News Web forum today. The forum has been a part of the DNW almost since its beginning nearly eight years ago.

As much as I like the idea of online discussion among community members, the inescapable fact is that the forum did not pay for itself.

On the cost side, it takes time to administer the forum. Simple things like registration problems, lost passwords and other issues don’t take much time individually, but they collectively add up.

Moderation is important, and it also takes time. The moderators have regularly cleaned off spam and other garbage. That happened almost daily. Each one required thread deletion and user banning to keep the spammers from returning. Then, there were negative and inappropriate posts that came along from time to time and they needed to be dealt with as well.

With the forums gone, there are still several ways you can talk to the community through this medium:

• Start a blog — If you have a blog and regularly post to it, we will consider adding it to the Delta Blogs Aggregator, if you are a current or former part of the Delta Junction/Ft. Greely community. It’s easy to start your own blog. We use Blogger, but there are others, too.
• Comment on news items — all Delta News Web news items have a “comments” link at the lower right hand corner of the individual news item where you can add your comments. These are moderated and reasonable comments will be posted.
• Submit a news item — we will consider all news items for possible publication. You can find email contact information at the bottom of every page of the DNW.
• Post a calendar item — if you have an event to let the community know about, you can post it to the community calendar. While it is not necessary to have an account, we recommend that you obtain a free account so you can manage your own event listings.

Finally, there are other forums covering Alaska. You can find these with a Google search.

Don’t miss the Polar Plunge Votes are still being taken. But who will jump into the icy water?

The Polar Plunge will take place, Feb. 10 at 4 pm outside the Delta High School.

In the lead is Lorraine Veilh with 137 votes, next is “Bikini” Virginia Mancuso with 85 votes and Michael Crouch has 11 votes.

There is still time to vote and nominate someone you love. Votes and nomination will be taken up to 3:30 pm on Feb 10.

Raffle tickets will be on sale. Tickets are $5 and you could win 2 round trip tickets on The Alaska Railroad.

You may purchase tickets at the Delta Chamber office or at our Chamber booth that will be set-up at IGA on the following dates:

Friday, Feb. 2 from 4 p.m.- 5:30 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 4 from noon-2 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 6 from 4 pm -5:30 pm
Wednesday, from 4 p.m. -5:30 p.m.

Tickets will also be on sale at the Festival of Lights Arts and Crafts Fair Feb. 9, Saturday at noon until 4 pm.

The annual T-shirt is on sale now. You may purchase a shirt at the Delta Chamber office or at our Chamber booth that will be set-up at IGA on the following dates:

Friday, Feb. 2 from 4 p.m.- 5:30 p.m.,
Sunday, Feb. 4 from noon-2 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 6 from 4 pm -5:30 pm
Wednesday, from 4 p.m. -5:30 p.m.

Shirts will also be on sale at the Festival of Lights Arts and Crafts Fair Feb. 9, Saturday at noon until 4 pm.

T-shirts Small-XL are $13
Kids shirts $10
XXL and XXXL $15
Crewneck Sweatshirts $20
Hooded Sweatshirts $25

Scoping Meetings to Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the permanent stationing of the 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT).

The Department of the Army (DA) announces scoping meetings to engage public participation in the environ-mental impact statement process that will address the permanent stationing of the 5th SBCT (currently the designated as the 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division) in Hawaii and other reasonable alternate locations. The SBCT is a maneuver brigade that includes infantry, artillery, engineers, and other Army specialties; approximately 4,000 soldiers, 1,000 vehicles, including 320 Strykers. The DA is preparing this SEIS in accordance with the Federal Court of Ap-peals for the Ninth Circuit’s guidance under NEPA to examine a fuller range of alternatives for the proposed actions associated with the transformation of the 2nd Brigade 25th Infantry Division Light that was the action selected in the 2004 Final Environmental Impact Statement and Record of Decision.

Public Scoping meetings in Alaska will be held at and on the date and time listed below. The public will have the opportunity to provide input on what they would like the SEIS to address as it pertains to the DA’s proposal for the permanent stationing of the 5th SBCT. Public comments will be accepted through February 19 and can be sub-mitted in writing to the individual named below.

Delta Junction Community Center
2287 Deborah Street
Delta Junction, Alaska 99737

February 14, 2007
12:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Send written comments to or request additional information from: Mr. Robert DiMichele, Chief, Public Affairs Office, US Army Environmental Command, Building E4460, 5179 Hoadley Road, Attention: IMAE–PA, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010–5401, telephone: 410–436– 2556, facsimile: 410–436–1693, e-mail.

Robert “Bob” Hendrix, Sr. from the American Legion Service Office will be in Fairbanks on 15 – 16 February 2007.

He will be at the Vet Center, on 4th Ave., on the 15th from 11:00 am to 4:30 pm, then at the American Legion Post #30 in Moose Creek from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm.

On the 16th , he will be at the Fairbanks Job Center from 8:30 am to 12:00 pm, then at Ft. Wainwright ACAP, BLDG. 3401 from 12:30 to 2:00 pm.

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 provided by VA for them.

Contact number is (Anchorage) 907-276-8211 or toll free at 1-888-353-7574, ext. 4802.

Representative John Harris & Senator Gene Therriault want to hear from you.

They are holding teleconferences on the following Tuesdays from 5:00—6:00 pm
February 13
February 27
March 13
March 27

Delta Junction Legislative Office
Jarvis Office Building—Room 221
907-895-4236 if you have questions