Monthly Archives: June 2007

Congratulations to Art Lenon the winner of this weeks’ mystery photo. Art wins a gift certificate from Buffalo Drive In, compliments of John and Linda Sloan.

We had 27 correct entries this week. The photo was a picture of the Deep Freeze thermometer on the south side of the Visitor’s Center. A remanent from the Chamber of Commerce’s Deep Freeze Classic. This little game, called the Delta Deep Freeze Classic, would allow anyone to guess when the thermometer at the Delta Junction visitor center would bottom out for the winter.

We would like to thank everybody for submitting their answers, and invite everyone to find our new mystery photo.

Delta Sing-a-Long and Polar Pickers meet on the 4th Saturday of the month– a NOTEWORTHY evening—growing our personal skills and preserving America’s musical heritage

Please join us at 7PM, Senior Lounge, June 23rd.

Bring your voice, your instrument, your love of homemade music, and please call 895-4104 to RSVP.

This C-17 was practicing touch and go landings last Thursday.

Not something you see every day…Not even in Delta. Photos Courtesy Candy Corty

Even though Mat-Su Dairy is expected to close its doors next month, Governor Palin said she doesn’t plan to let the dairy industry dry up just yet. She quotes ‘Things are kind of a mess…we’re going to clean it up’

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When Matanuska Maid dairy closes on July 7, barley and hay farms in Delta will lose a primary outlet for their product. Read more here.

I want to focus this column on thanking all of the dedicated litterers out there, who help to make our community a better place. I also want to apologize to you collectively. I must confess that in the past I have harbored ill will toward you. I considered you to be selfish, slovenly, inconsiderate slobs who bore no appreciation for the beauty of our state and who did not respect the rights and property of others. However, a series of recent experiences have shown me how wrong I have been and have helped me to understand your true selfless nature. I only hope that you can forgive me, and that future insinuations by uninformed people like me will not discourage or deter you from your noble life’s work.

The first event that triggered the beginning of my mental paradigm shift occurred just a stone’s throw up Tanana Loop Extension from my house. In that location yawns an old gravel pit. Concrete barricades have blocked off its two entrances. However, enough room remains before the barriers for a vehicle to pull off of the road, and at the entrance closest to my house, a vehicle can actually drive deep enough into the trees and brush to be nearly out of sight of the road.
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In the United States, Flag Day (more formally, National Flag Day) is celebrated on June 14. It commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States, which happened that day by resolution of the Second Continental Congress in 1777.

In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation that officially established June 14 as Flag Day; in August 1949, National Flag Day was established by an Act of Congress.

Flag Day is not an official federal holiday, though on June 14, 1937 Pennsylvania became the first (and only) U.S. state to celebrate Flag Day as a state holiday.

Title 36 Sec. 110 of the US Code is the official statute on Flag Day, however it is at the President’s discretion to proclaim officially the observance.

The largest Flag Day parade is held annually in Troy, New York.

Framingham, Massachusetts also holds a yearly Flag Day parade, as do many other towns and cities, although in recent years a shrinking turnout has prompted the town to consider eliminating the event

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Slow Pitch HOME RUN DERBY for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. June 28 @ 6pm on the Delta Junction Softball Field. Register now for $7. Prizes for 1st, 2nd, 3rd place. email: sarah.jo.seymore@us.army.mil for more information or to sign up. OPEN TO EVERYONE!!

~Sarah Jo Seymore 49th Space Bn (GMD)Ft. Greely, AK

Support me in my quest to get to the Nike Women’s Marathon: make a TAX DEDUCTABLE donation to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society today!

The Logging & Milling softball team suffered its third loss of the season last Monday night.

The Loggers stayed right with an excellent Boeing team, and even took the lead twice, but Boeing rallied for seven runs in the top of the sixth inning to put the game out of reach.

“They’re a solid team with power, speed, and a good defense,” one of the Loggers said. “But more than that, they’re a great bunch of guys to play softball with.”

The Logger’s left fielder, Peter Casey, crashed into the fence to catch a long drive off the bat of Boeing first baseman, Chad Pinkleman. Boeing could have taken advantage of the situation by clearing the bases; instead, they held their runners. That’s real sportsmanship.

Congratulations Boeing! from the Logging & Milling team. Good game!

Congratulations to Mark Jurgens the winner of this weeks’ mystery photo. Mark wins a gift certificate from Buffalo Center Diner, compliments of Ed and Ann Richards.

We had 12 correct entries this week. The photo was a picture of a utility can on a power pole at Mile Post 267.4 of the Richardson Highway between theturn-off to the clinic and the Delta Laundry/Thrift Store (on the east side).

To the editor:

Gary D. Nilsson, 62, longtime Deltan and Gerstle River area homesteader, passed away in his sleep, Tuesday, May 5, after a short battle with lung and brain cancer.

His memorial service will be held June 12, at the Delta Community Center, starting with a share-a-dish at 6 PM.

Historic, fun, memorable moments of Gary’s youth begin at 6:40 PM, followed by family memories. Open mic for friends’ songs and sharing thereafter.

E-mail Jean at garysmemories@yahoo.com if you have photos or remembrances of Gary to share, a song to sing, or ideas for celebrating his life at the memorial.

If you’d like to write up your favorite or most funny remembrance about Gary, and bring it to the memorial service, we will post it on the his “memory wall” for folks to read during the potluck.

Folks can bring written remembrances or pics to the funeral to be posted on his “Memorial Wall” and to put in his daughter’s scrapbook when the funeral is over?

The Dry Creek softball team dropped a pair of games Monday, on opening night in Delta Junction. It could be a tough year for the Logging & Milling team who lost both their shortstop and their third baseman to free agency.

The first game saw the scrappy loggers come from behind to tie the game 11-11 in the sixth. A sharp hit by Brad Cox drove in two, sending the teams to extra innings. The 49th, a tough military team from Ft. Greely, scored three in the top of the 8th to pull ahead. The loggers rallied in the bottom of the 8th for two runs but fell just short to take the loss, 14-13.

The Loggers were hammered in the second game by a powerful Cummings team (score available upon request).

“We just couldn’t get our bats going,” said pitcher Tommy Geyer. “I think we all had some butterflies, but I was encouraged. Most of the players on the other teams played little league or high school softball and some played in college. Our guys never had that opportunity so we’re still learning some things as we go.”

The Loggers have three rookies on the roster this year: Chris Jepsen, Seth Jepsen, and Joe Casey–they all contributed in the first game. Chris Jepsen was injured in an outfield collision with Tony Williams and had to be taken for medical treatment (cracked nose).

The three other teams in the league are all very good so the Loggers will have their work cut out for them this year.

–Tommy Geyer

This time of the year lakes in the Delta area get stocked with Rainbow trout. A technician with ADF&G in this picture stocks nearly catchable size Rainbows into Little Lost Lake next to Quartz. Other lakes recently stocked are Quartz, Bolio, Twin, Shaw Pond, and 81 mile pit.

This picture is hatchery Rainbow trout getting accustomed to their new home in Little Lost Lake. Photos Courtesy of Fronty Parker

The invasion of France on June 6, 1944 was a triumph of intelligence, coordination, secrecy, and planning. The bold attack was also a tremendous risk. Ultimately it succeeded because of individual soldiers’ bravery in combat. Learn some of the basic facts about D-Day.
The Meaning of the “D”
Ever since June 6, 1944, people have been asking what the “D” in “D-Day” means. Does it stand for “decision?” The day that 150,000 Allied soldiers landed on the shores of Normandy was certainly decisive. And with ships, landing craft and planes leaving port by the tens of thousands for a hostile shore, it is no wonder that some would call it “disembarkation” or “departed.”

Text excerpts from American Experience. For the complete article, please visit their website.