Monthly Archives: September 2008

Upcoming workshops offered by the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service will help residents lower home energy bills.

Learn how to tap into the sun’s energy through a solar design workshop offered Saturday, Oct. 4, by Extension Energy and Housing Specialist Rich Seifert. The solar workshop will run from 1-5 p.m. in the University of Alaska Fairbanks Schaible Auditorium. Seifert will discuss Alaska-specific solar aspects, recent experience with solar hot water installations, photovoltaics and optimizing passive design with energy conservation. There is a $10 charge for the course text, “A Solar Design Manual for Alaska.”

Seifert also will lead a cold climate home-building techniques workshop on Oct. 18. The workshop will focus on insulating homes and will cover options for retrofit, and radon and indoor air quality, ventilation, roofs and permafrost. The workshop will run from 9 a.m.-5 p.m., also at Schaible Auditorium. Participants receive a free manual with a CD.

Preregistration is requested for both workshops at 474-7401 or 474-6366.

Debbie CarterWriter/Editor
Cooperative Extension Service
University of Alaska Fairbank
907-474-5406
Fax: 474-2631

QFCO, Inc. of Burlingame, California is recalling White Rabbit Candy because of possible health risk. The recall was initiated after it was discovered that product was contaminated with Melamine.

3. PRODUCTION DATES/IDENTIFYING CODES:
View Label: http://qfco.com/whiterabbit/Creamy.aspx

The White Rabbit Creamy Candy is sold in 8 or 16 oz packages. All otherflavors of White Rabbit Candy, including Assorted (Chocolate, Coconut, and Coffee), Red Bean, Coffee, Corn, Lychee, Mango and Strawberry are sold in 7oz. packages.

All packaging has a logo of a white rabbit on the front withthe words “White Rabbit.”

***** The potential for milk and milk-based products used as an ingredientin products procured by DOD has been identified. At this time, products of concern, primarily Asian in origin, produced and procured outside the United States appears to be at risk.

Delta Junction Community Coalition Meeting
September 30, 2008 5:00 to 6:30 p.m.
City Hall

Facilitated by Ted Sponsel, Project Consultant
tsponsel@nwresource.org or 457-8343

Mission: To develop and implement a 10-year plan that will address a broad scope of behavioral health needs in order to insure individual, family and community health for all ages in the Deltana region.

AGENDA
1. Introductions – (Name, agency if applicable, interests)
2. Review of last meeting
3. Review of the progress of the Needs and Resource survey. Survey retrieval.
4. Schedule and plan next meeting: What do we need to accomplish at the next meeting?
5. Dealing with the rumor.
6. Other topics of interest.
7. Adjournment at 6:30 or before.

Saturday, September 27, from 10am – 2pm.

Come support your Fort Greely Jr. High Cheerleaders!

Cookies, brownies, cupcakes, banana bread and more!

We will be in the building with Wellsfargo and Diehl’s Delights.

Thank you again to the owner who is allowing us to set it up there!

It’s getting where it’s almost more hassle than it’s worth to fill your freezer with meat for the winter. Moose hunting just isn’t what it used to be. What with Argos and cell phones and short magnums and GPS’s and MRE’s and air boats and Thermax underwear and whatnot, the traditional hunting mystique has become as elusive as that monster 74 incher.

I remember the days when if you pulled into the turnoff at the trailhead where you planned to begin your hunting trip and encountered another vehicle, you backed out and went somewhere else. It was the unspoken law of the Northland. “Give another hunter his space. There’s plenty for everybody.” I doubt that’s true anymore. Lately, I’ve begun to suspect that if every hunter out there got a moose each year, in just a couple of seasons the poor creatures would be extinct.

We invite you to browse through our Chinook pages to read the rest of the story.

The Hometown News Holiday Greetings program is coming to Fort Wainwright Thursday, September 25.

The program gives soldiers and family members an opportunity to wish a happy holiday season to their loved ones back home. The team videotapes the soldiers and family members and sends the tapes to television stations in their hometowns.

The team will be here Thursday from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Northern Lights Chapel.

Families whose sponsors are deployed may film without the soldier. The tapes will be sent to Iraq and Afghanistan for deployed service members to watch on the Armed Forces Network where it is available. The program is open to all active duty military, National Guard and Reserves and their families, and to Department of Defense civilians.

Here are a few pointers from the video team:

• Service members need to wear their duty uniform. Family members need to be with their sponsor, unless their sponsor is deployed. If that is the case, the family member should mention that fact in her or his greeting.
• Family information is vital. Names of family members, their relationship to you, their street address, city, state and ZIP Code, as well as phone number needs to be included. Stations often let family members know when the video will be aired, and in some cases, will interview the family for extended coverage. If you have family in a different area, you can fill out a second card and send a greeting to that area as well.
• Try to break away during off-peak times during the day to conduct your interview. The team will normally be at the chapel throughout the day, so try to avoid the “rush” times of lunch and after work.
• When in front of the camera, reading a script is not necessary, but it may be helpful to take a moment to plan out what you’d like to say. The main points to get across include your name, your family members’ names, where you are stationed and who you’d like to send the greeting to: “I’m Staff Sergeant John Williams with my wife Kathy and sons Kevin and David stationed in Fort Wainwright, Alaska. We’d like to say seasons’ greetings to our family and friends in St. Louis. Hi Mom, Hi Dad. We love you, miss you and hope to see you soon.”

Video and audio greetings are packaged according to geographic areas, normally by state. In large states like California, Texas, Florida and New York, stations will get greetings based upon region. Stations normally air the greetings throughout the holiday season, from Thanksgiving through New Years. Your greeting will normally play more than once throughout the holidays, and usually on more than one station.

For more information, call Public Affairs at 353-6701.

Deltana Community Human Services Partnership Project
Meeting Minutes September 8, 2008
Delta Junction City Hall

Attendance:
Ted Sponsel, Project Consultant
Deborah Hayes, Project Director
Rachelle, Public Health Nurse
Elias Barnes, Ft. Greely Drug & Alcohol
Carl Johnson, Military Life Consultant
Jamie Zigler, Concerned Citizen
Terri Chapman, Concerned Citizen
Vera Gorbon, Catholic Social Services
Katie, ACRF Staff Member
Margie Mullins, Delta Vanguard
Ken Farrow, Alpha Omega

*Attendance was believed to be low due to the email reminder that many people did not receive.

The survey is now complete and ready for distribution. We are focusing on three different ways to gather information. (1) The General Community Opinion Survey that will target the residents of the Deltana area, Ft. Greely, Healy Lake, and Dot Lake. (2) 200 Fairbanks Agencies will be contacted by a survey questionnaire to establish what services are available and who would be interested in serving this area. (3) Gathering statistics from the School District, State Troopers, Public Health Clinic, and Court System.

Ted met with the State Troopers, but unfortunately they are not allowed to give out statistical information. Ted will go to Fairbanks to see if he can get the statistics there. However, the Troopers will fill out the surveys representing what they know as officers. Margie mentioned a website that posts criminal offenses for public review. It is the Alaska State Trooper Website under Public Information.

Rachelle gave an overview of the services that the Public Health Clinic offers and will provide that statistic information to Ted. Ted will contact OCS to find out what their referral information is. For example, how many times a week do they refer people to Fairbanks a week? He will also contact the Department of Public Assistance to see if they will supply statistical information as well. Jamie suggested contacting the V.A. office for information and Elias will help Ted get contact information for the D.A. on Ft. Greely to see about getting information from their sector.

Ted is also currently working with Dan Cooley of the School District to get information. Margie recommended getting Dan’s planning presentation that he recently conducted. She said that it may be a great source of information regarding planning and may be used at the Community Planning Training event that will be held next month.

Vera is currently working on translating the survey to Russian. She will give copies to the Slavic churches as well as keep copies in her office. She is also working on having a senior workshop to help the senior citizens fill out the survey.

Katie gave an overview about the volunteer opportunities to help residents fill out the survey. Terri Chapman has contacted Ed at IGA who has given us permission to have a table set up to assist people in filling them out. We are asking for volunteers to help us at IGA for two weeks beginning Monday September 15th and ending Sunday September 28th. The table is currently being stored with Mary at the Pottery Shop. So far we have five volunteers, but we need many more to help. Please contact Katie at 895-3290 to set up a time to volunteer.

Surveys will also be strategically placed around Ft. Greely to assist in getting a better response. Ted has given Ken 300 surveys to distribute through the Alpha Omega Elder Food Box Program, the non-Slavic churches, and through the Farmers Market Program. There will be 1300 surveys inserted in the Delta Wind over the next two weeks to help target a bigger population and we are currently in the process of getting an advertisement on the Delta Radio. Drop boxes will be at the IGA store and the Delta Library for those who would rather drop them off than mail them.

We have considered an option to try and have the students fill out the survey online or in their classrooms. Ted will speak with Dan Cooley about this option. The Deltana Survey is currently online at: http://www.acrf.org/.

Katie will contact Healy Lake for distribution of the survey and Rachelle will get the surveys out to Dot Lake. Other organizations were mentioned that should be contacted. They were the Deltana Corporation, Video Store, Co-Op Feed Store, Graniteview, and the Silverfox Roadhouse.

The last item on the agenda was to discuss the Community Planning Training Event. This event will focus on how to put together a community plan. This training will cover 6 important topics.
(1) Understanding the Needs and Resources
(2) Identify Relevant Resources
(3) Develop Organization Plan
(4) Sequence Implementation
(5) Define Tasks
(6) Implement Plan

The Community Center will be contacted to hold this event on October 11th from 11am to 3 pm. Lunch will be included.

The next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday September 30th at 5pm at City Hall.

Deltana Community Human Services Parnership Meeting Reminder
September 30, 5:00 City Hall

Please take the survey!
We would like to remind all of you to comple the survey. Go to ACRF and complete the survey on line.

The survey project is NOT an attempt to create a borough. The DCHSP project has received three years of grant funding from the State of Alaska, Department of Behavioral Health, to create a community human services program for the Deltana community.

YOUR INPUT WILL HELP US TO CREATE WHAT DELTA NEEDS.

Please forward this message to your friends and help us get the word out!

Sincerely,
Deborah Hayes Brokus, M.Ed
Director Deltana Project

Will Mayo, a lifelong Alaskan, is the past President of the Tanana Chiefs Conference, a regional tribal consortium of 42 villages. He served as a cabinet member for Alaskan Governor Tony Knowles from 1999-2002. Now in full-time ministry, Will and his wife Yvonne are building Bear Spear House as a ministry training center that focuses on developing ministers for service in the villages of Alaska.

Joshua Marlin Hall, born July 27, 1990, went home to be with Jesus on Sep. 16, 2008.

Joshua is survived by his parents Greg A. Hall of Avon, Colorado and Tammy Renee’ Cupp of Staunton, Virginia; paternal Grandparents Richard & Kay Hall of Lynchburg, Virginia; maternal Grandparents LeBron & Helen Holbrook of Fredericktown, Missouri; maternal Great Grandparents Marlin and Neva Starnes of Summerville, GA, and a sister Alissa Joy Hall of Staunton, VA. He is also survived by his step father S. Michael Cupp, a step-sister Kristin Cupp, a step-brother Mike Cupp, uncles, aunts, cousins and many extended family members who love him very much.

Joshua was proceeded in death by his Paternal Great grandparents Joshua & Tula Stephens and his Maternal Grandmother, Beverly Starnes Holbrook. Memorial Services will be Sunday Sep. 21, 2008 at 2:00 P.M. at Thomas Road Baptist Church, Pate Chapel, with Pastor Jonathan Falwell, and Pastor Tom Frietas officiating.

Condolences can be sent to Tammy Cupp at tcuppminiatures@yahoo.com or 1103 Quicks Mill Rd., Staunton, VA 24401.

Free screenings
Low Cost: Blood Draws and Flu Shots

October 4, 2008 8AM – 12:0

Comprehensive Blood Test $40
Chemistry/Hematology Profile has 27 tests including: Cholesterol – White Blood Cell Cound – Glucose for Diabetes – Kidney Function – And more. *Important – Please fast for 12 hours before the Comprehensive Blood Test, but drink plenty of water.

Thyroid Blood Test – $30

Prostate Blood Test $25

Colo Kits $5

*To Volunteer or Exhibit contact Lynn at gmakern@yahoo.com or Phyllis in Fairbanks at AK Health Fair

Deltana Community Seats A, D, E, & F will be on the ballot at the regular Deltana Community Corporation Election on Tuesday, October 7, 2008.

If you are a registered voter and live outside the Delta City limits then you are eligible to vote in the Deltana Community Election.

For questions regarding this election please contact Eileen Herman – Administrator for Deltana Community Corporation at 895-6202.

Robert Alan Wolf, age 58, of Fairbanks, passed away Saturday, September 13, 2008.

A native of Berea, Ohio, he was a son of the late Joseph Juhasz and his mother, Betty Juhasz.
Robert was employed by TSA at the Fairbanks International Airport.

He enjoyed reading, art, history and especially writing. He was a master modeler.

He is survived by his wife, Huangxiaoping (Ping), of China; his mother, Betty Juhasz of Ohio; seven children, Rousheen, Random, Maximus, Sable, Keldrake, Teala, Dirk, and their mother, Robin Wolf, all of Delta Junction; and a brother and sister-in-law, Jack and Carol of Ohio.

The family requests a private memorial service at their family ranch in Delta Junction to be held Sunday September 21, 2008, 9AM

Memorial condolences may be sent to the Wolf family at HC 60 Box 3270, Delta Junction, Alaska, 99737.

Thank you to the Alaska State Troopers, TSA, Fairbanks Funeral Home, and Marty Roth.

He will be missed by those who knew him and loved him.

On Saturday, October 11, 2008, The Delta Junction Branch of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be sponsoring a “Preparedness Fair” for the Delta Junction/Fort Greely community.

This event is open to the community and available to anyone wishing to participate.

Presentations/displays currently planned include:

• 72 hour kits for emergencies
• Long Term Storage
• Using local plants, berries, etc.
• Preparing foods (will have samples)
• Fire Dept. – Fire Safety (register your home with the fire department, fire safety, etc.)
• Weatherization/home energy upgrades, etc.
• Using Fish & Game
• GVEA – “Advice & Installation of Standby Electric Generators For Alaskan Residences”

The event will be held at:

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Delta Junction Branch
2378 Deborah St.
Delta Junction, Alaska

The Preparedness Fair is scheduled from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm.

More information about our goals can be found at: Provident Living and Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency .

For more information, please contact Dave Kimble 895-1098 or any member of the Delta Junction Branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

September 25, 6-9:00 pm and
September 27, 9 am -5 pm

By Lisa Carr, Ruth Post,
Linden Staciokas MA

Held at ACRF
815 Second Avenue, Suite 101
Fairbanks, Alaska 99701

PREREGISTRATION IS REQUIRED 479-7307

For all families who are working toward or have adopted children from foster care, privately or internationally.

Learn about the triad relationships in adoption, understanding birth parents, talking to your child about adoption, grief and loss for adopted children, attachments in adoption, medical issues in adoption, transracial adoption elements, and the effects of instutionalization and foster care on the adopted child.

This course is offered at no cost and is paid for by a grant from the State of Alaska, Office of Children’s Services.

Deborah Hayes, M.Ed
Director, Alaska Center for Resource Families

The Delta Sing-a-long gathering found fifteen folks exercising their vocal cords and pickin’ fingers – we had a good time – good company – good music – good fellowship – 3 guitars, a banjo, a great big bass and a coupla autoharps – and lotsa vocal cords!

REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTION
District 12 – Precinct 020

Council Seats C, E, & F

Council Seats C, E, and F will be on the ballot at the regular Delta Junction City Council Municipal Election on Tuesday, October 7, 2008.

Proposition 1: Exemption from requirements of the State of Alaska Official Financial Disclosure Law (AS 39.50) will also be on the ballot.

For more information see the City website.

Memorial sevice for Carl Bandy who passed away on September 14, 2008 will be held
Thursday Sept. 18, 2008 at 5:00, and will be held at Clearwater Baptist Church

Carl Bandy was born on a farm in northern Tennesse, May 29, 1917, to Dolly Jenkins and Freely Bandy. Carl had three older brothers and an older sister. He grew up in Scottsville, Kentucky. After he graduated from high school, he worked for American Bakery driving a truck and as a shipping superintendent.

Carl joined the Navy in 1940. He was a gunner and a radio man on a TBF airplane. He served during World War II in the Pacific arena. Just before going to the Pacific he met Margie at church. They corresponded and kept in touch with each other and later married in May 1945.
After the war Carl was a photographer in Lake City, Iowa. In 1957 Carl came to Kotzebue, Alaska with the FAA. Margie followed one year later. After a few years, Carl was transferred to Northway, Alaska, still working for the FAA.

Carl and Margie moved to Delta in 1959. They were foster parents for several teenagers while the teens finished high school. Carl also started the Delta Kiwanis Club, and he farmed hay while still working for the FAA.

Carl was a member of the Clearwater Baptist Church. He recieved Jesus as his Lord and Savior when he was nine years old.

Sawmill Creek Lodge – Mile 1404 Alaska Highway, Delta Junction
895-4924

Thursday – September 18, 2008

• Area Trail Rides – Map available (area rides depend on volunteers as to where & when)
• Darts Tournament (sign in at 1:00pm – 7:00pm) which will be held at 7:00pm
• Free Pool, Foos Ball, Horse Shoes, Volleyball & Shuffle Board
• Music-Jam Session welcomes all musicians to join in 8pm – ?
• Late Night Karaoke

Friday – September 19, 2008

• Cribbage Tournament – (sign in at 1:00pm – 7:00pm), which will be held at 7pm
• Free Pool, Volleyball, Horse Shoes, Darts, Foos Ball & Shuffle Board
• Music-Jam Session welcomes all musicians to join in 8pm – ?
• Late Night Karaoke

Saturday, September 20, 2008

• BBQ Ribs Cook-off (bring your best rig, sauce & grill)
• Comedy Night $100 prize for best comic – Open Mic 8pm
• Free Pool, Darts, Foos Ball, Volleyball, Horse Shoes & Shuffle Board
• Music-Jam Session welcomes all musicians to join in 10pm – ?
• Late Night Karaoke

Sunday, September 21, 2008

• Private Sunday Service Pool Tournament – (sign in 1:00pm – 7:00pm) will will be held at 7:00pm
• Free Darts, Volleyball, Foosball, Horse Shoes & Shuffle Board
• Music Jam Session welcomes all musicians

Prizes for all events
$10 per night camping
Vendors Welcome

The September Membership Luncheo willb e held at noon on September 18, 2008 at the Alaskan Steakhouse. Lunch is $15.00. Please RSVP to the Chamber office at 895-5068 by September 16 at 4pm to be eligible for the free lunch drawing.

Guest speaker will Golden Valley Electric Association’s President & CEO Brian Newton. Newton’s presentation “Footrace to Affordable Energy” will spotlight the cooperative’s efforts to meet the challenges of rising energy costs as well as a discussion on short to long-term energy solutions. GVEA’s recently completed Cost of Service Study will also be presented.

Following the Chamber meeting, the co-op’s Vice President of Transmission and Distribution Mike Wright will offer a tour of GVEA’s Delta Power Plant. In 2006, GVEA moved this 300-ton power plant from Fairbankss to increase reliability in the Delta area.

Delta Junction, AK— The Alaska Division of Forestry (DOF), Salcha-Delta Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD), and local landowners are working to minimize hemp nettle and sow thistle in the Tanana Loop area, north of Jack Warren Road and east of the Richardson Highway. Depending on the weather, residents may see smoke in this area throughout the autumn months from piles that are being burned as part of the project.

Berms created during clearing for agricultural purposes have propagated the spread of noxious weeds. The SWCD provided funding to hire contractors to re-stack 31 miles worth of berms into 20-foot diameter piles. Landowners are responsible for the removal of the piles and many will chose to burn them as it is the most inexpensive and efficient method.

The piles have been stacked cleanly so that they will burn thoroughly and will not smolder for days. When the piles are burned, smoke will be visible. Technical expertise is provided by DOF and the Department of Environmental Conservation to help limit burning to time periods when conditions will least impact the air quality and safety of the surrounding community.

The cooperative project has many benefits:

• It helps mitigate the noxious weed problem as landowners have agreed to cultivate their fields for the next five years. Farming introduces natural competition from crops and herbicides can be used in areas that have previously been unmanageable.
• It opens up additional space for planting crops.
• It reduces the amount of hazard fuels that have built up in populated areas. In the event of a wildfire igniting the berms (if left as they are and not re-stacked), the fire would be challenging to suppress and would then smolder for a long time.

If weather conditions are not favorable in the coming months, piles will be burned next year.

Fairbanks Drama Association
1852 2nd Avenue
Fairbanks AK 99701-4030

Fall in love with theatre all over again! We’re celebrating 46 seasons with a feast of grand classics! 6 great plays with big savings on season packages! Visit us online at http://www.fairbanksdrama.org/

Rumors

A Classic comic farce by Neil Simon. Directed by Michael Mcintyre
September 12-28 – Weekends only.

Four couples are at a deputy New York mayor’s townhouse to celebrate his tenth wedding anniversary. The party never begins because the host has shot himself (it’s only a small flesh wound) and his wife is missing. The cover-up grows more difficult to sustain as more guests arrive and nobody can remember who has been told what. The NBC news critic said, upon seeing a production of RUMORS: “This comedy is not only side-splitting funny, but front and back splitting, too!”