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Photo/Michael Dinneen/For the Journal Mao Tosi and Miriam “Kaniak” Aarons will present the keynote speech at the Alaska Federation of Natives Annual Convention in Anchorage on Oct. 23. Tosi is the founder of Alaska PRIDE Youth Programs and Aarons is the corporate communications director for Bering Straits Native Corp. See page 18.

Full schedule of events, see page 19

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Movers & Shakers from 2009 to 2014. McWhorter has also served three international appointments for The Salvation Army — in Russia, Rwanda, and the Republic of Georgia — experiences that moved her deeply. The Salvation Army Clitheroe Center, which includes an Outpatient office on East 6th Avenue, and a Residential Facility at Point Woronzof, provides affordable, professional treatment services to adults addicted to alcohol or other drugs.

Affordable Anchorage

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From left to right, Daniel George, president of the Mountain View Community Council; Angelina Burney, office of Sen. Murkowski; Rachel Bylsma, office of Gov. Sean Parnell; Greer Gehler, office of Sen. Begich; and Josephy Murry, vice president and senior relationship manager for KeyBank, broke ground at Ridgeline Terrace in Anchorage on Sept. 25 and planted trees that will be added to the completed site. The project — which includes more than a dozen new buildings at the corner of Mountain View Drive and Porcupine Drive — involves about 10 layers of financing and cooperation from a litany of local organization, businesses and lawmakers. When work is complete, the development will hold 70 units of affordable housing and an on-site childcare center.

MSI Communications has added account managers Jeremy Hayes and Kari Sellars and audio/visual editor Jamin Conn.

Born and raised in Anchorage, Hayes graduated from Service High School. He went Conn on to graduate from UNLV with a bachelor’s degree in marketing and business administration with a minor in public relations. Hayes Upon graduation, he promptly returned to Alaska and began working in healthcare administration.

Since leaving the Sellars healthcare industry in 2008, Hayes has worked at advertising and marketing agencies, producing work for some of Alaska’s largest and most respected corporations. Sellars is a lifelong Alaskan with nearly 10 years of experience in tourism marketing and event planning.

Prior to joining MSI, she represented the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute working on its national consumer/public relations account. She is a University of Alaska Anchorage graduate in journalism and public communications. Conn comes to MSI from the movie industry, where he worked on TV shows like “Deadliest Catch” and several Hollywood feature films. Born and raised in Wasilla, he has manned a camera in subzero temps on the North Slope and while hanging out of a moving helicopter high above Cook Inlet.

NANA Management Services hired Patrick Lamboy as the vice president of sales. In his new position, Lamboy provides direc-

tion and oversight for NMS sales and company-wide business development efforts. With 23 years of sales and sales leadership experience, Lamboy most recently worked as a regional sales director of Sodexo USA. His back- Lamboy ground includes directing regional and national accounts and reorganizing and developing sales divisions, with a special focus in healthcare technology and pharmaceuticals. Lamboy earned a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in business administration from University of Phoenix.

Joseph Levesque, principal of Levesque Law Group LLC, has been selected by his peers for inclusion in the 2015 edition of The Best Lawyers in America for his work in the practice areas of Litigation–Municipal and Municipal Law. Levesque has been included in the Best Lawyers publication for at least the past five years and has been providing legal services to Alaskan municipalities for more than 20 years.

The Salvation Army Alaska Division recently welcomed Major Sherry McWhorter as new administrator of the Clitheroe Center.

The assignment represents a return to Alaska for the longtime officer, who has more than McWhorter 20 years’ past professional experience in the state.

McWhorter last served in Alaska as the Divisional Social Services Secretary from 2000 to 2008. She also served as Emergency Services Director for The Salvation Army in Fairbanks from 1988 to 1991. She has a master’s degree in social work from the University of Tennessee, and a bachelor’s degree from Van-

derbilt University. Most recently, McWhorter served as Divisional Secretary for Social Services at The Salvation Army’s Southern California Division in Long Beach, Calif.,

Lisa Gentry has joined KeyBank in Fairbanks as a business banking relationship manager and vice president. In her new role, she is responsible for business development and customer service delivery in Fairbanks. Gen- Gentry try has more than 15 years of financial service and sales management experience. She is a graduate of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, a former Alaska Journal of Commerce Top Forty Under 40 award recipient and a Leadership Fairbanks graduate. She is currently a member of the Fairbanks North Star Borough School Board, president of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Alumni Association, and serves on the Downtown Rotary board of directors.

Classic Alaska Trading Co.,

(Army Navy, Big Ray’s and Mack’s Sports Shop) has hired Lori Ellis as the new corporate sales director. Ellis brings more than 25 years of distinguished experience in business development, team management, corporate relationship management, and retail buying and sales management with such companies as Nordstrom’s and Alaska USA. Lori was also named one of Alaska’s Top 40 under 40 as the Owner/ President of Picadilly Flowers in 2007. Ellis has chosen to promote Brian Hoshiko to assistant corporate sales director. Hoshiko has been with the Army Navy corporate sales department since January 2007. He is currently pursuing a degree in mechanical engineering with the University of Alaska Anchorage.

Jonathan Redfearn has been promoted to corporate relations.

Redfearn has been with Classic Alaska since February 2008. He has held various positions, including the assistant work wear buyer/ merchandiser, and most recently the assistant boot buyer.

He will serve as a point of contact for incoming inquires related to new corporate relationships and will be responsible for preparing and delivering presentations to potential business partner onsite and at trade show forums.

Jonathan is pursuing a degree in global logistics management, currently in his second year.

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The Polar Discovery, the sister ship to the double-hulled Polar Endeavor seen here, both owned by ConocoPhillips, left Valdez Sept. 26 with a load of crude oil bound for South Korea. It is the first export of Alaska North Slope crude since 2004.

Alaskan oil en route to South Korea A cargo of crude oil from Alaska’s North Slope is headed for South Korea on the Polar Discovery.

The Polar Discovery, a U.S.flagged tanker owned by ConocoPhillips, left Valdez for Yeosu on Sept. 26, according to the Genscape Vesseltracker monitoring system. The tanker was the first load of Alaskan oil to be shipped outside of the U.S. since 2004.

ConocoPhillips said in a

statement emailed Sept. 29 that the company was exporting a cargo of ANS crude to Asian markets, but that terms of the deal were confidential.

The company said: “ConocoPhillips has entered into a sales agreement to export a cargo of ANS crude oil for delivery to Asia.

ConocoPhillips has the capability to export a limited amount of its Alaska North Slope crude oil production to non-U.S. customers as allowed by law. This will enable the state of Alaska and Conoco-

Phillips to potentially realize a higher value for this important natural resource.”

In late September, Alaska North Slope crude oil was going for less than $95 per barrel on the West Coast. Through August, the price was more than $100 per barrel. The state Department of Revenue forecast an average price of $106 per barrel for the current fiscal year.

Exports of Alaska crude have been legal since 1996.

Sen. Lisa Murkowksi, the ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources who has been advocating for a lifting of a ban on crude oil exports from the Lower 48, praised the news in a Sept. 29 statement.

“Alaska has long played a vital role in the American energy trade,” Murkowski said in a formal statement. “This is the first North Slope cargo to leave Alaska for overseas markets in a decade. I am encouraged to see Alaska increasing its participation in global oil markets.

It’s my hope that Lower 48 oil will soon follow suit.”

ConocoPhillips cited market conditions as a factor in the company’s ability to export ANS; tanker-availability is also a factor.

According to Genscape, the cargo is expected to arrive in Yeosu, which is home to the world’s fourth largest refinery, Oct. 10.

According to information provided by the U.S. Energy Information Administration, Alaska exported 46 million barrels of crude to South Korea from 1996 to 2000, the last year that shipments were sent there. South Korea was the largest market for crude exports during the years it received shipments.

In 2004, 805,000 barrels of Alaska’s oil were shipped to China, the only export destination.

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NMFS finds fault with Susitna salmon studies The National Marine Fisheries Service has identified 14 issues with the salmon studies conducted as part of the Susitna hydro project.

In a Sept. 22 letter, NMFS Alaska Region Administrator Jim Balsiger raised the agency’s issues with the Alaska Energy Authority’s salmon studies.

The Susitna hydro project would be a 735-foot dam, with a 600-megawatt capacity, expected to supply about half of the Railbelt energy demand, according to AEA. As part of the regulatory process, the energy authority has had to study the various resources that could be impacted by such a project — including fish.

AEA is responsible for coordinating the work, but the studies themselves are being done by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game and other contractors, including Miller Ecological Consultants and R2 Resource Consultants.

Balsiger said the federal agency is concerned with the integrity of data, the ability to effectively integrate modeled studies and the decision support systems.

The list of specific concerns relates to habitat classification, fish passage criteria, fish sampling study plans, fish sampling locations, relative fish abundance estimates, inappropriate mesohabitat scales, sampling sites, unmet tagging goals, unmet fish sampling targets and environmental conditions that affected the planned work.

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Budget takes center stage as Parnell, Walker square off

By Katie Moritz Morris News Service-Alaska/ Juneau Empire

JUNEAU — A statement independent gubernatorial candidate Bill Walker made earlier in the month on an Anchorage radio show came back to bite him several times during a candidate forum Sept. 29 in Juneau.

Walker has made Alaska’s budget a focal point of his campaign, saying the state’s spending is causing a “fiscal crisis” — his website includes a counter that displays opponent Gov. Sean “Parnell’s 2014 Deficit Spending.”

The current administration’s $7 millionper-day deficit spending is unsustainable, Walker said.

“In 10 years we’ll be in deficit spending,” he said during the debate. “That horrifies me.”

In early September, Walker said on KFQD’s The Dave Stieren Show that he would cut state spending by 16 percent across the board if elected, Parnell pointed out at the Sept. 29 debate.

Parnell asked Walker what exactly he would cut from the budget, stating that if state personnel was cut by 16 percent, it would disproportionately impact Juneau’s 3,500 state workers.

Walker did not answer with specifics, but said everything was on the table.

“We have to have a fiscal plan in this state,” he said.

Parnell later asked Walker if the 16 percent cut would apply to Medicaid and education funding.

Walker once again said, “We need to put everything on the table ... we need a fiscal plan.”

He said Alaska can no longer rely on increasing oil prices to cushion its budget.

“I’m a fiscal conservative,” he said. “Yeah, I’m proud of my statements (about the budget) ... I know it’s uncomfortable for some to talk

about, but I’ll continue to talk about it.”

Parnell responded that, “He always talks up the deficit, but doesn’t have a way to fix it,” and noted how he cut spending by a billion dollars in both his fourth and fifth years in office. “I’ve had the plan to fix it, and it’s called ‘spend less.’”

Walker’s statement on the show and the state budget was a resounding theme during the debate. A back-and-forth between the two candidates on the budget began in their opening statements and continued until the end.

The Juneau Chamber of Commerce-sponsored event was held at Suite 907, the club formerly known as Marlintini’s. Libertarian candidate Care Clift was scheduled to participate but missed her flight to Juneau.

The pending liquefied natural gas line project was also a hot topic during the discussion.

Parnell accused Walker of flip-flopping on several issues, including the LNG project. He said Walker “would kill” the project by being indecisive. Walker had called the project “fatally flawed” in the past, Parnell said, which, to the governor, suggested Walker would end the years of work on it.

Walker denounced Parnell’s claims, saying, “I’ll be the governor that actually finishes the project.”

He said the “fatal flaw” he spoke of is that “we’re not in control” of the project and the state is letting competitors determine the outcome, rather than Alaskans.

Moderator and chamber President-elect Lance Stevens asked the candidates what role the lieutenant governor will play in decision-making.

“I don’t know if that was a plant for me or not,” Walker joked as he stepped up to the podium to respond.

Walker’s running mate is Byron Mallott, who had been the Democratic candidate for governor until the two merged campaigns in

Strait won’t appeal failed ballot challenge

By Rachel D’Oro Associated Press

The plaintiff in a lawsuit challenging the merged campaigns of two Alaska gubernatorial candidates will not appeal a judge’s ruling that an emergency order allowing the ticket was valid, he said Sept. 29.

Plaintiff Steve Strait said, however, that state lawmakers should enact a permanent regulation to address a legal “train wreck” — the label used by Superior Court Judge John Suddock in describing a gap in Alaska election statutes. Suddock sided with the state on Friday.

The Sept. 2 emergency order was issued by Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell, who was named in the lawsuit along with elections director Gail Fenumiai. The order paved the way for Democratic gubernatorial nominee Byron Mallott to join campaigns with independent gubernatorial candidate Bill Walker and run as Walker’s lieutenant governor after their lieutenant governor candidates withdrew from their races.

The new ticket is deemed a stronger challenge to Republican incumbent Gov. Sean Parnell, who is seeking his second full term in office. Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan is Parnell’s running mate.

The state maintained that Alaska statutes are silent on how to fill vacancies left by the withdrawal of a no-party candidate.

The state argued that invalidating the order would derail the November election and disenfranchise voters, saying more than 2,400 overseas ballots have already been mailed out.

The case was expected to be appealed to the Alaska Supreme Court by either side that lost.

Strait, an Alaska Republican Party district chair who filed the lawsuit Sept. 17, said he decided not to appeal for two reasons. One is the sheer expense of taking the case to the next level. The other is that Oct. 9 would be the earliest the high court could schedule oral arguments. That was too close to the Nov. 4 election, Strait said.

“What do achieve if we’re successful at this point?” he said.

“And then it’s yet a bigger train wreck, in my opinion.”

The lawsuit is an “example of partisan politics at its worst,” Walker, whose campaign intervened on behalf of the state, said in a statement Sept. 29.

“Byron and I look forward to a nonpartisan administration where party platforms will no longer impede productivity in Alaska,” Walker said. “There are so many critical issues facing the state such as the fiscal and energy crises.

We will only solve these problems when we work together.”

Treadwell said his office is proposing to make the emergency regulation permanent to address the gap in the law. Public comments are now being taken.

Photo/Michael Penn/Juneau Empire

Juneau Chamber of Commerce President-Elect Lance Stevens, center, speaks with Gov. Sean Parnell, right, and governor candidate Bill Walker before their debate at Suite 907 on Sept. 29. The two sparred over the state budget and the ongoing effort to commercialize North Slope with a large export project.

August to form a nonpartisan “unity” ticket.

“This’ll be a partnership ... we’ll work together,” Walker said. “(Mallott is) going to be a senior advisor to me. ... I’m very excited and very honored and very humbled to be running with Byron Mallott. ... We will have an incredible relationship.”

Parnell questioned Walker’s answer.

“You cannot have co-governors in this office,” he said. “Whose agenda controls? It comes down to the constitution. I have a lot of respect for (running mate and Anchorage) Mayor Dan Sullivan. ... My lieutenant governor will have an influential role, but ultimately, the constitution says the buck stops with the governor.”

During Walker’s next turn at the podium, he said he was “baffled” by the governor’s suggestion.

“I never said Byron would be the co-governor,” he said.

In closing, chamber President Max Mertz asked the candidates who they will be voting for in the heated U.S. Senate race. Whether incumbent Democrat Sen. Mark Begich or Republican candidate Dan Sullivan wins the election could determine the Senate’s majority party.

“I’m voting for Dan Sullivan for U.S. Senate,” Parnell replied.

Walker sidestepped the question altogether.

“I’ve heard that question asked more creative ways, like what sign is going to be in my yard,” he said, adding that the only sign in his yard will read: Walker/Mallott. “That’s what I’ll say about that.”

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Murkowski firmly supports Sullivan, mum on gov’s race

By Mark Thiessen Associated Press

Alaska’s senior senator is making no bones about who she is backing in this year’s Senate race.

“I think I made it very clear in the ad that I did cut for Dan Sullivan that he is the partner I would like to have in the United States Senate,” Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski said during a news conference Sept. 29 in Anchorage.

Sullivan, the state’s former attorney general, is the Republican nominee for Senate, and he is trying to unseat freshman incumbent Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska.

Before the August primary, Begich ran ads touting his bipartisan cooperation with Murkowski, a Republican. She’s asked him to stop running such ads, and also made it clear he was not to use her image in his commercials.

But late last week, Begich again began running an ad touting his work with Murkowski, and it began airing just days after Murkowski was featured in a Sullivan commercial endorsing him.

Murkowski said some have asked her why she is getting involved in endorsing anyone in the race, and she refers them to previous elections in Alaska, including 2004 when then-U.S. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, endorsed Murkowski over Democrat Tony Knowles, even though Stevens had worked with him for years when Knowles was governor.

Murkowski also pointed to the 2010 election, when she lost the Republican primary to Joe Miller, but came back in a write-in campaign to beat Miller and Democrat Scott McAdams in the general election.

“Sen. Begich took sides in that race, and he worked to support Scott McAdams,” she said. “That was clearly his prerogative. I don’t have hard feelings about that, but you don’t forget it.”

Alaska Natives overwhelmingly sup-

ported Murkowski in her write-in bid, but some Alaska Native leaders have questioned some of Sullivan’s stances on issues.

Attorney Heather Kendall-Miller co-wrote an opinion piece in the Alaska Dispatch News that called Sullivan a “staunch opponent of Native rights.”

Murkowski called Kendall-Miller a longtime Begich supporter, and said many accusations in the opinion piece were unfair to Sullivan.

“That’s totally ridiculous,” KendallMiller told The Associated Press on Sept.

29. “We wrote about a record, a record that speaks for itself.”

Kendall-Miller said the “piece was based upon Dan Sullivan’s clear record opposing Tribal rights,” everything from subsistence to supporting Pebble Mine.

Murkowski said of anyone in Gov. Sean Parnell’s administration, Sullivan worked aggressively to deal with violence against women and domestic violence, huge problems in rural Alaska. She said he led the fight against such issues before it was popular.

Begich’s latest ad heralding his cooperation with Murkowski is narrated by Margie Brown, a former president of Cook Inlet Region Inc., an Alaska Native regional corporation. Brown says she has voted for Murkowski and will vote for Begich.

While Murkowski has endorsed Sullivan in the Senate race, she refused Sept. 29 to say who will get her vote for governor.

Parnell, a Republican, is running against independent candidate Bill Walker, who ran as a Republican and finished second to Parnell in the 2010 primary.

Walker’s running mate is Alaska Native leader Byron Mallott, who was involved in efforts supporting Murkowski’s write-in bid.

Murkowski said she has not been asked to endorse anyone in the governor’s race.

“I don’t know,” she said when asked if she will endorse anyone.

Photo/Pat Sullivan/AP

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, seen here giving a keynote address on U.S. energy policy at the opening of the IHS CERAWEEK energy conference on March 3 in Houston, said she is firmly behind Republican Senate candidate Dan Sullivan at a Sept. 29 press conference. She did not say who she is supporting for governor and said no one has asked her for an endorsement.

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Observer changes, Gulf ratz on tap for North Pacific council

By Molly Dischner Alaska Journal of Commerce

Changes to the observer program and discussion of a possible Gulf of Alaska rationalization program are back on the menu at the North Pacific Fishery Management Council’s October meeting.

The council, which will meet Oct. 8-14 in Anchorage, will also approve crab fishery catches, take final action on Pacific cod fishery for the Community Development Quota, or CDQ, fleet and take action on Bering Sea crab fishery provisions.

The observer and rationalization program discussions are just the latest installations in a long saga.

The National Marine Fisheries Service, or NMFS, has released its 2015 annual deployment plan for the marine observer program, which includes significant proposed changes.

NMFS implemented the revised observer program in 2013. It was intended to increase the statistical reliability of data collected through the observer program, address cost inequality among fishery participants and expand observer coverage to previously unobserved fisheries, such as halibut longline vessels, according to a summary from the agency.

NMFS has proposed moving all vessels into trip selection, where they are selected for observer coverage on a trip-by-trip basis. The larger vessel pool will be subject to a 24 percent coverage rate, which includes all trawlers, vessels longer than 57.5 feet and any catcher-processors not subject to 100 percent coverage. Smaller vessels 40 feet to 57.5 feet will have a 12 percent probability of receiving coverage.

The agency has also suggested that vessels participating in electronic monitoring pilot projects would not be subject to observer coverage.

Those changes are similar to what the council suggested at its June meeting.

In addition to reviewing the annual deployment plan, the council will discuss electronic monitoring efforts.

The council will also review a proposal from the charter halibut fleet on how to possibly develop a pool of quota that several operators could access to enable their clients to catch additional fish.

The council will review the latest iteration of a discussion paper on a possible Gulf of Alaska rationalization effort. That came forward as a way to reduce bycatch in Gulf fisheries by slowing down the fishery through harvest allocations. The discussion paper looks at various ways of allocating harvest privileges, how to address active participation, what the role of catcher-processors would be in a new program, and other issues.

The council’s preliminary preferred action on Pacific cod would enable hook-and-line catcher vessels equal or less than 46 feet long to participate in a new directed Pacific cod CDQ fishery in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands. Vessels would be in the partial observer coverage, and there would be a

full-retention requirement.

That proposal has been in the works since earlier this year, and came forward at the request of the CDQ groups.

Pacific cod is also on the table for initial review of a change to the Aleutian Islands allocations and delivery requirements.

The council is also expected to take action on right of first refusal contract terms for the Bering Sea crab fisheries. Those rights enable communities to have the first option to buy processor quota share; the council is looking at changing the terms of the offer.

In conjunction with the council meeting, several additional public sessions are planned. On Oct. 7, the National Marine Fisheries Service will have a workshop on a national recreational fishing policy.

NMFS has held hearings throughout the country, and Alaska is the final site.

The agency released four draft goals for a policy, which look at fos-

tering and enhancing recreational and non-commercial fisheries and public access, integrating saltwater recreational and non-commercial considerations throughout the federal marine fisheries management system, encouraging partnership, engagement and innovation, and enhancing transparency, followthrough and continuity.

On Oct. 9, the council’s ecosystem committee will host a public hearing on the Bering Sea fishery ecosystem plan effort. The committee held hearings in Seattle and Nome previously, and will also make its recommendation to the council regarding moving forward on development of a plan.

On Oct. 10, the Alaska Arctic Policy Commission will hold a listening session.

Each of those sessions will be held at the downtown Anchorage Hilton, and begin at 5:30 p.m.

Molly Dischner can be reached at molly.dischner@alaskajournal.com.

Photo/Courtesy/National Marine Fisheries Service

The marine observer program will undergo significant changes in 2015, as the National Marine Fisheries Service is moving all trawlers into a 24-percent coverage category and considering exempting vessels from coverage that are participating in the electronic monitoring pilot project.

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AIDEA hears alternative for Interior gas supply

By Elwood Brehmer Alaska Journal of Commerce

A new energy option for the Interior was proposed to the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority board of directors Sept.

25 as a key Interior Energy Project milestone was moved back.

WesPac Midstream LLC representatives said the Irvine, Calif.based energy infrastructure operating company is working to develop a $600-million liquefied natural gas facility and associated power plant at Port MacKenzie.

Senior Vice President Brad Barnds said the LNG would be dedicated for in-state use; it would not be an export facility.

“We’d like to have this opportunity considered by AIDEA and the state and the customers and consumers of Alaska as a credible alternative to meeting the energy needs of the Interior,” Barnds said to the board.

The first phase of WesPac’s twopart long-term plan is to develop 250,000-gallon per day liquefaction plant. That equates to about 7.5 billion cubic feet, or bcf, of gas annually, roughly the same amount Fairbanks gas utilities have said they will demand at the end of Interior Energy Project buildout.

The Interior Energy Project is the state’s plan that uses $330 million-

plus of grants and state-backed loans to build a temporary natural gas supply chain from the North Slope to the Fairbanks area. It is an attempt to encourage area residents and businesses to convert from heating oil to natural gas, which could cut energy costs by half while also improving the region’s air quality.

WesPac hopes to have the LNG plant facility and 11-megawatt power plant up and running by early 2017, with interim gas available from British Columbia by mid2016. AIDEA and Interior Energy Project partner MWH Americas Inc. are working towards first gas delivered to the Fairbanks area by late 2016 from the North Slope.

“We develop the simplest possible projects we can,” to get to production as quickly as possible, WesPac Vice President Michael Cox said.

With the backing of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, which owns Port MacKenzie, WesPac would lease about 100 acres at the port and build up to 1 bcf of gas storage that could be utilized to supply the power plant.

The company would own and operate between 200 to 300 intermodal, or ISO, containers to load the LNG on the Alaska Railroad for transport to Fairbanks.

A single ISO container can hold 13,000 gallons of LNG, about the

same as a tanker trailer. However, two containers will fit on one rail car.

Alaska Railroad Corp. leaders told the AIDEA board that gas could be transported from Cook Inlet to Fairbanks by rail for about $1 per thousand cubic feet, or mcf, of gas.

Comparatively, the AIDEA-MWH proposal has said trucking LNG down the Dalton Highway will likely add close to $5 per mcf to the final, “burner tip” gas price, which it has been estimated to be about $15 an mcf in the Interior Energy Project.

WesPac projects it could get LNG to Fairbanks for about $14.50 per mcf of regassed natural gas.

While that estimate is using completely private money, it does not include local transmission costs.

Because the Mat-Su Borough’s rail extension currently under construction from Houston to Port MacKenzie still needs about $100 million for completion and would be important to WesPac’s plan, Barnds said the company could look into financing the rest of the rail if state money is unavailable.

The key to WesPac’s plan is a longterm gas Cook Inlet supply, something that has eluded others looking to use Southcentral gas for nearly any reason.

Barnds said the company has received expressions of interest from five Cook Inlet producers and has

agreed in principle to be the sole owner in reserves that would provide a gas supply through at least 2035.

“We want to build own and operate assets,” Barnds said.

A point of emphasis in the WesPac presentation was that the project will go forward with or without the Fairbanks market. Using ISO tanks, gas could easily be moved anywhere on rural Alaska’s rail or road systems.

It could be transported by barge as well, given the proposed locale of the project near tidewater.

“We can take this project essentially almost anywhere,” Cox said.

Phase 2 would dedicate the Port MacKenzie deepwater dock for LNG ship bunkering or exports and would expand gas processing.

Barnds said WesPac has worked with Totem Ocean Trailer Express Inc. on LNG fueling options in Tacoma and Cook Inlet for the shipping company’s two freight ships that service Anchorage after they convert to LNG in 2016 and 2017.

IEP update

The target financial close, or “walk away date” as it has been called, for the Interior Energy Project has been pushed back about six weeks, according to MWH. Chris Brown, a state manager for the engineering and consulting firm said a final Interior Energy Project agreement should be in place by mid-December.

Over the summer the closing date was projected for early November.

“There’s a lot of deal making involved,” Brown told the AIDEA board.

Reaching financial close would bring all the different parts of the Interior Energy Project together, as well as bring more than a year-anda-half of AIDEA’s work to fruition.

It is also when the project could fall apart. MWH’s investor, Torontobased Northleaf Capital, and AIDEA will have to agree to the gas off-take agreements signed by the utilities, the capital and operating costs of the North Slope LNG plant and what Northleaf’s total investment will be.

Dominion natural gas export plan gets federal OK

By Frederic J. Frommer Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Dominion Energy received federal approval late Sept. 29 to export liquefied natural gas from its Cove Point terminal on the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland.

In its decision, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission concluded that the project, as approved with conditions, would minimize potential adverse impacts on landowners and the environment.

FERC has approved three other LNG export projects, but this is the first one on the East Coast. The others are in the Gulf of Mexico.

“We are pleased to receive this final approval that allows us to start constructing this important project that offers significant economic, environmental and geopolitical benefits,” said Diane Leopold, president of Richmond, Va.-based Dominion Energy. She added that the company was committed to constructing a safe, secure, environmentally compatible and reliable export facility.

FERC’s ruling adopted staff recommendations made in an environmental assessment, requiring Dominion to meet 79 conditions aimed at mitigating negative environmental impacts. That assessment, issued this spring, concluded the project would have “no significant impact” on the environment But several environmental groups opposed the project, citing, among other things, concerns about greenhouse gas emissions from fracking, piping, processing, shipping and eventually burning the liquefied natural gas.

They had pushed unsuccessfully for a more exhaustive federal review called an environmental impact statement.

“FERC’s decision to approve Cove Point is the result of a biased review process rigged in favor of approving gas industry projects no mat-

ter how great the environmental and safety concerns,” said Mike Tidwell, director of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network. “FERC refused to even require an environmental impact statement for this $3.8 billion facility right on the bay. We intend to challenge this ruling all the way to the courts if necessary. For the safety of Marylanders and for people across our region facing new fracking wells and pipelines, we will continue to fight this project until it is stopped.”

In its decision, FERC said that for impacts related to climate change, the environmental assessment explained that there is “no standard methodology to determine how a project’s incremental contribution to GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions would result in physical effects on the environment, either locally or globally.”

The ruling is the last major regulatory hurdle for Dominion’s project, although the company must review and accept the order.

Following that, Dominion said it expects to file an implementation plan describing how it will comply with FERC’s conditions and seek a notice to proceed from the agency.

Dominion hopes to begin its export operations in 2017. It envisions that 85 ships would leave from its terminal each year, carrying natural gas that has been cooled to liquid at minus-260 degrees. The gas is shipped in liquid form for ease of transport.

Dominion plans to ship the liquefied natural gas to Japan and India, where gas prices are higher than in the U.S. The Sept. 29 ruling comes as energy companies seek to take advantage of a boom in natural gas fueled by hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking.

Republicans in Congress have been pushing the administration to approve LNG exports — casting that effort in recent months as a way to help beleaguered Ukraine.

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COMMERCE CORNER Walmart’s mobile checking account nixes fees

By Joseph Pisani AP Business Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart is the latest company to get rid of fees that traditional banks charge customers who don’t have enough money in their accounts to cover purchases.

The world’s largest retailer said Sept. 24 that it teamed up with Green Dot Corp., a company known for its reloadable prepaid cards, to bring mobile checking accounts to its shoppers. The accounts won’t charge overdraft and bounced-check fees.

It’s the latest attempt to offer banking services that cater to cash-strapped Americans who are still struggling in the economic recovery. Bank of America and Citibank both launched checking accounts this year that don’t charge overdraft fees, which can normally cost up to $35 per transaction.

The moves come as overdraft fees, which occur when a customer doesn’t have enough cash in their account to cover a purchase, have come under increasing scrutiny by regulators in the past few years.

In 2010, banks were required to get written approval from customers to provide overdraft protection, which allow balances to go below zero. But those that opt for overdraft coverage are still paying high fees: Some customers at large banks can pay, on average, almost $260 a year in overdraft fees, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Green Dot’s account, called GoBank, has a monthly fee of $8.95. But that can be waived if a direct deposit of $500 is made each month.

To open an account, customers need to go to a Walmart store and pay $2.95 for a starter kit.

They must also own a smartphone, since most of the banking is done through the app. The kit comes with a MasterCard debit card that can be used to make purchases or to take out

Photo/April L. Brown/AP

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. announced Sept. 24 it will offer checking accounts that won’t have overdraft and bounced check fees, nor will require credit bureau ratings to determine eligibility.

money, for no fee, at more than 42,000 ATMs around the country. Using an ATM outside the network will result in a $2.50 charge. There’s also a 3 percent fee for money taken out at an ATM outside of the country.

And to attract people with poor credit scores and little money, Walmart said that credit bureau ratings and other scores typically used to determine eligibility are not part of the process.

Daniel Eckert, senior vice president of services for Walmart U.S., said that the retailer’s customers “feel they just aren’t getting value from traditional banking because of high fees.”

Walmart’s move follows similar ones by big banks. Bank of America launched its

SafeBalance account, which has a monthly fee of $4.95 and no overdraft fees.

And Citibank’s Access Account, launched Sept. 23, has a monthly fee of $10 that can be waived if customers make one monthly bill payment or one direct deposit or if they average a monthly balance of $1,500 or more. The Citibank accounts don’t charge overdraft fees either.

Greg McBride, chief financial analyst at Bankrate.com, said it is unlikely Walmart will be able to steal customers from big banks. People who do sign up for GoBank are likely to not have a checking account or are unable to open one, he said.

“The goal here is to get them in the store and boost traffic and sales in the store,” said McBride.

The account also comes with perks. To make a cash deposit, GoBank customers can go to the register of any Walmart store.

GoBank customers also can receive payroll direct deposit earlier than their normal payday if their employer notifies GoBank of a deposit in advance.

The app notifies customers in real time if a purchase they are about to make falls outside of their budget. A “Fortune Teller” feature crosschecks the price of a particular item against a customer’s planned income and other expenses.

In addition, customers can send money instantly to each other at no charge through either email or a text message.

‘Bond King’ Gross leaves Pimco, joins Janus Capital Group

By Steve Rothwell and Bernard Condon AP Business Writers

NEW YORK (AP) — The biggest star in the bond market shocked the financial world Sept. 26 by leaving the huge money management firm he has led for four decades and joining a much smaller rival.

Bill Gross, who co-founded the investment giant Pimco in 1971 and runs its $222 billion Total Return Fund, said he would join Janus Capital Group. The prospect that investors would follow the guru-like fund manager and pull their money out of Pimco sent the stocks of several rival investment companies soaring.

Janus jumped 43 percent. Allianz, the German company that owns Pimco, dropped 6 percent.

“Many people invested in Pimco’s Total Return know Bill Gross, and they want his expertise,” said Todd Rosenbluth, director of fund research at S&P Capital IQ. “Money will leave Pimco. It’s just a question of how much.”

Gross has trounced rivals for years with deft moves in and out of bonds, earning the title “Bond King” and attracting hundreds of billions of dollars into Pacific Investment Management Co. But lately his performance has lagged that of many rivals and his management style has raised eyebrows.

Gross will oversee bond investments at Janus and run a

recently launched fund called the Unconstrained Bond Fund from a new office in Newport Beach, California. He started at Janus, which is based in Denver, on Sept. 29.

Gross writes monthly commentaries on markets that are widely quoted, and his utterances on business TV shows can move markets.

But for all his star power, Pimco’s flagship Total Return hasn’t fared well recently. The fund lost 2.3 percent last year, its first loss in more than a decade, according to S&P Capital IQ. It’s done better this year, returning 3 percent. Still, that is half of a point less than the average bond fund.

In addition to lackluster results, investors have been rattled by reports of a regulatory probe into the way Pimco has been valuing bonds in a smaller fund and by management turmoil at the company. In January, Gross’ heir apparent, Mohamed El-Erian, abruptly resigned. Investors have pulled money out of the Total Return Fund for 15 months in a row, according to S&P Capital IQ. Morningstar, a fund rating firm, put all of Pimco’s funds under review on Sept. 26, and financial analysts scurried to assess the impact of Gross’s departure on Pimco’s business.

A report from Bernstein Research estimated that Pimco could lose as much as 30 percent of the money in its funds as investors follow Gross to Janus, or put their money elsewhere.

“We would expect a good deal of Pimco clients switching to Janus, simply attracted by the long track record of Bill Gross,” wrote the analysts led by London-based Thomas Seidl.

Other large bond managers, including BlackRock and Legg Mason, would also likely benefits from Gross’s move, said Daniel Fannon at Jefferies.

Rosenbluth of S&P Capital IQ said that he expected star

bond performers elsewhere to also attract investor money, among them Jeffrey Gundlach, who runs DoubleLine’s Total Return Bond fund. It has returned 5.5 percent in the eight months through August, according to Morningstar.

In announcing Gross’ move, Pimco CEO Douglas Hodge alluded to tension between Gross and top managers. In the past year, “it became increasingly clear that the firm’s leadership and Bill have fundamental differences about how to take Pimco forward,” Hodge wrote. He added that the company has a “deep bench of talent” and expects a “seamless leadership transition.”

For his part, Gross noted in a statement he was looking forward to not having to face “many of the complexities that go with managing a large, complicated organization.”

Gross was one of the founders of Pimco and helped build the Newport Beach, California-based investment company into one of the world’s largest bond managers. Today, the company manages almost $2 trillion in assets.

Gross and El-Erian, co-chief investment officer before his departure, helped steer the company through the tumult of the financial crisis. The two helped develop Pimco’s concept of the “new normal,” a widely cited idea that economies will grow more slowly after the crisis and big investment returns will be hard to come by.

Snagging Gross is a “big coup” for Janus, according to a note to investors by Greggory Warren, a senior analyst at Morningstar. Warren said it would allow Janus to attract money to its fixed income funds, which currently total $31.4 billion, a fraction of Pimco’s.

Janus stock soared $4.78 to $15.89. Legg Mason rose $2.09, or 4 percent, to $50.77 and BlackRock increased $13.55, or 4 percent, to $335.07.

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Editorial & Opinion

Second option is good news for Interior gas needs Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

News in September that a Texas-based company is looking to ship natural gas north from Cook Inlet to the Interior likely came as a surprise to many Fairbanks residents. After all, the state and Interior municipal governments are already well down the path toward commitment to a natural gas trucking plan that would require a liquefaction plant on the North Slope and trucking to Fairbanks — plans and financing for the plant are already underway.

Still, WesPac Midstream told residents Sept. 22 that they can deliver gas to the “city gate” — that is, to whatever storage and distribution that local utilities build as part of the Interior Energy Project — for an estimated $14.50 per

thousand cubic feet.

That’s only slightly more than the estimated delivered cost for gas via the trucking project, and considerable work and investment must be done to firm up those costs. If construction, trucking or distribution costs come in higher than expected, the trucking project’s estimated gas cost could well rise above that of WesPac. News that Cook Inlet gas may be available for the Interior might well be frustrating for those trying to figure out the best plan.

On the one hand, why bother with the considerable expense of constructing the North Slope liquefaction plant and burning through a lot of state funds and loan guarantees if there’s an easier option with access by both a higher-quality road and

the Alaska Railroad?

On the other, if Cook Inlet really has so much extra gas that they’re looking to ship it to the Interior, how come no one approached local leaders to apprise them of that option before now?

In fact, though, having competing proposals for gas is good news for the Interior, and the community would be wise to keep moving forward with eyes open toward either solution being the ultimate vehicle for gas delivery.

After all, having two options means that if costs from the North Slope creep upward, or if Cook Inlet supply dwindles and WesPac can’t secure a contract for guaranteed gas, the Interior will still have the other proposal as a means to guarantee a lower-cost supply of natural gas for area-

wide distribution.

While construction efforts for distribution are already well underway, as evidenced by crews working at locations around town, there are still plenty of moving pieces left to be locked down in determining the best and most cost-effective solution for Interior energy relief.

From financing for the plant construction, trucking options, as well as a program to help residents with the cost of changing over to gas heat, many factors could still influence the final cost of gas when it’s delivered to residents, now forecast for late 2016.

For that reason, it’s good to have multiple supply options. There’s a reason why the old saying warns against having all your eggs in one basket.

Alaskans deserve reform that cuts costs, improves services

By Sen. Lisa Murkowski Guest commentary

It has now been more than four years since then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi explained to Americans why she had to push the health care reform bill through in such a rush: “We have to pass the bill to find out what’s in the bill … and get away from the fog.”

Now it is 2014, the fog is lifting, and we are watching the “Affordable Care Act,” or ACA, fall apart under its own weight, and contradictory legal interpretations. The Administration has now unilaterally delayed or changed over 30 of the health care law’s provisions.

Earlier this month, MODA, one of our two health care insurance providers, announced it would not extend noncompliant “bare bones” policies past this year. Of course, they would not have been put in the position to offer these policies in the first place if the president had not postponed a piece of the law for two years to keep his, “If you like your health care, you can keep it” promise from becoming demonstrably untrue — at least until he is on his way out of office.

On the legal front, it is unclear who is eligible under the law for subsidies — premium tax credits — to help defray the cost of health insurance. In July, the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled that only those who purchase insurance through state-based exchanges may qualify for subsidies, while the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held that subsidies may also be applied to plans purchased through federally facilitated exchanges (i.e. the national Healthcare.gov site).

Given the split in the circuits, this issue could reach the U.S. Supreme Court, but that just means more uncertainty for the time being.

We also recently saw the Alaska Division of Insurance announce that “rates for health insurance plans covering nearly 16,000 Alaskans will increase substantially in 2015 as a result of the Affordable Care Act.” In 2015, Premera Blue Cross insurance rates will increase between 35 and 40 percent, and the middle “Silver” plan will see an

increase of 37 percent on average.

According to the Alaska Director of Insurance Lori Wing-Heier, MODA premiums will increase between 22 percent and 28.8 percent. The agency also announced that even with these cost increases, the health insurers were still going to be losing millions of dollars.

How did we get here?

If you remember back to 2009, the health care law was sold on a promise to reform our nation’s health care system, reduce premiums for families by $2,500 a year, and make health care more accessible and affordable for all Americans.

That sounded great then and sounds great now, but unfortunately these promises have not come to fruition for many Alaskans. Four years later, we have dealt with a botched website, skyrocketing premiums, greater out-of-pocket costs, and employers dropping coverage and sending employees to state-based or federally facilitated exchanges instead of complying with burdensome and expensive federal mandates.

The key reason I opposed the health care law when it was proposed and jammed through Congress? Not politics; just simple math. The basic economics of being a high-cost rural state with limited providers has resulted in the costly outcomes we are seeing today.

Like storm clouds approaching on the horizon, this was a problem many people could see coming.

With the mandate to require that every Alaskan buy coverage — or force them to pay a tax — the ACA was doomed to fail our state and make health care coverage even less affordable.

In high population states with many providers and participants, expenses can be spread out across thousands or millions of residents; but in Alaska, just a few expensive medical cases can ripple across the state and hit Alaskans’ pocketbooks.

If you have been watching this debate unfold, you are likely aware that enrolling young, healthy Americans in the health care exchanges is the key to making the equation work. These “young invincibles,” as they are referred to by policymakers, would pay their premiums, be less likely to need care and stabilize the

overall cost structure.

Before enrollments got underway, insurance providers said they needed a third of Alaskans between the ages of 18 and 25 to enroll, however, only 9 percent have yet to do so.

When you look at the costs involved, it is tough to blame them.

For example, MODA premiums for 19-year-old Alaskans increased in all three categories: up 55 percent in the basic “Bronze” category and double for the “Silver” plans — from $1,092 per year in 2013 to $2,268 per year in 2014.

Health insurance costs for younger Alaskans have increased the most because the ACA prohibits insurers from charging a 64-year-old more than three times the premium they charge a 21-year-old — so the entire formula gets inflated.

Worse still, the law imposes an added, costly tax referred to as the “Cadillac Tax” on high-dollar insurance plans — meaning most of the plans available to older Alaskans — which tacks on an added 40 percent charge to insurance plans valued at $10,200 (individual) and $27,500 (family) starting in 2018.

Even before the premium increase was announced, Jason Gootee, the head of MODA’s Alaska

operations, said, “An independent actuarial study commissioned by the state in 2012 projected premiums to rise between 30 percent and 80 percent. The one piece of good news for Alaskans is that a high percentage of them who purchase through the exchange qualify for a subsidy.”

But, a policy that forces Alaskans to utilize government subsides should not be considered sound policy — and I have heard from many Alaskans who do not like being put in the position of asking for a subsidy for a basic expense like health care.

With more troubling data from the Alaska Division of Insurance coming out regularly about the surging costs, providers are acknowledging that the economics are not working out and Alaskans are paying the second-highest premiums in the nation.

According to Eric Earling, Spokesman for Premera, “We’ve been working on a number of initiatives to control rising medical costs in Alaska, but major challenges exist. We’re very concerned about that impact on our customers and all Alaskans. The Affordable Care Act adds more to the cost of healthcare coverage and the cost of the ACA’s

individual market changes in states with smaller populations like Alaska is not sustainable without action.”

This means many Alaskan individuals, families and employers are asking tough questions: Do we make cuts to our family budget to buy health insurance? Do we skip buying health insurance and pay the tax instead? As a small employer, do I drop coverage for my employees because of all the federal mandates?

Alaskans deserve better.

Doctors are required to take the Hippocratic Oath before they practice medicine, which boils down to “First, do no harm.” Unfortunately, this bill to create “affordable care” is causing real harm to thousands of Alaskans, whether by premium increases or the real risk of a detrimental change in employment or benefits.

The Affordable Care Act has evolved from a controversial partisan power play to a late-night punchline to a major economic drain on our state. Alaskans deserve true health care reform that cuts costs and improves access to services. I will continue to fight for this Alaskan priority in Washington, D.C. Lisa Murkowski is the senior U.S. senator from Alaska.

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Cook Inlet comeback reflects state, local leadership

By Gov. Sean Parnell Guest commentary

For those who love comeback stories, it is difficult to find a better example than Cook Inlet.

Just a few short years ago, Alaska’s oldest oil and gas basin was in a death spiral.

Years of declining production of both oil and gas jeopardized Southcentral’s longtime energy supply, to the point that serious discussions were underway about importing liquefied natural gas, or LNG. I found the situation entire- Parnell ly unacceptable in a state that is still so rich in natural resources.

Fast forward to today, and I can say with confidence that bold leadership and decisive action have turned Cook Inlet around.

Just this year, Cook Inlet oil producers have boosted output 25 percent. More impressive, production has essentially doubled in Cook Inlet since fiscal year 2010, increasing from 8,900 barrels per day in fiscal year

2010 to 16,288 barrels per day presently.

This means Southcentral residents and businesses are now assured of a reliable source of energy for years to come.

This dramatic turnaround is not just a happy accident.

As governor of the state, I realized years ago the situation was serious and needed immediate action. On both the state and local level, I worked alongside members of the Legislature and with municipal leaders, like my running mate, Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan, to create incentives to attract new investment in the aging basin.

This proposal was broadly supported in the Legislature, with key Republicans and Democrats endorsing the effort.

House Bill 280 passed in 2010 and was quickly signed into law. The resulting positive effects were almost immediate.

Investment by Inlet oil producers came flooding back into Cook Inlet by independents like Hilcorp and Cook Inlet Energy, among others. The two companies have been

drilling new wells and upgrading platforms acquired from others steadily, with solid results that benefit all Southcentral Alaskans.

ConocoPhillips was even able to restart the mothballed LNG export plant near Nikiski.

An additional benefit of all this activity and the resulting production was the creation of a natural gas storage facility. This allows gas producers to store excess gas that is extracted from the basin in the warmer months when demand is low, and save it for the colder months when demand spikes. The storage facility offers an additional level of security for Southcentral residents who rely on Cook Inlet’s gas every day for heat, lights and electricity.

Perhaps just as important as energy reliability is the economic impact this legislation has made on the Kenai Peninsula.

Ask anyone in Kenai, Soldotna or Nikiski, and they will tell you how much their local economies have picked up since oil and gas activity began surging on the Peninsula.

Alaskans eager to take advantage of the economic boom have launched new businesses, hiring hundreds of locals eager to meet the needs of the newly revitalized in-

dustry. The Alaska Support Industry Alliance, a trade organization made up of small businesses that supply Alaska’s natural resource industries, has seen its membership grow on the Kenai Peninsula by 50 percent in just four years.

More opportunity and prosperity for Alaskans, combined with a secure supply of energy, is the recipe for continued economic growth in an area previously depressed.

None of these positive developments would have been possible without strong state and local leadership. Had I not taken quick, decisive action to protect Southcentral residents a few years ago, the circumstances could have been costly and unsafe.

I’m proud of the work we did to breathe new life into Cook Inlet and to provide a secure energy future for the residents who call Southcentral Alaska home.

This is my record. This is what Alaskans can count on with Parnell-Sullivan. We’re committed to building the right support for decisive actions that provide opportunity for Alaskans.

Parnell is the governor of Alaska running for reelection.

Walker claims don’t fit facts of Point Thomson settlement

By Jonathan Katchen Guest commentary

Today hundreds of Alaskans are employed working towards first production at the largest undeveloped oil and gas field in Alaska — Point Thomson. This follows years of disputes, hearings, litigation, and an out of court settlement achieved in 2012.

Now we have Bill Walker maligning those who worked selflessly on behalf of the state by claiming in a recent opinion piece that the settlement is the “worst, dirtiest backroom deal in the state’s history.”

As one of the dozens of state employees representing the state in the litigation against ExxonMobil and negotiating that settlement, I am disappointed to see Walker claim that the settlement was the product of a crooked scheme to cheat the state.

To the contrary, the settlement was a hard-fought compromise that forced Exxon to end its warehousing of Point Thomson’s massive gas reserves by spending billions of dollars in Alaska, which in turn has resulted in unprecedented progress at Point Thomson and in advancing the North Slope gas commercialization efforts.

Walker defensively begins his hit piece by trying to justify his decision to sue the state over the Point Thomson settlement. Walker claims his lawsuit will not stop the billions in investment at Point Thomson. He is wrong.

This lawsuit seeks to kill the development plan incorporated into the settlement agreement.

This means that there will be no approved plan for the field. Without an approved plan, state law prohibits any activity from going forward. Walker is therefore trying to shut down operations at Point Thomson.

Worse, a court victory for Walker will also jeopardize the ongoing efforts with the Alaska LNG Project to commercialize Alaska’s vast gas reserves; the only reason why the Alas-

ka LNG Project is moving forward is because the state and Exxon settled the Point Thomson dispute.

Thus, in the unlikely event that Walker wins, the hundreds of people working on the Alaska LNG Project and Point Thomson projects will know who to blame when their jobs are put at risk.

Walker’s most inflammatory charge is that the Point Thomson settlement is the product of a “dirt(y), backroom deal” that had no public input or involvement. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Far from being a “backroom deal,” more than 20 state employees from three state agencies played a critical role in the negotiations. The public and the legislature also influenced the settlement that we achieved. For example, the demands that we made in the negotiations were based on what we learned at public hearings held before the Legislature, the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, and the Department of Natural Resources.

At these hearings, the oral testimony and thousands of pages of written testimony covered geologic, geophysical, engineering, economic and legal issues. No development plan in the state’s history has ever been subjected to this level of scrutiny; nor has any development plan ever received this amount of public input.

But the state was ultimately able to get a strong development plan for Point Thomson because Gov. Sean Parnell gave the settlement team the time (nearly three years) and support to reach a deal that advanced the public’s interest. I witnessed Gov. Parnell repeatedly get Exxon’s senior management to back off of unreasonable demands related to the pace of development and the amount of acreage Exxon should keep if it failed to perform.

And on more than one occasion, I was relieved when Gov. Parnell rejected Exxon’s settlement offer after he concluded

the offer was not in the state’s interests. Contrary to what Walker says, Alaskans should know that Gov. Parnell only agreed to settle once the parties arrived at a deal that gave the state what we demanded: a commitment to production, a path to full field development, progress on North Slope gas commercialization, and the automatic termination of leases if Exxon failed to perform.

Finally, Walker claims credit for the state’s decision to terminate the Point Thomson unit in 2006.

This is comical — Walker had next to nothing to do with the 2006 termination decision. Division of Oil and Gas Director Mark Myers and Commissioner Tom Irwin

started the process in 2004 when they told Exxon that the failure to submit a development plan would put them in default.

When Exxon refused to commit to drill a well, Director Myers followed through and placed the unit in default in 2005. When Exxon failed to cure the default, the unit was terminated in 2006.

It is true that Walker spent the Port Authority’s money on a Houston attorney who filed a brief and testified in favor of termination during the 2006 hearing, but Walker and his Texas attorney had virtually no influence over DNR’s termination decision.

If Bill Walker truly wants to put Alaskans first, he needs to

take the time to understand the facts around these complicated issues. It is easy to write blustery op-eds defaming dedicated public servants and run ads with catchy slogans, but it takes sustained commitment, prudence, and a backbone to achieve real results for the people of Alaska.

From 2006 until 2012, Katchen worked as an attorney in the Oil, Gas, and Mining Section at the Alaska Department of Law and as Dan Sullivan’s special assistant at the Department of Law and the Department of Natural Resources.

He is currently working for the law firm Crowell & Moring in Anchorage.

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October 5, 2014 • Alaska Journal of Commerce

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Crab, pollock stocks show abundance in latest surveys

By Laine Welch For the Journal/Fish Factor

Alaska’s conservative management combined with the grace of Mother Nature is swelling the abundance of two of the state’s largest and most important fisheries.

Bering Sea crab scientists and stakeholders met last week to discuss the outlook for Alaska’s biggest crab fisheries that open Oct. 15. The takeaway was that the stocks of red king crab, bairdi tanners and snow crab all showed big increases in mature size classes, based on data from the annual summer surveys. (Only mature male crabs cans be retained in Alaska’s crab fisheries.)

That has industry watchers predicting little, if any, change to the crab catches, said market expert John Sackton. The data did show some peculiarities though — there are indications that a spike in water temperature (by 2 degrees Celsius) might have redistributed the crabs into survey areas as they moved in search of colder waters. That could discount stock increases, Sackton said.

Raw data showed an increase in the red king crab biomass from 34,000 tons to nearly 48,000 tons, well above the five-year average, and mature females also increased.

For snow crab, mature males increased from 58,000 tons to more than 105,000 tons, Sackton said, and the level of male recruits increased 40 percent to more than 140,000 tons.

The crab catch quotas for the 2013/2014 season were 8.6 million pounds for Bristol Bay red king crab; 1.6 million for Tanners, and 54 million pounds for snow crab.

The Bering Sea crab fisheries are jointly managed by the state and federal government; the catch quotas are set by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.

Similarly, Alaska’s pollock stocks may be at the highest level since 1982. Even better, trawl and acoustic surveys also showed several big year classes coming into the pollock fishery, said Dr. Jim Ianelli, NOAA’s chief pollock scientist. The Alaska pollock fishery accounts for 70 percent of the total Bering Sea harvest, and is the nation’s largest fishery.

However, the robust stock won’t translate into a higher catches. The fishery is managed under a two million-ton cap for several groundfish species; last year’s pollock quota was 1.3 million tons, equaling nearly 3 billion pounds.

Sockeye watch The sockeyes are still running at Fraser River in British Columbia, with the latest date on record for commercial catches. The total run now is pegged at about 21 million, and the harvest last week topped the preseason forecast of 10 million fish. Fishing could continue for another week. Early prices for the Fraser sockeyes were at U.S. $1.50 per pound. Alaska’s sockeye salmon catch this year stands at 44 million fish.

The 2014 Fraser River sockeye run will be noted for more than its healthy size. Seafood.com reported that warmer than usual ocean

temperatures caused a change in migration pattern and almost the entire run took the northern route around Vancouver Island. That bypassed U.S. waters giving American fishermen landings of just 625,000 reds. The two countries share the Fraser salmon return in an 83.5 to 16.5 percentage split in the catches.

The Fraser fish also fell prey to increased attacks of lamprey eels this summer.

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The scientists argue that the genetic techniques used in salmon are no different that used in the hundreds of millions of acres of GMO crops that are planted each year.

The Frankenfish backers said that the Aqua Bounty salmon has met or exceeded all federal requirements and reviews, and called the 16-month review of public comments “unprecedented.” More than 1.5 million people wrote in opposition to the genetically tweaked salmon, and 65 supermarkets have said they won’t carry it.

Sen. Mark Begich was the first to pounce on the prospect of “test tube” fish in a retaliatory letter.

“These East Coast scientists should learn a lesson from Dr. Frankenstein — just because you create something in a lab doesn’t mean it is safe for the public. The claims that GMO salmon are safe are simply not true,” said Begich.

Studies have shown that GMO salmon, which can grow three times faster than normal, can breed with wild fish. Begich said that escapees could decimate Alaska’s wild salmon stocks due to negligence, just as GMO wheat has been found growing in the wild — a development we were assured could never happen.

“You can’t put the genetics genie back in the bottle, and that’s why I will keep fighting to make sure GMO salmon are never approved by the FDA,” he added.

Begich and Sen. Lisa Murkowski co-sponsored legislation to stop FDA approval, and to require labeling if Frankenfish is approved.

Murkowski has questioned if it can even be called a real fish.

“This takes a transgenic Atlantic salmon egg, which has genes from an ocean pout, somewhat akin to an eel, and it combines with the genes of a Chinook salmon,” she has testified to Congress. “I have questioned time and time again, why we would want to be messing with Mother Nature like this? We are trying to invent a species that would grow quicker to out compete our wild stocks. This experiment puts at risk the health of our fisheries not only in Alaska, but throughout the Pacific Northwest.”

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Judge orders state to remedy Native language assistance

By Tim Bradner Alaska Journal of Commerce

A federal judge has scolded the state Division of Elections over the state’s poor assistance to voters who speak Native languages. The state has promised to better in the upcoming November general election to com-

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Yup’ik and Gwich’in-speaking Alaskans sued the state over inadequate translation efforts.

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By Oct. 3, the division will have new translated public service announcements on the elections as well as a preelection poster advertising the availability of language assistance and “Can I Help?” buttons in the local languages to be worn by poll workers.

By Oct. 10, audio translations of ballot information including the neutral summaries of ballot measures, pro/con statements and candidate statements, are to be available.

All of the materials will be provided to the plaintiffs’ attorney, also by Oct. 10, and the division will incorporate their feedback to the maximum extent possible, Gleason ordered.

The judge also ordered that training sessions for poll workers be held and that the division will file a report with the court by Oct. 28 detailing its compliance.

Voting rights have long been a sensitive issue in Alaska.

The U.S. Department of Justice monitored Alaska elections for several years because the state constitution originally had an English-language test for voters (it was taken out of the constitution in 1970) and because primary elections held in early fall created barriers in voting in many villages where many people are out doing subsistence harvesting at that time.

The lawsuit in Gleason’s court was filed over the state’s methods of providing language assistance, however. The Native American Rights Fund and two national law firms filed suit in the Alaska U.S. District Court in 2013 on behalf of four tribal councils and two individuals, arguing that the state’s efforts to provide language assistance in several villages violated the language assistance provisions of the federal Voting Rights Act and voting guarantees of the 14th and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

On Sept. 3, Gleason agreed that the state had violated the Voting Rights Act and ordered that the situation be remedied, but reserved judgment on the constitutional claims. Gleason said she will rule on those later, after the November elections.

The violations noted by Gleason fell into three categories: that the state had failed to adequately inform voters that language assistance is available; a failure to adequately prepare outreach workers to provide language assistance to voters, and a failure to address dialect differences.

In 2010, the state settled a similar lawsuit filed by voters in the Bethel region (Nick, et al. v. Bethel, et al.)

Despite that settlement, the evidence presented during a nine-day trial in June and July 2014 showed that the state had made a decision to provide only limited language assistance to Native voters in three regions immediately adjacent to Bethel, according to a statement issued

Sept. 3 by the Native American Rights Fund.

In her September ruling, Gleason found the state had failed to provide limited-English proficient Alaska Native voters with voting information substantially equivalent to what voters receive in English, which was a violation of the Voting Rights Act, she said.

In her Sept. 3 hearing, Gleason said, “I do find that the plaintiffs have demonstrated by a preponderance of the evidence that the Division’s (Division of Elections) standards, practices and procedures that are in place for the three census areas (involved in the lawsuit) are not designed to transmit substantially equivalent information in the applicable minority language,” to Alaska Natives in the three census areas.

During the hearing, Gleason explained Section 203 of the federal Voting Rights Act that, “requires that in certain designated areas of the country that have a high percentage of limited English proficient voters, that whenever the state provides any registration or voting information in English, the state must also provide the same information in the language of the applicable minority group to voters in those areas.”

Gleason’s remarks are in the transcript of the proceeding.

In cases where the minority language is written this requirement can met by having a written translation, but Gleason also noted the so-called “Stevens Proviso,” inserted in the act by Alaska’s former Sen. Ted Stevens, that provides in the case of Alaska Native languages that are unwritten the state is only required to provide oral instructions or assistance.

“That’s the provisio that has caused considerable litigation here,” Gleason said, because while it is clear that written materials in the minority language would satisfy the law, “the provision is far less clear for the languages at issue here.”

The state had been relying on “outreach workers” but this was insufficient, the judge said, because these workers were asked only to provide limited information and not to translate what is in the official election pamphlet the state sends out to voters, which is in English.

In Dillingham, the judge said, the outreach worker was “on call” but not physically present at the polling stations, while the public service announcement that had been broadcast said the workers would be present to provide language assistance.

Gleason found that except in 2008, when the state translated two of four ballot questions, no Gwich’in translations have been provided in the Yukon-Koyukuk region beyond what individual translators might communicate.

Also, no Gwich’in audio translations were provided on touchscreen voting units.

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Budget crunch biggest challenge for bush caucus in 2015

By Tim Bradner Alaska Journal of Commerce

Photo/Michael Penn/Juneau Empire

State Rep. Bryce Edgmon, D-Dillingham, is the chair of the House “bush caucus” and will speak at the AFN Annual Convention Oct. 24. Edgmon said tightening budgets will make protecting rural programs the priorities for the caucus in the next Legislative session.

The biggest challenge facing rural legislators in 2015 will be the tightening of state revenues and pressures to cut budgets, says Rep. Bryce Edgmon, D-Dillingham, who headed the House “bush caucus” in the 2013-14 state Legislative session.

Rural lawmakers on the House and Senate Finance committees will have to keep an eagle eye on the budgets to ensure that, if reductions have to be made, rural programs aren’t singled out unfairly.

“It’s our biggest challenge,” Edgmon said in an interview with the Journal.

Edgmon is addressing the annual Alaska Federation of Natives convention in Anchorage on the morning of Oct. 24 at the Dena’ina Civic & Convention Center, elaborating on the budget and other concerns.

“From 2005 to 2012 we had surplus revenues and we were able to take state agency budgets and many rural programs up to where they should have been. But in the last two years we’ve seen a pullback in spending,” he said, due to declining revenues caused mainly by a long-term drop in oil production.

The pressure on budgets is likely to continue because crude oil prices are now also declining, dropping to the $95 per barrel in mid-September. The Department of Revenue had forecast an average price of $106 per barrel for the fiscal year. If prices are less than that, it will increase a budget deficit that is already predicted to be $1.3 billion.

Programs that are vital to rural areas, and which must be watched, include state weatherization assistance and emergency heating oil programs along with funding for rural water and sewer programs.

Water and sewer programs, which build safe water systems and sewage disposal systems in villages, are jointly funded with the federal gov-

ernment, but federal funds have been gradually cut over several years.

State funds have not increased to fill the gap and the net result is that there is less money now going into rural water and sewer projects.

In addition, mainly federal programs like the Denali Commission, which has been active in rural funding, have been cut back.

The problem is not just to finish the installation of safe water and sewage systems in villages that are still on “honey buckets” but to upgrade and even replace community systems that are now aging.

Energy is another important concern for rural legislators. Although the Alaska Energy Authority’s Rural Energy Fund, which provides matching grants for mainly small renewable energy projects, is statewide in scope, many REF projects are in small communities.

Several are now built and operating and they are making a difference in displacing high-cost diesel.

More projects are on the drawing boards, moving neared to construction, and the REF program must continue to be supported, Edgmon said.

The Legislature typically funds $20 million to $25 million per year in matching grants for projects.

In the 2014 legislative session, $22 million in REF projects were approved.

Rural legislators must also keep an eye on the state’s Power Cost Equalization program which helps level out the high cost of electricity in small Alaska communities to a level near what is paid in the large cities. PCE support is now paid from earnings of an endowment fund, which has been very successful, Edgmon said.

It is something that is working well and should not be tampered with, he said.

Education funding is also something that must be watched. The education funding bill that passed the Legislature in 2014 during a five-day extended session provided for two studies that See Caucus, Page 16

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could be important for rural Alaska.

One will involve a new look at the K-12 school foundation distribution formula. Some urban legislators argue the formula is outdated and does not grant enough state money for urban schools where there are special needs.

The concern in any formula change is that it could be to the disadvantage of rural school districts.

A second study will look at funding of education in general, with an eye toward how economies in schools can be achieved statewide given that the state is in for a period of tightened revenues.

Again, this will have to be watched as to how any recommendations might affect rural schools.

Village Public Safety Officer, or VPSO, program is also important. There are currently 121 authorized positions but not all of these are filled.

A new part of the program will allow some VPSOs to carry firearms, and these officers must be trained in the proper use of weapons, which will require funds.

The state Department of Public Safety had estimated that there might be 20 requests for armed VPSOs from communities and that the department could absorb these training costs. However, if there are requests for more the program would require additional funds for training.

On a broader level, Edgmon said that the priorities of the bush caucus typically overlap with those of most other small communities, particularly in coastal areas.

“The House bush caucus is bipartisan. We have Republican as well as Democratic members.

We meet regularly during the legislative session and we have a planning session to set priorities at the outset,” Edgmon said.

While there is no “bush caucus” in the Senate there is a loose “coastal caucus” of coastal Senate districts, including Southeast.

Photo/Courtesy/Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Many of the issues that affect small rural comAs federal appropriations have declined for safe water programs in rural Alaska, state spending has not filled the gap. Education, weatherization, power cost munities also affect coastal towns, so there is a equalization and the Village Public Safety Officer programs will be issues to natural alignment of interests that often emerge. monitor with the Legislature convenes in 2015.

In many respects the coastal and bush caucus-

es represent small town Alaska, Edgmon said.

In the interview, Edgmon steered clear of any discussion of legislative organization, but it’s commonly known that with Interior and Southcentral lawmakers in the majority and in control, rural lawmakers have to work harder to persuade their urban colleagues on bush priorities.

In the Legislative session that ended this year, in which Republicans controlled the Senate and House, experienced rural legislators like Sen. Lyman Hoffman, D-Bethel, were no longer in the leadership.

In previous Legislatures, there was a more even Republican-Democrat balance in the Senate and a bipartisan coalition leadership emerged. That allowed Hoffman to continue as co-chair of the Senate Finance Committee, a post he had held previously.

The outcome of a few very competitive state Senate races could affect the organization of that body. If Democrats pick up one or two Senate seats it could narrow the previous Republican control and make it more likely that a coalition organization will emerge in that body. That would likely give rural senators more leverage on budgets and other matters.

The state House, meanwhile, is likely to remain under the control of “railbelt” (Interior/ Southcentral) legislators, but if Democrats make some gains in the November elections it could result in the seats on the House Finance Committee allocated to Minority members under the House rules. If there were three minority seats rather than two seats it could make a difference on an 11-member House Finance Committee.

Rural Democrats are typically joined in the Republican House Majority because it’s the best way to protect rural programs, so there are typically rural Democrats on House Finance because they are part of the Majority.

Edgmon has been on the Finance Committee four year, along with Rep. Neal Foster, D-Nome.

Tim Bradner can be reached at tim.bradner@alaskajournal.com.

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Keynote speakers come together for AFN ‘Rise as One’ theme

By Elwood Brehmer Alaska Journal of Commerce

A horrific crime brought Miriam Aarons and Mao Tosi together.

On Oct. 23, the pair of community organizers will share a message of collaboration as co-keynote speakers at the Alaska Federation of Natives Convention in Anchorage.

“I never thought in a million years I would ever be an AFN cokeynote speaker,” said Aarons, 32.

The 37-year-old Tosi is of Samoan descent. A former professional football player for the Arizona Cardinals, Tosi grew up in Anchorage and said being asked to headline the state’s premier Native gathering is an honor he is proud of and thankful for.

Both prefer to talk more about their message and less about their uniqueness among AFN keynotes — Aarons for her age and Tosi for his background.

“I am Alaskan. I maybe came a different route but the acceptance is there; maybe not because of who I am but for the work I’ve done,” Tosi said.

He ran a spirited but ultimately unsuccessful campaign for the East Anchorage Assembly seat earlier this year.

When Aarons heard news of a May 2013 double murder and sexual assault in Anchorage’s Mountain View neighborhood she immediately wondered what she could do for the family, the community. A mutual acquaintance of the two encouraged her to reach out to Tosi. After a simple Facebook message the Stop the Violence car wash and block party was arranged just two days later.

More than 1,500 people showed up for the event to draw attention to Alaska nonprofit organizations that offer assistance to victims of violent crimes, Aarons said.

The pair and their volunteers raised nearly $25,000 that went to the family members of the victims of the terrible tragedy that occurred just days prior.

Tosi, who manages the Northway Mall where the rally was held, remembers being particularly proud of the people of Anchorage for their turnout and support.

“It was many Alaskans that came together. I shook every person’s hand that was waiting in line and the line was probably 20 to 30 cars long, and everyone in line did not mind waiting because they knew what they were there for. It was amazing, truly amazing,” he said. “It was one of those healing moments.”

Their work that day exemplified the “Rise as One” theme of this year’s AFN Convention.

Aarons admits to already having some jitters at the thought of standing before the AFN crowd, particularly because she feels a “pretty big responsibility,” she said.

However, she hopes that with Tosi’s help a can-do message comes through.

“Really, one of my underlying messages is that I’m just a regular person,” Aarons said. “Before I teamed up with Mao I was just a lady pregnant with twins and I happened to have a little bit of faith in my idea and I teamed up with the

Photo/Michael Dinneen/For the Journal

Mao Tosi and Miriam Aarons have a little fun during their photo shoot at the Little Susitna River. The two will deliver a unique dual keynote address to the Alaska Federation of Natives Annual Convention on Oct. 23 in Anchorage.

right person and that was really the key to making something happen.”

A Bering Straits Native Corp. shareholder and the company’s communications director, Aarons said her employer’s flexibility and support are imperative to some of the volunteer work she does.

“I’m thankful I work for a company that encourages its employees to get out in the community and do things,” she said.

She plans to encourage other companies to do the same in her speech, which she hopes can be kept rather informal.

AFN President Julie Kitka wrote in a statement that the group is continually looking to include

new voices within its community.

“There are many shining lights and people of courage who make a difference in Alaska,” Kitka wrote.

“Some quietly take actions every day. Some take actions working across various communities and sectors and are so inspiring, AFN wants to share their work at our convention. The two individuals who were selected as keynoters for 2014 are such individuals.”

Tosi said another message the two hope to emphasize is one to push culturally diverse Alaskans to come together over common issues and address both positive goals and serious challenges. It’s a message his nonprofit, AK PRIDE,

spreads to Alaska’s youth.

AK PRIDE works to help young people identify their passions and strengths and pursue them as far as they are willing take them by connecting kids with others who have experience in their chosen path, whatever it may be, Tosi said. Such encouragement in athletics helped him reach the NFL and taught him lessons that have translated to other aspects of life, notably the importance of teamwork.

Giving kids an avenue to chase their dreams and reiterating to them that they should be proud of their subsequent accomplishments is how AK PRIDE tries to break the cycles of substance abuse and

domestic and sexual violence that plague parts of the state.

“A lot of the work I’ve been a part of has not been because of myself alone, but partnering with others, working together, uniting together and how important that message is to unite — take action. If Miriam can do it you can as well; if I can do it you can too,” Tosi said.

“Taking pride in our community is what I’ve always represented and continuing to share that message is what I’m going to do. I’m really excited to work with Miriam again and to get this message across that we’re here to rise as one.”

Elwood Brehmer can be reached at elwood.brehmer@alaskajournal.com.

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AFN co-chairs first of younger generation to lead organization

By Molly Dischner Alaska Journal of Commerce

Leadership at the Alaska Federation of Natives took on a new look this year, with the first descendants of Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act shareholders as co-chairs.

Ana Hoffman and Tara Sweeney were selected as AFN co-chairs in fall 2013 as part of the organization’s restructuring of the leadership position. They are the first individuals born after 1971 to lead the organization.

In 1971, Alaska Natives received the original shares in Alaska Native corporations created as part of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, or ANCSA. Natives born after that year have become shareholders either by inheriting them or when corporations chose to Hoffman create additional shares for the younger generations.

Hoffman, who is now the president and CEO of Bethel Native Corp., was born in Bethel and inherited her mother’s shares.

Being one of the first born-after co-chairs is a way to honor her mother’s legacy, she said.

“My mother Margaret was the first secretary of the Alaska Federation of Natives, and she was involved with the passage of ANCSA,” Hoffman said.

In her actions and advocacy, Hoffman said

year term. By only having one new face each year, the organization is looking to develop continuity in the leadership role.

The goals Hoffman and Sweeney have worked toward are many of the same that the original founders of AFN focused on, Hoffman said.

“They formed the Alaska Federation of Natives to help affirm and preserve Alaska Native rights to land and the formation of the corporations and also access to subsistence hunting and Sweeney fishing rights, and today, 40 years later, through our involvement, we continue to advocate for those same values that we hold dear.”

Through her service, Hoffman said she’s realized the importance of maintaining a statewide perspective, and representing all Alaska Native people, not just her own community.

“While I don’t know what it’s like to live in Norvik, I do know that there are many commonalities among our experience as Alaska Native, and I look back at my own upbringing and my daily activities and living in rural Alaska, and I know that I have enough commonality with them that I can try to bring needed attention and advocacy to the table,” Hoffman said.

Protecting Native rights and subsistence access, weighing in on state, federal and international processes that could impact

she tries to not only honor the past, but inspire the next generation of Alaska Native leaders.

“That’s a very positive thing, that younger people would view this as an avenue that they could consider, a leadership role that is open and diverse,” Hoffman said.

Sweeney is originally from Barrow, but lives in Anchorage now, where she is executive vice president of external affairs for Arctic Slope Regional Corp. Despite being younger than past co-chairs, Hoffman said the transition this year was an exciting one.

“I don’t think it was a difficult transition because many of the AFN board members have a lot of the history and knowledge there that we look to and rely upon,” she said.

Hoffman said that AFN President Julie Kitka has a longhistory with the organization, as do other board members, all of whom have helped her navigate the position.

And Hoffman and Sweeney themselves have a history with the organization, including previously serving on its board. They have a personal history too — they were classmates in the fifth grade, Hoffman said.

Hoffman and Sweeney are also the first cochairs to serve under a new structure. Sweeney was elected for one year, and Hoffman for two.

In the future, each co-chair will serve a two-

Alaska Natives and ensuring that an Alaska Native perspective is part of policy discussions were some of the goals AFN worked toward this year.

Hoffman said that it’s taken the whole organization, not just the cochairs, to accomplish those goals. The co-chairs, board, staff and others involved in the organization have also worked to make AFN more efficient and effective in everything it tackles, Hoffman said.

“We’ve worked to make the existing systems more efficient, and also helped to maintain attentiveness to items that affect the wide-range of Alaskans,” Hoffman said.

The organization has accomplished that in part through its committees, which help formulate ideas and share information about things happening around the state that members might be interested, whether it’s legislation under consideration in Juneau or federal policies. Hoffman credited the work of many involved in the organization, not just the cochairs, for its accomplishments this year.

“AFN has a very lean staff,” Hoffman said. “Through the committee process, a lot of information gets disseminated throughout the state very quickly.”

Molly Dischner can be reached at molly. dischner@alaskajournal.com.

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Health providers make plans for IHS cost reimbursements Indian Health Services contract cost settlements paid through Sept. 26 • Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium: $153.2 million • Southcentral Foundation: $128 million • Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium: $52.5 million • Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corp.: $40.7 million • Bristol Bay Health Corp.: $25.5 million • Maniilaq Association: $25 million • Norton Sound Health Corp.: $8.8 million • Arctic Slope Native Association: $7.8 million • Metlakatla Indian Community: $3.3 million • Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association: $3.29 million • Ketchikan Indian Community: $482,731 • Mount Sanford Tribal Consortium: $325,000 • Village of Eklutna: $34,000 Total: $449 million

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Alaska’s Tribal health care entities have received more than $449 million in contract support cost payments through late September, with more in the works.

Contract support costs are what Tribal organizations pay to manage Tribal health programs. In 2012, the Supreme Court said that Tribes should be fully compensated for the cost of delivering federal trust responsibilities, such as health care. Now, the IHS is working to repay those groups for prior years when they were not reimbursed for their full costs.

Through Sept. 26, 13 organizations had reached a settlement with the IHS, with the Native Village of Eklutna receiving $34,000 in late September, the most recent of the settlements, according to information provided by Sen. Mark Begich’s office.

Begich has advocated for the settlements, and has held up IHS Acting Director Yvette Roubideaux’s confirmation until progress is made on the contract support claims.

The largest settlements so far went to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, or ANTHC, at $153 million, Southcentral Foundation at $128 million and Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium, at $52.5 million.

According to information provid-

ed by Begich’s office, Chugachmuit, Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Inc., Kenaitze Tribe, Knik Tribal Council, Tanana Chiefs Conference, Tanana Chiefs Conference Title I, Tanana Tribal Council and Kodiak Area Native Association are listed as still in negotiations, while the Copper River Native Association and Eastern Aleutian Tribes Inc. have offers forthcoming. Other entities are also owed money, but work on some cases has not yet started.

ANTHC Chairman and President Andy Teuber said in a Sept.

29 email that its settlement came after 14 years of work on the issue.

“Because the litigation and settlement process dragged on so long and involved many lawyers and accountants on both sides, what was often lost sight of was that contract support costs equal health care services,” Teuber said. “We fought so hard for so long because we were fighting for the health of our people. With the settlement I hope that we can now focus more on achieving our vision that Alaska Native people be the healthiest people in the world.”

Now those organizations are determining how to use the funding. According to Director of IHS Public Affairs Staff Constance James, the money must be used consistently with the terms of individual settlement agreements and the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act.

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Teuber said ANTHC will use its funds to expand health services and improve access to care, as well as address maintenance and operation needs and begin construction projects that were delayed.

Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium President and CEO Charles Clement said in an emailed statement that provider will use the settlement to rebuild its financial position: “SEARHC anticipates using a majority of the settlement funds to rebuild reserves after a rocky financial patch. Along with reserve building we anticipate making modest strategic investments in programs, personnel and infrastructure.”

Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corp. received a $40.7 million settlement. President and CEO Dan Winkelman said the entity was using the money to pursue a hospital renovation and expansion in Bethel through a joint venture with Indian Health Services. Under that program, YKHC would build the facility, and the IHS would staff it.

“We’re currently in an application period for that,” Winkelman said.

YKHC should hear back about its application by Oct. 15.

If YKHC isn’t chosen for a joint venture, Winkelman said the board would have to choose a new project.

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Tribal organizations seek greater role in land management

By Molly Dischner Alaska Journal of Commerce

Tribal organizations are asking to take over some aspects of wildlife management, or at least to have a greater voice in the process.

That larger role in the process — an effort the Alaska Federation of Native has supported — known as co-management could ultimately simplify things by bringing all the players together.

Currently, the State of Alaska manages most land and water.

The Board of Fisheries and Board of Game are responsible for most policy and allocative decisions; the Alaska Department of Fish and Game is responsible for day-to-day management. The federal government also plays a management role for lands under its jurisdiction.

In Southcentral Alaska, Ahtna Inc. is trying to develop a co-management project that puts a Tribal commission at the heart of subsistence wildlife management on Tribal and Native corporation land in the Ahtna region.

On the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, the Association of Village Council Presidents is trying to develop a Tribal fisheries commission.

But for either effort — or any other — to come to fruition, several hurdles remain, including the need for legislation to authorize the projects, funding and other issues.

The state constitution — which mandates that state resources benefit all Alaskans — can also be interpreted to be at-odds with some components of the proposals.

However, the state is amenable to working with landowners on land management, and open to some versions of co-management, within the bounds of current regulations, wrote Alaska Department of Fish and Game Commissioner Cora Campbell in an email.

“We have had significant discussions with landowners, including Native corporations, about developing partnerships to enhance management of privately-owned land in a way that respects the rights and responsibilities of the landowners as well as the department’s charge to manage fish and wildlife and have made progress in that regard,” Campbell wrote.

“There are co-management structures in this state that are currently functioning, such as the Alaska Migratory Bird Co-Management Council, that could be models for future efforts.”

Despite the challenges, there is support beyond the Tribal level for the efforts.

Rep. Don Young has backed efforts to get more representation of subsistence views inserted into wildlife management by introducing legislation to create the Ahtna project and supporting a change to the Magnuson-Stevens Act that would add a subsistence representative to the North Pacific Fishery Management Council.

Ahtna demonstration project A bill in the U.S. House of Representatives would give a new entity — the Ahtna Inter-Tribal Wildlife Commission — primacy over fish and wildlife management on Ahtna Inc. and Tribally-owned

land in the region. It would also enable the commission to participate in co-management for federal land traditionally used by Ahtna shareholders.

Ahtna, an Alaska Native regional corporation, has 1.55 million acres from Cantwell to Chitina, with additional acreage not yet conveyed.

The State of Alaska has questioned certain components of that proposal, including federal authority to delegate wildlife management away from the state and to a private entity, but proponents of the proposal have said it would be in-line with other states, where Tribes are able to manage their own lands, and in-line with the intent of the ANCSA. Roy Ewan, an Ahtna board member, was involved in the passage of ANCSA, and said it was Photo/Michael DeYoung/Alaskastock.com clear at the time that the federal Ahtna Inc., the Alaska Native Regional corporation headquartered in Glenallen, is pushing for an increased role in wildlife management on its lands, particularly for subsistence hunts for moose. Shareholders in the corporation have See Land, Page 33 complained that they are losing out to sport hunters at the expense of food for their villages.

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Natalie Landreth, with the Native American Rights Fund, left, and Jason Brandeis, with the American Civil Liberties Union are seen in this file photo discussing a lawsuit filed to force Native language oral assistance for Alaska elections. In September, Alaska U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason ordered the state Division of Elections to offer translations both oral and written and outreach workers to aid non-English proficient residents in time for the Nov. 4 general election.

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The judge did credit the division for efforts to translate the complex Ballot Measure 1 voted on this past Aug. 19 regarding the effort to repeal oil tax reform.

The state is attempting to remedy this, at Gleason’s order, by providing bilingual outreach and poll workers in a number of named villages in the Dillingham and Wade Hampton census areas (in Bristol Bay and the Yukon Kuskowkim regions) where different dialects of Yup’ik are spoken, and the Gwich’in speaking villages of Arctic Village and Venetie of Interior Alaska.

In addition, the U.S. Justice Department has identified 16 additional villages in the Yukon-Koyukuk area that meet the criteria for language-assistance in the Voting Rights Act. Previously, the state had also provided bilingual assistance only in the Central Yup’ik dialect. The court has now ordered service to be provided in separate Yup’ik dialect spoken in Dillingham and Togiak.

Besides having one or two people available to provide assistance, depending on the size of the community, the state will require public service announcements through the local VHF radio in the village’s language and dialect.

Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act makes it clear that assistance in the polls must be available in the covered language, and that just having a person available in the community is not enough.

Bilingual assistance will also be provided in very small communities that have no polling places but where absentee voting locations are provided.

The translating can be timeconsuming, so having more people available to provide assistance is important. It can be challenging for voters, even English language speakers, to understand complex issues that are often on the ballot.

At the trial in the lawsuit last summer, there was testimony that it took as long as 20

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minutes for a Native languagespeaking voter to listen to one ballot measure being explained and more than 30 minutes to complete the ballot on a touchscreen voting unit.

One particularly difficult provision on the Aug. 19 primary election ballot was Ballot Measure 1, a complex proposal which dealt with a possible repeal of a state oil and gas tax law. The ballot information had three pages of text.

Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell, who is in charge of the Division of Elections, said the state will expand language assistance to comply with Gleason’s order.

“I know the Division of Elections worked to comply with federal laws on language assistance as we understood them,” Treadwell said a statement after Gleason handed down her order in early September.

“We will work expeditiously to comply (with the order) and any additional measures that may be forthcoming in the court’s written opinion. In the meantime, Alaska’s Native and non-Native voters need to know that the Division of Elections is committed to ballot access.

We will continue to work with Alaska Native leaders and others to improve, and I view the (judge’s) decision as an opportunity to expand our efforts.”

Treadwell also pointed out that the plaintiffs in the case never contacted the division to indicate any problems with the language assistance being provided.

Also, despite having observed elections in Alaska, the U.S. Department of Justice never contacted the state with its interpretation of the law, nor did they institute their own action or intervene in the proceedings, Treadwell said.

The Elections Division had made a number of improvements since the 2012 elections, the lieutenant governor said.

These include adding 128 new absentee voting locations statewide, more than doubling the locations available in 2012.

Absentee voting by online ballot delivery, fax and mail is available statewide for all voters. More than 7,000 Alaska voters used the online absentee delivery and voting system in 2012, and more are expected to use it in 2014.

Tim Bradner can be reached at tim.bradner@alaskajournal.com.

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Native groups, Division of Elections add new voting sites List of all villages participating in absentee in-person voting sites.

Adak Akiachak Akiak Akutan Alakanuk Allakaket Aleknagik Ambler Anaktuvuk Pass Anvik Arctic Village Atmautluak Atqasuk Beaver Bettles Birch Creek Brevig Mission Buckland Cantwell Chefornak Chevak Chignik Bay

Chistochina Chitina Chuathbaluk Circle Clark’s Point Copper Center Crooked Creek Deering Diomede Eagle Eek Egegik Ekwok Elim Emmonak Fort Yukon Gakona Gambell Golovin Goodnews Bay Grayling Gulkana

Holy Cross Hooper Bay Hughes Huslia Kaktovik Kaltag Kasigluk Kiana King Cove King Salmon Kipnuk Kivalina Kobuk Kokhanok Koliganek Kongiganak Kotlik Koyuk Kwethluk Kwigillingok Larsen Bay Levelock

Lower Kalskag Manokotak Marshall Mekoryuk Mentasta Mountain Village Napakiak Napaskiak Newhalen New Stuyahok Newtok Nightmute Nikolai Nikolski Nondalton Noatak Noorvik Northway Nuiqsut Nunam Iqua Nunapitchuk Oscarville

Stebbins Stony River Takotna Tanana Tatitlek Tazlina Teller Togiak Toksook Bay Tuluksak Tununak Tuntutuliak Tyonek Upper Kalskag Venetie Wainwright Wales White Mountain

Ouzinkie Pedro Bay Perryville Pilot Station Point Hope Point Lay Port Heiden Port Lions Quinhagak Ruby Russian Mission Savoonga Scammon Bay Selawik Shageluk Shaktoolik Shishmaref Shungnak Sleetmute St. George St. Michael South Naknek

What is the difference between absentee in-person voting and early voting?

When voting absentee in-person, the voter’s eligibility to vote is verified after the voter is issued a ballot. Since the voter’s eligibility can not be verified at the time of voting, the voter’s voted ballot is placed inside an absentee voting envelope prior to being placed in the ballot box.

When voting early, the voter’s eligibility to vote is verified at the time of voting through the Division of Elections statewide voter registration system. A voter is eligible to vote early if the voter is voting at the Regional Elections Office where the voter is registered and if the voter’s registration record is active and current. Since the voter’s eligibility to vote could be verified, the voter simply signs a certificate and the voted ballot is placed directly into the ballot box.

By Molly Dischner Alaska Journal of Commerce

This fall, residents of more than 100 communities around Alaska will find it a little easier to cast their ballot.

The Alaska Federation of Natives, Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act Regional Association, Get out the Native Vote, and Division of Elections worked together on establishing new absentee in-person and early voting sites throughout the state.

In total, there are 128 new sites this year in villages around Alaska, with many in Western and Northern Alaska, including Adak, Shishmaref, and Wainwright, as well Tyonek on the western side of Cook Inlet, Tanana in the Interior and Copper Center, north of Valdez.

In previous years, residents of the 128 communities often had to travel to vote.

“Many would have to travel 30, 60 miles to go vote in hub communities, or they’d have to request absentee ballots,” said Kim Reitmeier, executive director of the ANCSA Regional Association.

When voting absentee inperson, the voter’s eligibility to vote is verified after the voter is issued a ballot. Since the voter’s eligibility can not be verified at the time of voting, the voter’s voted ballot is placed inside an absentee voting envelope prior to being placed in the ballot box.

When voting early, the voter’s eligibility to vote is verified at the time of voting through the Division of Elections statewide voter registration system.

A voter is eligible to vote early if the voter is voting at the Regional Elections Office where the voter is registered and if the voter’s registration record is active and current. Since the

voter’s eligibility to vote could be verified, the voter simply signs a certificate and the voted ballot is placed directly into the ballot box.

The state also has an online voting option, but it’s not widely used.

The new sites were chosen with help from representatives from each of the twelve Native regional corporations, Reitmeier said. Those representatives helped identify the locations with the largest concentrations of permanent, year-round residents, who would benefit from a voting site.

“We wanted to ensure that our rural communities had equal access to voting as we did here in our hub centers,” Reitmeier said.

The new sites are just one piece of a multi-faceted effort to increase Alaska Native voter turnout.

“This is just one step in ensuring the Native community is able to exercise our fundamental right to vote,” said Julie Kitka, president of AFN, in a formal statement.

Reitmeier and others have also worked on the Get out the Native Vote campaign, which conducted voter registration efforts and worked on voter education.

“I think like any other group, it’s a push to show our younger generation the importance of voting,” Reitmeier said.

Reitmeier said the campaign is also trying to counter the mindset that Alaska Native votes don’t count, or that rural votes don’t count, and instead create a cultural push to show pride and take part in civic responsibilities.

“If we empower our people…. we have more say in what happens to the state.”

Although the campaign has targeted voter registration with

mailings and tables at various events, now the focus is on encouraging people to vote early, Reitmeier said.

At the AFN convention in Anchorage, the campaign will encourage people to go to Anchorage’s City Hall and vote right away, she said.

“We’ll continue with phone

calls and door knocking and events, but AFN will be our big push,” she said.

Reitmeier said that the efforts to get Alaska Native ballots turned in won’t end in November.

They’re also trying to get the State of Alaska to develop a bipartisan committee to improve voting access in the future. It could study

voting options in other states — like mail-based elections — and determine what might meet Alaska’s needs, she said.

“Our rural communities should have equal access to what we have,” she said.

Molly Dischner can be reached at molly.dischner@alaskajournal.com.

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Dated:9/22/2014 By:/s/Barry Donnellan, ABA # 7210045 Attorney for Annette Williams Pub: 9/28, 10/5 & 12, 2014.

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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT AT ANCHORAGE In the Matter of the Estate of HELEN LOIS STRUSZ, Deceased.

Case No. 3AN-14-01793 PR NOTICE TO CREDITORS [AS 13.16.450] NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Shirley Ann Strusz is the Personal Representative of the above-named Estate.

All persons having claims against the said Deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or said claim will be forever barred. Claims must be presented to Shirley Ann Strusz, c/o Craig A. Cook, Attorney, at 109 West Sixth Avenue, Suite 207, Anchorage, Alaska 99501 or filed with the above Court at 825 W. 4th Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT AT ANCHORAGE IN the Matter of the Estate of MARY C. MATISINEZ, Case No. 3AN-14-01823 PR NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Regina Soldridge has been appointed Personal Representative of the estate of MARY C. MATISINEZ. All persons having claims against the said de ceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must be presented to the following attorney for the estate: Jesse C. Bell, Esq. Brena, Bell & Clarkson, P.C. 810 N Street, Suite 100 Anchorage, AK 99501 Claims may also be filed with the Court in the above-captioned probate matter.

DATED this 18th day of September, 2014.

BRENA, BELL & CLARKSON, P.C. Attorneys for the Estate of Mary C. Matisinez By:/s/Jesse C. Bell Pub: 9/28, 10/5 & 12, 2014.

Ad#10190306

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT In the Matter of the Estate of DOROTHY IRENE PERDUE Deceased.

Case No. 4FA-14-00481PR

NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Karen Perdue has been appointed personal representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be presented to Karen Perdue, Personal Representative of the Estate of Dorothy Irene Perdue, c/o Hompesch & Evans, P.C., 119 North Cushman Street, Suite 400, Fairbanks, Alaska 99701, or filed with the Court.

DATED at Fairbanks, Alaska, this 17th day of September, 2014.

By:/s/ Karen Perdue, Personal Representative Pub: 9/28, 10/5 & 12, 2014.

Ad#10190305

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT AT ANCHORAGE In the Matter of the Estate of Catherine A. Marchant, Deceased.

Case No. 3AN-14-02034PR NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Richard L. Marchant has been appointed personal representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT IN PROBATE

In the matter of the Estate of DIANA LYNN COOK, Deceased.

Case No. 3AN-14-02066 PR

NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Respresentative of the above Estate. All persons having claims against the said Deceased are re quired to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or said claims will be forever barred.

Claims must be presented to Denisa Gardner, Personal Representative, C/O Woelber, Jacobson & Passard, LLC whose address is 4241 B Street, Suite 201 Anchorage, AK 99503, or filed with the Court.

DATED this 17th day of September, 2014.

Woelber, Jacobson & Passard, LLC Attorneys for Personal Representative By:/s/ Christina M. Passard Alaska Bar Association #0511095 Pub: 9/28,10/5 & 12, 2014.

Ad#10190263

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT AT PALMER In the Matter of the Estate of Dennis James Wodkowski, Deceased.

Case No. 3 PA- 14- 258 PR NOTICE TO CREDITORS ALL PERSONS take notice that Denise Pharr, and Jacqueline Northrup have been appointed Personal Representatives of the Estate of Dennis James Wodkowski. All persons or entities having claims against the Deceased or his Estate must present their claim within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or the claim will be forever barred.

Claims must be presented in writing to the Estate of Dennis James Wodkowski, c/o Eric Conard, esq., 832 S. Colony Way, Palmer, AK 99645, or a claim may be filed with the Palmer Superior Court, 435 S. Denali Street, Palmer, AK 99645.

Dated: 9/16/14 By:/s/Eric Conard Eric Conard, Esq. AK Bar #0006036 Counsel to Personal Representatives Pub: 9/28, 10/5 & 12, 2014.

Ad#10190227

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT AT ANCHORAGE In the Matter of the Estate of DOROTHY K. BUSHRE, Deceased.

Case No: 3AN-14-01789 PR NOTICE TO CREDITORS [AS 13.16.450] NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed personal representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT AT ANCHORAGE IN PROBATE In the Matter of the Estate of HELEN M. HOUSTON, Deceased.

Case No. 3AN-14-2113 P/E NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed personal representative of the avobe-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred.

Claims must either be presented to Nancy Houston Eister, Personal Representative of the Estate, c/o Woelber, Jacobson & Passard, LLC, 4241 B Street, Suite 201, Anchorage, Alaska 99503, or filed with the Court.

DATED at Anchorage, Alaska , on September 11, 2014.

Nancy Houston Eister, By:/s/Tonja Woelber Woelber Jacobson and Passard, LLC 4241 B Street, Suite 201 Anchorage, AK 99503 Pub: 9/21, 28 & 10/5, 2014.

Ad#10190166

NOTICE TO CREDITORS [AS 13.16.450] Notice is hereby given that KATHRYN IVIE has been appointed personal representative of the Estate of HELEN O. IVIE, Case No. 3AN-14-2012 in the Superior Court for the State of Alaska, Third Judicial District. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred.

Claims must either be presented to KATHRYN IVIE, Personal Representative of the Estate of HELEN O. IVIE, c/o WILD WOMAN LAW PRACTICE, P.O. Box 210993, Anchorage, AK 99521, or filed with the court.

Dated this 9th day of September, 2014.

By:/s/KATHRYN IVIE, Personal Representative of the Estate of HELEN O. IVIE Pub: 9/21, 28 & 10/5, 2014.

Ad#10190125

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT In the Matter of the Estate of JOHN JOSEPH FEELEY aka JOHN J. FEELEY, Deceased.

Case No. 4FA-14-00468PR NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Margaret Muller has been appointed personal representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims

IN THE SUPERIOR FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT AT BARROW In the Matter of the Estate of: JONATHAN K. AIKEN, SR., Decedent.

Case No. 2BA-14-34PR NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Violet A. Smith and Lucille Brouillette have been appointed Co-Personal Representatives of the above-named Estate.

All persons having claims against the Decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of first publication of the Notice or claims will be forever barred.

Claims must be presented to the Co-Personal Representatives, or the attorney for the Co-Personal Representatives: Fortier & Mikko at 1600 A Street, Suite 101, Anchorage, AK 99501, or filed with the above-named Court.

RESPECTFULLY submitted this 5th day of September, 2014.

FORTIER & MIKKO, P.C. Attorneys for Personal Representative By:/s/Samuel J. Fortier Alaska Bar No. 8211115 Pub: 9/21, 28 & 10/5, 2014.

Ad#10190072

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT AT ANCHORAGE In the Matter of the Estate of Kyle R. Thompson, Deceased.

Case No. 3AN-14-02042PR NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Michael R. Thompson and Becky L. Thompson have been appointed Co-Personal Representatives of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or said claims will be forever barred.

Claims must either be presented to the law offices of FOLEY, FOLEY & PEARSON, A Professional Corporation, 11001 O'Malley Centre Drive, Suite 201, Anchorage, Alaska 99515, or filed with the court.

DATED this 9th day of September , 2014, at Anchorage, Alaska.

FOLEY, FOLEY & PEARSON,P.C. Attorneys for Michael R. Thompson and Becky L. Thompson By:/s/William Michael Pearson Alaska Bar No. 0312086 Pub: 9/21, 28 & 10/5, 2014.

Ad#10190085

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT AT NAKNEK In the Matter of the Estate of: JUDY M. FISCHER, Decedent.

Case No. 3NA-14-3PR NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Nola Angasan has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named Estate. All persons having claims against the Decedent are required to

Page 28 October 5, Page 2 ••October 5, 2014 2014 ••Alaska AlaskaJournal JournalofofCommerce Commerce Notice to Creditors present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of the Notice or the claims will be forever barred. Claims must be presented to the Personal Representative, or the attorney for the Personal Representative: Fortier & Mikko P.C. at 1600 A street, Suite 101, Anchorage, AK 99501, or filed with the above-named Court.

RESPECTFULLY submitted this 5th day of September, 2014.

Fortier & Mikko, P.C. Attorneys for Personal Representative By:/s/Samuel J. Fortier ABA No. 8211115 Pub: 9/21, 28 & 10/5, 2014.

Ad#10190044

Petition for Change of Name NOTICE OF PETITION TO CHANGE NAME A petition has been filed in the Superior Court (Case #3AN-14-08974CI) requesting a name change from (current name) Zsaneeya Keilly Cajimat Ibea to Zsaneeya Keilly Ibea Torralba.

A hearing on this request will be held on October 28, 2014 at 1:30 pm at Courtroom 15 Boney Courthouse, 303 K Street., Anchorage, AK. Pub: 9/21, 28, 10/5 & 12, 2014.

Ad#10190212

NOTICE OF PETITION TO CHANGE NAME A petition has been filed in the Superior Court (Case #3AN-14-08441CI) requesting a name change from (current name) Chase Michael Justice to Chase Michael Eber. A hearing on this request will be held on October 14, 2014 at 1:30 pm at Courtroom 15 Boney Courthouse, 303 K Street., Anchorage, AK. Pub: 9/14, 21, 28 & 10/5, 2014.

Ad#10190073

NOTICE OF PETITION TO CHANGE NAME A petition has been filed in the Superior Court (Case #3AN-14-08493CI) requesting a name change from (current name) Haines Kindler Kersens to Haines Kindler Thompson. A hearing on this request will be held on October 18, 2014 at 12:00 pm at Courtroom 15, Boney Courthouse, 303 K Street., Anchorage, AK. Pub: 9/14, 21, 28 & 10/5, 2014.

Ad#10190047

NOTICE OF PETITION TO CHANGE NAME A petition has been filed in the Superior Court (Case #3AN-14-07652CI) requesting a name change from (current name) Buffy Ariene Marie Kesner to Marissa Elizabeth Eide. A hearing on this request will be held on October 14, 2014 at 1:30 pm at Courtroom 15 Boney Courthouse, 303 K Street., Anchorage, AK. Pub: 9/14, 21, 28 & 10/5, 2014.

Ad#10190042

Notice to Absent Defendant

Notice to Absent Defendant

Notice to Absent Defendant

Notice to Absent Defendant

Notice of Sale and Default

Notice of Sale and Default

Case No. 3AN-14-07864 CI

of $120.18, plus late charges at the rate of $9.46 per month commencing 08/09/14 AND for judgment decreeing that defendant is required to deliver the 2008 Victory Motorcycle, VIN Number 5VPCB26D183003322 to plaintiff and in the event defendant fails that plaintiff is entitled to receive a Writ of Assistance to repossess the collateral AND for money judgment for costs and attorney fees.

DATED: 9/9/2014 By:/s/W. Kyle Roberts Deputy Clerk Pub: 9/21, 28, 10/5 & 12, 2014.

Ad#10190114

If you fail to file your answer within the required time, a default judgment may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint.

This is an action for personal injury resulting from a motor vehicle accident in which plaintiff Mandy McCalees was involved on February 7, 2012 on Arctic Boulevard and the intersection of 59th Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska. Defendant Michael Pintur was a resident at the time of this motor vehicle accident.

The relief demanded is judgment against defendant Michael Pintur for allocation of fault plus costs and attorney’s fees and any other relief the court deems appropriate.

You have been made a party to this action because you were involved in the above-referenced motor vehicle accident in which plaintiff was injured.

Dated: 8/28/2014 By:/s/ Merle Hogan Deputy Clerk Pub: 9/14, 21, 28 & 10/5, 2014.

Ad#10189963

of Alaska., a/k/a 17351 Beaujolais Circle, Eagle River, AK 99577. $224,483.74 is due, plus interest, advances, etc.

Go to usa-foreclosure.com for status.

Pub: 10/5, 12, 19 & 26, 2014.

Ad#10190416

2006-052469-0, modified on May 23, 2008 under Reception No. 2008-030647-0, and modified again on December 22, 2009 under Reception No. 2009-079793-0, Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Lot 5, Block 2, Renaissance Village Subdivision, according to the Official Plat thereof filed under Plat No. 84-281, in the Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, a/k/a 151 Sorcerer Court, Anchorage, AK 99518. $281,107.56 is due, plus interest, advances, etc. Go to usa-foreclosure.com for status.

Pub: 10/5, 12, 19 & 26, 2014.

Ad#10190365

NOTICE TO ABSENT DEFENDANT TO Defendant: Alberto Chavez Jenssen You are hereby summoned and required to file with the court an answer to the complaint filed in this case.

Your answer must be filed with the court at 825 W. 4th Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska 99501 within 30 days after the last date of publication of this notice. In addition, a copy of your answer must be sent to the plaintiff, Carmen Sasieta whose address is 3251 E. 42nd Avenue, Apartment B, Anchorage, Alaska 99508.

If you fail to file your answer within the required time, a default judgment may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint.

This is an action for divorce without children.

The relief demanded is divorce.

You have been made a party to this action because you are a party of the divorce.

Dated: 8/19/2014.

By:/s/ Merle Hogan Deputy Clerk Pub: 10/5, 12, 19 & 26, 2014.

Ad#10190444

IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT AT ANCHORAGE JON DEISHER Plaintiff, V. CATHY FROST, dba RAVEN GLACIER LODGE, and/or BEARS AND BRIDES Defendant, Case No. 3AN-14-06586CI NOTICE TO ABSENT DEFENDANT TO DEFENDANT: CATHY FROST, dba RAVEN GLACIER LODGE and/or BEARS AND BRIDES, you are hereby summoned and required to file with the court an answer to the complaint filed in this case. Your answer must be filed with the court at 825 W. 4th Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska, 99501 within 30 days after the last date of publication of this notice. In addition, a copy of your answer must be sent to the plaintiff’s attorney, Michael J. Patterson, whose address is 810 West 2nd Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska, 99501. If you fail to file your answer within the required time, a default judgment may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. This is a claim against a seller of goods/services resulting in a financial loss to plaintiff. The relief de manded is damages in excess of $2,000, expenses incurred as a result of the defendant’s actions, prejudgment and post-judgment interest, costs, and attorney fees. You have been made a party to this action because you failed to return a deposit to a client.

DATED this 9th day of September, 2014.

By:/s/Pedro Villarreal Deputy Clerk Pub: 9/21, 28, 10/5 & 10/12, 2014.

Ad#10190144

IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT AT ANCHORAGE

IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT AT ANCHORAGE

Pacific North Property v.

Lance Rhoades Case No. 3AN-14-08416 CI

ALASKA USA FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, Plaintiff, vs.

KEVIN G. THOMAS, Defendant.

Case No: 3AN-14-08008CI

NOTICE TO ABSENT DEFENDANT TO: LANCE RHOADES You are hereby Summoned and required to file with the Court an answer to the Complaint in this case. You must file your answer with the court at 825 W. 4th Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99501, and a copy sent to Plaintiff’s attorney, Kelly & Patterson 2263 Spenard, Anchorage, AK 99503. If you fail to do so within thirty (30) days after the last date of publication of this notice, the relief prayed for in Plaintiff’s Complaint may be granted by default. This action is for a debt and the relief demanded is for payment in the amount of $4,218.00. DATED this September 23, 2014.

Pub: 10/5, 12, 19 & 26, 2014.

Ad#10190549

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT AT ANCHORAGE CARMEN CECILIASASIETA Plaintiff, ALBERTO CHAVEZ JENSSEN Defendant.

To Defendant: KEVIN G. THOMAS You are hereby summoned and required to file with the Court an answer to the complaint filed in this case.

Your answer must be filed with the court at 825 West 4th Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99501 within 30 days after the last date of publication of this notice. In addition, a copy of your answer must be sent to the plaintiff's attorney, Law Office of David D. Clark, 805 West Fireweed Lane, Anch., AK 99503. If you fail to file your answer within the required time, a default judgment may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. This is an action for collection of money due plaintiff and claim and delivery of personal property. You have been made a party to this action because you executed the documents which are the basis of these claims.

The relief demanded is for money judgment against you, in the principal sum of $8,595.37, plus accrued interest through 07/17/14, in the amount of $374.34, plus interest at the contract rate of 9.5% per annum from 07/18/14, plus accrued late charges $

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA AT PALMER STEVEN J.E. COOPER, AND DAWN M. COOPER, Plaintiff(s) vs.

MICHAEL BYRON DUGAN Defendant(s) Case No. 3PA-14-1462CI NOTICE TO ABSENT DEFENDANT To Defendant: MICHAEL BYRON DUGAN You are hereby summoned and required to file with the court an answer to the complaint filed in this case.

Your answer must be filed with the court at 435 S. Denali Street, Palmer, Alaska 99645 within 30 days after the last date of publication of this notice.

In addition, a copy of your answer must be sent to the plaintiff’s attorney, ANTHONY N. BANKER whose address is: 821 N Street, Suite 103, Anchorage, AK 99501. If you fail to file your answer within the required time, a default judgment may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. This is an action for personal injuries plaintiffs incurred in an auto collision on November 22, 2013 for which defendant is negligent in causing. The relief demanded is greater than $100,000 plus attorneys fees, interest, and costs and any other relief as the Court deems just. You have been made a party to this action because you were the adverse driver in the automobile collision which caused plaintiffs’ injuries.

Dated: 9/5/2014 By:/s/Ann Harrigan Pub: 9/21, 28, 10/5 & 12, 2014.

Ad#10190064

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT AT ANCHORAGE In the Matter of the Dissolution of the Marriage of: Elizabeth Sanchez and Mauricio Gonzalez-Aguirre Case No: 3AN-14-09012CI NOTICE TO ABSENT SPOUSE To: Mauricio Gonzalez-Aguirre You are hereby notified that a Petition for Dissolution of Marriage was filed in this court by Elizabeth Sanchez on 09/04/2014. The petition states that an incompatibility of temperament has caused the irremediable breakdown of your marriage and that your whereabouts are unknown. You must make your whereabouts known to the court at this address: Anchorage Trial Court Nesbett Courthouse, 825 W. 4th Ave., Anchorage, AK 99501.

Failure to do so within 30 days after the last date of publication/posting of this notice may result in the court granting a decree of dissolution of marriage as requested in the petition.

Dated:9/4/2014 By:/s/ADougherty, Deputy Clerk Pub: 9/14, 21, 28 & 10/05, 2014.

Ad#10190039

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT AT ANCHORAGE MANDY M. MCCALEES Plaintiff, MICHAEL PINTUR; and JOHN DOE Defendant.

Case No. 3AN-14-4877 CI NOTICE TO ABSENT DEFENDANT TO Defendant: Michael Pintur You are hereby summoned and required to file with the court an answer to the complaint filed in this case.

Your answer must be filed with the court at 825 W. 4th Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska 99501 within 30 days after the last date of publication of this notice. In addition, a copy of your answer must be sent to the plaintiff’s attorney, William H. Ingaldson, whose address is 813 W. 3rd Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska 99501.

Notice of Sale and Default NOTICE OF SALE Real Property will be sold for cash to the highest bidder at Public Auction at the South Front Door of the SUPERIOR COURT HOUSE, located at 435 SOUTH DENALI STREET, PALMER, AK 99645 on NOVEMBER 6, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. Proceeds of the sale will be applied to costs incurred in the foreclosure and to satisfy amounts due under the Deed of Trust recorded JULY 13, 2011, UNDER SERIAL NO. 2011-013210-0 naming, MICHAEL A. FARMER as Trustor, VALLEY FORECLOSURE SERVICE as Trustee and JEAN M. PARSONS, TRUSTEE OF THE JEAN PARSONS LIVING TRUST as Beneficiary. Said Deed affects real property commonly known as: LOT 6, BLOCK 4, MOON MEADOWS SUBDIVISION, ACCORDING TO PLAT NO. 81-89, LOCATED IN THE PALMER RECORDING DISTRICT, THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT, STATE OF ALASKA. AKA 13738 W. MOONRISE DRIVE, WASILLA, AK 99623.

The amount due under the Deed of Trust and Note is: $8,664.76 plus interest, taxes and fees due thereunder, on said real property.

VALLEY FORECLOSURE SERVICE By:/s/Kathy James, Owner (907) 357-8700 Pub: 10/5, 12, 19 & 26, 2014 Ad#10190545

NOTICE OF SALE Real Property will be sold for cash to the highest bidder at Public Auction at the South Front Door of the SUPERIOR COURT HOUSE, located at 435 SOUTH DENALI STREET, PALMER, AK 99645 on NOVEMBER 19, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. Proceeds of the sale will be applied to costs incurred in the foreclosure and to satisfy amounts due under the Deed of Trust recorded APRIL 20, 2012, UNDER SERIAL NO. 2012-003514-0 naming, MATTHEW MEOLA as Trustor, VALLEY FORECLOSURE SERVICE as Trustee and WILLIAM BEAR, JR. as Beneficiary.

Said Deed affects real property commonly known as: LOT 7, BLOCK 1, WHISPERING WIND SUBDIVISION, ACCORDING TO PLAT NO.88-26, LOCATED IN THE KEANI RECORDING DISTRICT, THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT, STATE OF ALASKA. AKA 20566 ZEPHYR CIRCLE, KASILOF, AK 99610.

The amount due under the Deed of Trust and Note is: $30,298.87 plus interest, taxes and fees due thereunder, on said real property.

VALLEY FORECLOSURE SERVICE By:/s/Kathy James, Owner (907) 357-8700 Pub: 10/5, 12, 19 & 26, 2014 Ad#10190539

NOTICE OF SALE Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 825 W. 4th Ave. (Nesbett Memorial Courthouse) on November 26, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Carolyn M. Dunn & Tony P. Dunn, Trustor, Carolyn M. Dunn and Tony P. Dunn, wife and husband, Record Owner, re corded on September 01, 2005 under Reception No. 2005-062308-0, Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Lot 15, Block 1, Brandywine Subdivision, according to the official plat thereof, filed under Plat Number 84-296, Records of the Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, State

NOTICE OF SALE Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 825 W. 4th Ave. (Nesbett Memorial Courthouse) on November 19, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Dana A. James, an unmarried person, Trustor, Dana A. James, an unmarried person, Record Owner, recorded on April 03, 2009 under Reception No. 2009-021279-0, Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Unit 19 of Ward Place Condominiums, as shown on the Floor Plans filed in the Office of the Recorder for the Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, under Plat Number 77-120, and as identified in the Declaration recorded July 5, 1977, in Book 207 at Page 182, and in any Amendments thereof. More Accurately Described As Follows: Unit 19, Ward Place Condominium, according to the Official Maps and floor plans filed as Plat No. 77-120 and as described in Declaration recorded July 5, 1977, Book 207 at Page 182 and any amendments thereto, records of the Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, a/k/a 3100 Ward Place Apt 19, Anchorage, AK 99517. $96,419.55 is due, plus interest, advances, etc. Go to usa-foreclosure.com for status.

Pub: 10/5, 12, 19 & 26, 2014.

Ad#10190364

NOTICE OF SALE Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 825 W. 4th Ave. (Nesbett Memorial Courthouse) on November 20, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Marty C. Thomas, an unmarried person, Trustor, The Heirs and Devisees of Marty C. Thomas, deceased, subject to the administration of the estate of said decedent, Record Owner, recorded on July 17, 2006 under Reception No. 2006-047428-0, Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Lot 1, Carolyn Acres, according to the Official Plat thereof filed under Plat No. 83-121, in the Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, a/k/a 8101 East 16th Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99504. $331,708.69 is due, plus interest, advances, etc. Go to usa-foreclosure.com for status.

Pub: 10/5, 12, 19 & 26, 2014.

Ad#10190367

NOTICE OF SALE Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 825 W. 4th Ave. (Nesbett Memorial Courthouse) on November 14, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Sharon A. Howerton-Clark, a single person, Trustor, The Heirs and Devisees of The Estate of Sharon A. Howerton-Clark, deceased, Record Owner, recorded on February 28, 2012 under Reception No. 2012-000584-0, Homer Recording District, Third Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Lot Seven-A (7-A), Tulin East Highlands Resubd. Lots 5-14, according to Plat No. 97-3, in the Homer Recordinf District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska. More Accurately Described As: Lot 7-A, Tulin East Highlands Resubdivision, according to the Official Plat thereof, filed under Plat Number 97-3, Re cords of the Homer Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska., a/k/a 5665 Katie Jean Circle, Homer, AK 99603. $170,060.71 is due, plus interest, advances, etc. Go to usa-foreclosure.com for status.

Pub: 10/5, 12, 19 & 26, 2014.

Ad#10190357

NOTICE OF SALE Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 825 W. 4th Ave. (Nesbett Memorial Courthouse) on November 19, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Connie M. Soares, an unmarried person, Trustor, Connie M. Soares, an unmarried person, Record Owner, recorded on August 04, 2006 under Reception No.

NOTICE OF SALE TO THE HEIRS AND DEVISEES OF SHARON A. HOWERTON-CLARK: DENNY E. THOMAS; Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 825 W. 4th Ave. (Nesbett Memorial Courthouse) on November 14, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Sharon A. Howerton-Clark, a single person, Trustor, The Heirs and Devisees of The Estate of Sharon A. Howerton-Clark, deceased, Record Owner, recorded on February 28, 2012 under Reception No. 2012-000584-0, Homer Recording District, Third Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Lot Seven-A (7-A), Tulin East Highlands Resubd. Lots 5-14, according to Plat No. 97-3, in the Homer Recordinf District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska. More Accurately Described As: Lot 7-A, Tulin East Highlands Resubdivision, according to the Official Plat thereof, filed under Plat Number 97-3, Re cords of the Homer Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska., a/k/a 5665 Katie Jean Circle, Homer, AK 99603. $170,060.71 is due, plus interest, advances, etc. Go to usa-foreclosure.com for status.

Pub: 10/5, 12, 19 & 26, 2014.

Ad#10190358

NOTICE OF SALE Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 825 W. 4th Ave. (Nesbett Memorial Courthouse) on November 17, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Pierre A. Lebaron, a single man, Trustor, Pierre A. Lebaron, a single person, Record Owner, recorded on May 30, 2013 under Reception No. 2013-030200-0, Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Lot Eight (8), MOOREHAND SUBDVISION, ADDITION NO. 4, according to the official plat thereof filed under Plat No. 72-122, in the records of the Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, a/k/a 8951 Toloff Street, Anchorage, AK 99507. $106,523.97 is due, plus interest, advances, etc. Go to usa-foreclosure.com for status.

Pub: 10/5, 12, 19 & 26, 2014.

Ad#10190359

NOTICE OF SALE Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 101 Lacey Street (Fairbanks Courthouse) on November 19, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Lucille W. Johnson, a single person, Trustor, The heirs and devisees of Lucille W. Johnson, deceased, subject to the administration of the estate of said decedent, Record Owner, recorded on March 27, 2001 in Book 1246, on Page 24, Fairbanks Recording District, Fourth Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Unit 16, HAMILTON ESTATES, A CONDOMINIUM, according to the official maps and floor plans filed as Plat No. 79-125 and as described in Declaration recorded June 12, 1979, Book 146 at Page 798 and any amendments thereto, records of the Fairbanks Recording District, Fourth Judicial District, State of Alaska, a/k/a 16 Glacier Ave, Fair banks, AK 99701. $43,712.47 is due, plus interest, advances, etc. Go to usa-foreclosure.com for status.

Pub: 10/5, 12, 19 & 26, 2014.

Ad#10190360

NOTICE OF SALE TO THE HEIRS OF LUCILLE W. JOHNSON: LARRY BROWN; JOHN BROWN; OTIS JOHNSON; THERESA JOHNSON; GARY JOHNSON; ANNIE

October 5, 2014 • Alaska Journal of Commerce October 5, 2014 • Alaska Journal of Commerce Notice of Sale and Default JOHNSON; Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 101 Lacey Street (Fairbanks Courthouse) on November 19, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Lucille W. Johnson, a single person, Trustor, The heirs and devisees of Lucille W. Johnson, deceased, subject to the administration of the estate of said decedent, Record Owner, recorded on March 27, 2001 in Book 1246, on Page 24, Fairbanks Recording District, Fourth Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Unit 16, HAMILTON ESTATES, A CONDOMINIUM, according to the official maps and floor plans filed as Plat No. 79-125 and as described in Declaration recorded June 12, 1979, Book 146 at Page 798 and any amendments thereto, records of the Fairbanks Recording District, Fourth Judicial District, State of Alaska, a/k/a 16 Glacier Ave, Fair banks, AK 99701. $43,712.47 is due, plus interest, advances, etc. Go to usa-foreclosure.com for status.

Pub: 10/5, 12, 19 & 26, 2014.

Ad#10190361

NOTICE OF SALE Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 101 Lacey Street (Fairbanks Courthouse) on November 19, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Shawn M. Hunter, a married person, Trustor, Shawn M. Hunter, a married person, Record Owner, recorded on July 27, 2012 under Reception No. 2012-014157-0, Fairbanks Recording District, Fourth Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Lot 14 of Lupine Acres, according to the Plat filed June 26, 1972 as Plat No 72-20, Records of the Fairbanks Recording District, Fourth Judicial District, State of Alaska, a/k/a 3081 Larkspur Court, North Pole, AK 99705. $217,856.52 is due, plus interest, advances, etc. Go to usa-foreclosure.com for status.

Pub: 10/5, 12, 19 & 26, 2014.

Ad#10190362

NOTICE OF SALE Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 825 W. 4th Ave. (Nesbett Memorial Courthouse) on November 26, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming May N. Davis, a married person, Trustor, May N. Davis, a married person, Record Owner, recorded on July 06, 2006 under Reception No. 2006-044755-0, Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Unit 27B, Building V of Contempo 1 Condominiums, Phase III, as shown on the Floor Plans filed in the Office of the Recorder of the Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, under Plat No. 82-169, and as identified in the Declaration recorded October 23, 1981, Book 658, Page 559, and in any Amendments thereof. More Accurately Described As: Unit 27B, Building V of Contempo I Condominium, Phase III, according to the Official Maps and Floor Plans filed as Plat No. 82-169 and as described in Declaration recorded October 23, 1981, Book 658 at Page 559 and any amend ments thereto, records of the Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, a/k/a 251 McCarrey Street Unit 27B, Anchorage, AK 99508. $71,069.58 is due, plus interest, advances, etc. Go to usa-foreclosure.com for status.

Pub: 10/5, 12, 19 & 26, 2014.

Ad#10190371

NOTICE OF SALE Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 825 W. 4th Ave. (Nesbett Memorial Courthouse) on November 26, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Kevin C. Beutler and Rachael E. Beutler, husband and wife who acquired title as Kevin Beutler and Rachael Beutler, husband and wife, Trustor, Kevin Beutler and Rachael Beutler, who also appear of record as Kevin C. Beutler and Rachael E. Beutler, husband and wife, Record Owner, recorded on July 02, 2012 under Reception No. 2012-036169-0, Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Unit No. 7680, American Meadows Condominium, as identified in the declaration recorded September 25, 1998 in Book 3329 at

Notice of Sale and Default Page 788 and amendments thereto and as shown on the Plat and Floor Plans incorporated in said Declaration, being located within the property submitted to said common interest community described as Lot Eleven "B" (11B) of Section 13, Township 13 North, Range 3 West, a Subdivision of Lot 11, Section 13, Township 13 North, Range 3 West, Seward Meridian, according to the Official Plat filed under Plat No. 97-43, in the records of the Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska.

More Accurately Described As: Unit No. 7680, American Meadows Condominiums, as identified in the Declaration recorded September 25, 1998 in Book 3329 at Page 788 and amendments thereto and as shown on the Plat and Floor Plans incorporated in said Declaration, being located within the property submitted to said common interest community described as Lot Eleven “B” (11B) of Sec. 13, Township 13 North, Range 3 West, Seward Meridian, according to the Official Plat filed under Plat No. 97-43, in the records of the Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, a/k/a 7680 Boundary Ave, Anchorage, AK 99504. $169,591.94 is due, plus interest, advances, etc.

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Pub: 10/5, 12, 19 & 26, 2014.

Ad#10190372

NOTICE OF SALE Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 825 W. 4th Ave. (Nesbett Memorial Courthouse) on November 26, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Linda Hammond, an unmarried person, Trustor, Linda Hammond, an unmarried person, Record Owner, recorded on August 02, 2010 under Reception No. 2010-036783-0, Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Lot 18, Block 3, Alpine Village, according to the Official Plat thereof, filed under Plat Number P-663, Records of the Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, a/k/a 7207 Basel Street, Anchorage, AK 99507. $279,638.02 is due, plus interest, advances, etc.

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Pub: 10/5, 12, 19 & 26, 2014.

Ad#10190373

NOTICE OF SALE Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 101 Lacey Street (Fairbanks Courthouse) on November 26, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Holly A. Stamper, a married person, Trustor, Holly A. Stamper, a married person, Record Owner, recorded on March 02, 2010 under Reception No. 2010-003035-0, Fairbanks Recording District, Fourth Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Lot 27 of the Resubdivision of Lots 6 and 15 of Moosewalk Subdivision, according to the Plat filed August 17, 1970 as Plat No. 70-7998; Records of the Fair banks Recording District, Fourth Judicial District, State of Alaska, a/k/a 2256 Planters Lane, North Pole, AK 99705. $244,101.58 is due, plus interest, advances, etc. Go to usa-foreclosure.com for status.

Pub: 10/5, 12, 19 & 26, 2014.

Ad#10190374

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Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 825 W. 4th Ave. (Nesbett Memorial Courthouse) on November 26, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Herbert B. Nicholson Jr, a single person, Trustor, The heirs and devisees of Herbert B. Nicholson, Jr., deceased, subject to the administration of the estate of said decedent, Record Owner, re corded on January 12, 2010 under Reception No. 2010-001863-0, Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Lot 18, Block 1 of Cottonwood Heights, according to Plat 71-291, filed in the Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, a/k/a 16240 Parksville Drive, Chugiak, AK 99567. $171,356.36 is due, plus interest, advances, etc. Go to usa-foreclosure.com for status.

Pub: 10/5, 12, 19 & 26, 2014.

Ad#10190382

Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 825 W. 4th Ave. (Nesbett Memorial Courthouse) on November 12, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Elbert A. Ross and Alice I. Ross, husband and wife, Trustor, The heirs and devisees of Elbert A. Ross, deceased, last surviving tenant of the estate of Elbert A. Ross and Alice I. Ross, husband and wife, subject to the administration of the estate of said decedent, Record Owner, recorded on October 07, 1999 in Book 1038, on Page 335, Palmer Recording District, Third Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Lot Fifteen (15), Block Fourteen (14), EN CHANTED FOREST SUBDIVISION, according to Plat No. 71-50, located in the Palmer Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, a/k/a 12280 W MERLIN DR, HOUSTON, AK 99694. $66,452.96 is due, plus interest, advances, etc. Go to usa-foreclosure.com for status.

Pub: 9/28, 10/5, 12 & 19, 2014.

Ad#10190285

NOTICE OF SALE TO THE HEIRS AND DEVISEES OF HERBERT B. NICHOLSON JR: STEVE NICHOLSON Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 825 W. 4th Ave. (Nesbett Memorial Courthouse) on November 26, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Herbert B. Nicholson Jr, a single person, Trustor, The heirs and devisees of Herbert B. Nicholson, Jr., deceased, subject to the administration of the estate of said decedent, Record Owner, re corded on January 12, 2010 under Reception No. 2010-001863-0, Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Lot 18, Block 1 of Cottonwood Heights, according to Plat 71-291, filed in the Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, a/k/a 16240 Parksville Drive, Chugiak, AK 99567. $171,356.36 is due, plus interest, advances, etc. Go to usa-foreclosure.com for status.

Pub: 10/5, 12, 19 & 26, 2014.

Ad#10190383

Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 825 W. 4th Ave. (Nesbett Memorial Courthouse) on November 14, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Kevin J. Lommer, a married person, Trustor, Kevin J. Lommer, a married person, Record Owner, recorded on December 22, 2010 under Reception No. 2010-026131-0, Palmer Recording District, Third Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Lot 20, Block 1, Century Park Subdivision, according to the Official Plat thereof filed under Plat No. 76-105, in the Records of the Palmer Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, a/k/a 250 East Quincy Circle, Wasilla, AK 99654. $183,942.82 is due, plus interest, advances, etc.

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Pub: 9/28, 10/5, 12 & 19, 2014.

Ad#101902300

NOTICE OF SALE TO THE HEIRS AND DEVISEES OF BETTE M. STRATTON: KIMBERLY A. SHAPSNIKOFF

NOTICE OF SALE TO THE HEIRS OF ELBERT A. ROSS: TERESA L. DELAVEGA; JANIE HINDS; JUSTIN DELAVEGA; JOHN DELAVEGA; JERRY DELAVEGA; JENNEFER TAYLOR; BRITNY DELAVEGA:

Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 825 W. 4th Ave. (Nesbett Memorial Courthouse) on November 14, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Bette M. Stratton, who acquired title as Bette Stratton-Sanders and Russell Sanders, husband and wife, Trustor, The heirs and devisees of Bette M. Stratton-Sanders, deceased, subject to the administration of the estate of said decedent, Record Owner, recorded on June 06, 2011 under Reception No. 2011-010617-0, Palmer Recording District, Third Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Lot 1 Block 4 Circle View, according to the Official Plat thereof, filed under Plat-No 79-328, Palmer Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, a/k/a 14600 E Melanie Lane, Palmer, AK 99645. $174,524.19 is due, plus interest, advances, etc.

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Pub: 9/28, 10/5, 12 & 19, 2014.

Ad#10190298

NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE OF SALE Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 825 W. 4th Ave. (Nesbett Memorial Courthouse) on November 14, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Wade Bailey and Marjorie Bailey, Husband and Wife, Trustor, Wade Bailey and Marjorie Bailey, husband and wife, Record Owner, recorded on October 09, 2012 under Reception No. 2012-021948-0, Palmer Recording District, Third Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Lot 7, Block 7, SERENDIPITY HILLS, ac cording to Plat No. 2005-6, located in the Palmer Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, a/k/a 2451 West Discovery Loop, Wasilla, AK 99654. $281,693.34 is due, plus interest, advances, etc. Go to usa-foreclosure.com for status.

Pub: 10/5, 12, 19 & 26, 2014.

Ad#10190378

NOTICE OF SALE

Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 825 W. 4th Ave. (Nesbett Memorial Courthouse) on November 14, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Clifton Ziegler, a married man, Trustor, Clifton Ziegler and Kayce L. Ziegler, husband and wife, Record Owner, recorded on March 30, 2007 under Reception No. 2007-019310-0, Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Lot Thirty-Eight "B" (38B), Block Two (2), Chugach Estates, according to the official plat thereof, filed under Plat No. 82-367, in the records of the Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska., a/k/a 3304 Doil Drive, Anchorage, AK 99507. $175,760.30 is due, plus interest, advances, etc.

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Pub: 9/28, 10/5, 12 & 19, 2014.

Ad#10190288

Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 825 W. 4th Ave. (Nesbett Memorial Courthouse) on November 12, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Elbert A. Ross and Alice I. Ross, husband and wife, Trustor, The heirs and devisees of Elbert A. Ross, deceased, last surviving tenant of the estate of Elbert A. Ross and Alice I. Ross, husband and wife, subject to the administration of the estate of said decedent, Record Owner, recorded on October 07, 1999 in Book 1038, on Page 335, Palmer Recording District, Third Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Lot Fifteen (15), Block Fourteen (14), EN CHANTED FOREST SUBDIVISION, according to Plat No. 71-50, located in the Palmer Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, a/k/a 12280 W MERLIN DR, HOUSTON, AK 99694. $66,452.96 is due, plus interest, advances, etc. Go to usa-foreclosure.com for status.

Pub: 9/28, 10/5, 12 & 19, 2014.

Ad#10190286

NOTICE OF SALE Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 825 W. 4th Ave. (Nesbett Memorial Courthouse) on November 14, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Bette M. Stratton, who acquired title as Bette Stratton-Sanders and Russell Sanders, husband and wife, Trustor, The heirs and devisees of Bette M. Stratton-Sanders, deceased, subject to the administration of the estate of said decedent, Record Owner, recorded on June 06, 2011 under Reception No. 2011-010617-0, Palmer Recording District, Third Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Lot 1 Block 4 Circle View, according to the Official Plat thereof, filed under Plat-No 79-328, Palmer Recording District, Third Judicial Dis-

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trict, State of Alaska, a/k/a 14600 E Melanie Lane, Palmer, AK 99645. $174,524.19 is due, plus interest, advances, etc.

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Pub: 9/28, 10/5, 12 & 19, 2014.

Ad#10190289

Provided, however, if notice of default has been recorded two or more times previously under the deed of trust described above and the default has been cured, the trustee may not elect to refuse payment and continue the sale.

Dated this 14th day of August, 2014 Yukon Title Company, Trustee By:/s/Roger Floerchinger, President Pub: 9/28, 10/5, 12 & 19, 2014.

Ad#10190253

NOTICE OF SALE Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 825 W. 4th Ave. (Nesbett Memorial Courthouse) on November 12, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Audrey J. Saabye, a single person, Trustor, William Dan Saabye, a married person, Record Owner, recorded on November 03, 2009 under Reception No. 2009-070059-0, Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Unit 1513 of Begich Towers Condominium, as shown on the Floor Plan(s) filed in the Office of the Recorder for the Anchorage (formerly Whittier) Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, under Plat No. 74-1, and as identified in the Declaration recorded March 26, 1974 in Book 2 at Page 571, and any Amendments thereto. More Accurately Described As: Unit 1513, Begich Towers Condominium, according to the Office Maps and Floor Plans filed as Plat No. 74-1 and as de scribed in Declaration recorded March 26, 1974, Book 2 at Page 571 and any amendments thereto, records of the Anchorage (formerly Whittier) Re cording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska., a/k/a 100 Kenai Street Unit 1513, Whittier, AK 99693. $28,042.07 is due, plus interest, advances, etc.

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Pub: 9/28, 10/5, 12 & 19, 2014.

Ad#10190282

NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND DEED OF TRUST FORECLOSURE SALE Yukon Title Company, Trustee, now gives notice of default under the deed of trust executed by Robert Weaver, Trustor, in favor of Spirit of Alaska Federal Credit Union, Beneficiary, recorded on May 17, 2013 at Instru ment No. 2013-008947-0, in the Fairbanks Recording District, Fourth Judicial District, State of Alaska encumbering the following property: The North 132.33 feet of Tract 'F', WILLIAM POOL SUBDIVISION, according to the plat filed August 15, 1973 as Plat No. 73-64; Records of the Fairbanks Recording District, Fourth Judicial District, State of Alaska.

The address of the property is 3049 Repp Road, North Pole, AK 99705.

Trustor is in default as payment of the secured note is six months or more past due, and late charges are past due in the amount of $145.31.

The balance due on the note is the principal sum of $140,200.00 plus interest from December 1, 2013 as provided in the Note plus any prepay ment premium, late charges, attorneys' fees and costs of sale and other sums as provided in the deed of trust.

YOU ARE NOTIFIED that Yukon Title Company, Trustee, by demand of beneficiary, hereby elects to sell the real property described above to satisfy the obligations secured thereby at an auction sale to be held on November 18, 2014 at 101 Lacey Street, Fairbanks, Alaska. The sale may be held with other sales as Trustee may conduct which shall begin at 10:00 a.m. and continue until complete.

Payment must be made at the time of sale in cash or by cashier's check.

Beneficiary may enter a credit offset bid consisting of sums due it under the deed of trust security agreement and note. Title to the real property will be conveyed by trustee's quit claim deed without warranties of title.

YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that if default has arisen by failure to make payments required under the promissory note and/or the deed of trust, the default may be cured and this sale terminated if payment of the sum then in default, other than principal that would not then be due if default had not occurred, and attorneys and other foreclosure fees and costs actually incurred by the beneficiary and trustee due to the default is made at any time before the sale date stated in this notice or to which the sale is postponed.

To determine the current amount required to be paid to cure the default and reinstate the payment terms of the note, you may call (907) 459-5903 or send an e-mail to mike.lombardino@spiritofak.com.

NOTICE OF SALE Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 825 W. 4th Ave. (Nesbett Memorial Courthouse) on November 13, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Dayton George Will and Lana Lee Will, Trustor, Dayton George Will, Record Owner, recorded on March 31, 2011 under Reception No. 2011-015008-0, Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Unit 25A of WHISPERWOOD PARK CONDOMINIUMS, as shown on the Floor Plans filed in the office of the Recorder of the Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, under Plat No. 2005-135, and as identified in the Declaration recorded June 16, 2005 under Serial Number 2005-040982-0 and in any amendments thereof; more accurately described as Unit 25A, WHISPER WOOD PARK CONDOMINIUMS, according to the official maps and floor plans filed as Plat No. 2005-135 and as described in Declaration recorded June 16, 2005, as Serial Number 2005-040982-0 and any amendments thereto, records of the Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, a/k/a 6384 WHISPERING LOOP, UNIT 25A, ANCHORAGE, AK 99504. $205,220.57 is due, plus interest, advances, etc. Go to usa-foreclosure.com for status.

Pub: 9/28, 10/5, 12 & 19, 2014.

Ad#10190287

NOTICE OF SALE Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 825 W. 4th Ave. (Nesbett Memorial Courthouse) on November 12, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Aaron L Moore, a married person, Trustor, Aaron L. Moore, a married person, Record Owner, recorded on May 26, 2004 under Reception No. 2004-004991-0, Kenai Recording District, Third Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Lot 2, according to the plat of HOOD SUBDIVISION NO. 1, filed under Plat Number 78-9, records of the Kenai Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska Excepting therefrom the Subsurface Estate and all rights, privileges, immunities and appurtenances of whatsoever nature accruing unto said estate pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 12-18-71 (85 Stat 688, 704; 43 U.S.C. 1601, 1613 (f) (1976) as reserved by the United States of America.), a/k/a 1010 Steelhead Court, Kenai, AK 99611. $130,254.51 is due, plus interest, advances, etc.

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Pub: 9/28, 10/5, 12 & 19, 2014.

Ad#10190284

NOTICE OF SALE TO THE HEIRS AND DEVISEES OF AUDREY J. SAABYE: WILLIAM SAABYE, DAVID SAABYE, RICHARD SAABYE, AND LAURETTA DUBOIS Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 825 W. 4th Ave. (Nesbett Memorial Courthouse) on November 12, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Audrey J. Saabye, a single person, Trustor, William Dan Saabye, a married person, Record Owner, recorded on November 03, 2009 under Reception No. 2009-070059-0, Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Unit 1513 of Begich Towers Condominium, as shown on the Floor Plan(s) filed in the Office of the Recorder for the Anchorage (formerly Whittier) Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, under Plat No. 74-1, and as identified in the Declaration recorded March 26, 1974 in Book 2 at Page 571, and any Amendments thereto. More Accurately Described As: Unit 1513, Begich Towers Condominium, according to the Office Maps and Floor Plans filed as Plat No. 74-1 and as de scribed in Declaration recorded March

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26, 1974, Book 2 at Page 571 and any amendments thereto, records of the Anchorage (formerly Whittier) Re cording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska., a/k/a 100 Kenai Street Unit 1513, Whittier, AK 99693. $28,042.07 is due, plus interest, advances, etc.

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Pub: 9/28, 10/5, 12 & 19, 2014.

Ad#10190283

Reconveyance LLC,, 525 East Main Street, P.O. Box 22004, El Cajon, CA 92022-9004 Dated: July 10, 2014.

Pub: 9/28, 10/5, 12 & 19, 2014.

Ad#10190208

at Page 945., a/k/a 5507 East 34th Avenue #104, Anchorage, AK 99504. $151,989.63 is due, plus interest, advances, etc.

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Pub: 9/21, 28, 10/5 & 12, 2014.

Ad#10190103

NOTICE OF SALE TO THE HEIRS AND DEVISEES OF OWEN WESTON: OK YON WESTON;

NOTICE OF SALE

NOTICE OF SALE

Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 101 Lacey Street (Fairbanks Courthouse) on November 13, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Dustin M Preuett, a Single Person, Trustor, Dustin M. Preuett, and Dennis Preuett and Carol A. Preuett, husband and wife, all as tenants in common, Record Owner, recorded on October 31, 2006 under Reception No. 2006-028100-0, Fairbanks Recording District, Fourth Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Lot Four Hundred Eight (408), McGrath Estates Portion No. 4, according to the plat filed November 21, 1980 as plat number 80-203; Records of the Fairbanks Recording District, Fourth Judicial District, State of Alaska., a/k/a 125 Marten Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99712. $158,701.67 is due, plus interest, advances, etc.

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Pub: 9/21, 28, 10/5 & 12, 2014.

Ad#10190109

Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 825 W. 4th Ave. (Nesbett Memorial Courthouse) on November 7, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Jeffrey S. Wagner, a married person, Trustor, Jeffrey S. Wagner, a married person, Record Owner, recorded on October 05, 2009 under Reception No. 2009-064155-0, Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Unit No. 1, Whisperwood Square Condominiums Phase 2, as shown on the Floor Plans filed under Plat No. 2009-28, in the records of the Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, and as described in the Declaration recorded February 9, 2009 as Instrument No. 2009-007721-0 and any amendments thereto, if any. More Accurately Described As: Unit 1, Whisperwood Square Condominiums Phase 2, according to the Official Maps and Floor Plans filed as Plat No. 2009-28 and as described in Declaration recorded February 9, 2009, as Serial Number 2009-007721-0 and any amendments thereto, records of the Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska., a/k/a 198 Matthew Paul Way, Anchorage, AK 99504. $193,434.27 is due, plus interest, advances, etc. Go to usa-foreclosure.com for status.

Pub: 9/21, 28, 10/5 & 12, 2014.

Ad#10190102

NOTICE OF SALE Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 825 W. 4th Ave. (Nesbett Memorial Courthouse) on November 12, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Mario A. Mendez, a married man, Trustor, Mario A. Mendez and Nicole A. Mendez, husband and wife, Record Owner, recorded on August 09, 2011 under Reception No. 2011-036835-0, Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Lot Four (4), Block Three (3), Strawberry Meadows Subdivision Phase 1, according to the official Plat thereof, filed under Plat No. 94-57, in the records of the Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska., a/k/a 8030 Berry Patch Dr, Anchorage, AK 99502. $296,325.30 is due, plus interest, advances, etc. Go to usa-foreclosure.com for status.

Pub: 9/28, 10/5, 12 & 19, 2014.

Ad#10190281

NOTICE OF SALE The Trustee or duly appointed Trustee under the terms of the Deed of Trust described herein, at the direction of the Beneficiary, hereby elects to sell the property described in the Deed of Trust to satisfy the obligations se cured thereby.

Pursuant to AS34.20.070, the following information is provided: PARTIES: Trustor: David A. Weis, A Single Man Trustee: Security Title Agency Of Alaska Inc Substitute Trustee: Cal-western Reconveyance Llc Beneficiary: Ocwen Loan Servicing, Llc DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: Record in both palmer recording district and Anchorage recording district lot 6, block 2,reich subdivision, according to the official plat thereof, filed under plat no.

81-213, records of the anchorage recording district, third judicial district, state of Alaska **deed of trust re-recorded on decemeber 1, 2008 as serial/reception no.

2008-065627-0, in the records of the anchorage recording district PROPERTY ADDRESS: 20332 E Reich Court Palmer Ak 99645 DEED OF TRUST: The Deed of Trust is described as follows: Date Recorded: August 19, 2008, Doc No. 2008-018706-0**, Book XX, Page XX Anchorage Recording District of the Third Judicial District, State of Alaska DEFAULT. The Trustor or any other person obligated on the Deed of Trust and a Promissory Note secured thereby is in default and the Beneficiary seeks to foreclose the Deed of Trust for failure to pay: Failure to pay the monthly payment due September 1, 2012 of principal, interest and impounds and subsequent installments due thereafter; plus late charges; together with all subsequent sums advanced by beneficiary pursuant to the terms and conditions of said deed of trust. AMOUNT DUE. The amount due on the Promissory Note which is secured by the Deed of Trust referred to herein is: Principal balance in the amount of $172,236.36 , plus interest at the rate of 3.750% per annum per annum from August 01, 2012; plus late charges in the amount of $65.02; plus advances in the amount of $.00.

ELECTION TO SELL. The Trustee hereby elects to sell the property to satisfy the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. TIME OF SALE. The sale shall be held: Date: October 29, 2014 , Time: 10:00am Place: In the main lobby of the Nesbett Memorial Courthouse 825 W. 4th Avenue Anchorage Alaska RIGHT TO REIN STATE. Any person named in AS 34.20.070 has the right, at any time prior to the date the Trustee conducts the sale, to have this foreclosure dismissed and the Deed of Trust reinstated by payment to the beneficiary of the entire amount then due, other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred, by curing any other default that is capable of being cured by tendering the performance required under the obligation or Deed of Trust and by paying all cost and expenses actually incurred in enforcing the obligation and Deed of Trust, together with trustee's attorney's fees. For sales information: Mon-Fri 9:00am to 4:00pm (619) 590-1221. Cal-Western

NOTICE OF SALE Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 101 Lacey Street (Fairbanks Courthouse) on November 10, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming ROBERT W. CROOK & RITA CAMILLE CROOK, Trustor, Robert W. Crook and Rita Camille Crook, husband and wife, Record Owner, recorded on February 04, 2013 under Reception No. 2013-000112-0, Bethel Recording District, Fourth Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Lot 1, Block 13, KASAYULI SUBDIVISION REPLAT, according to the official plat thereof, filed under Plat No. 98-3, records of the Bethel Recording District, Fourth Judicial District, State of Alaska, a/k/a 5203 QUGYUK STREET, Bethel, AK 99559. $281,369.02 is due, plus interest, advances, etc. Go to usa-foreclosure.com for status.

Pub: 9/21, 28, 10/5 & 12, 2014.

Ad#10190104

NOTICE OF SALE Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 825 W. 4th Ave. (Nesbett Memorial Courthouse) on November 10, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Valorie A Graves, A Married Woman, Trustor, Ray Oyemi, Record Owner, recorded on June 30, 2009 under Reception No. 2009-043667-0 and re-recorded on January 21, 2010 under Reception No. 2010-003183-0, Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Unit 104 of South Collegegate East Condominiums, as shown on the floor plans filed in the office of the Recorder of the Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, Under Plat No. 81-250, and as identified in the Declaration Recorded October 28, 1981, Book 660, Page 177, and in any amendments thereof. Excepting therefrom that portion conveyed to the State of Alaska, Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, in Declaration of taking Recorded May 12, 1988 in Book 1735, Page 783 and in Book 1735, Page 878, Recorded May 19, 1988 in Book 1738, Page 542 and by Warranty Deed Recorded August 3, 1989 in Book 1931 at Page 945, Page 188. More accurately described as follows: Unit 104, SOUTH COLLEGEGATE EAST CONDOMINIUMS, according to the official maps and floor plans filed as Plat No. 81-250 and as described in Declaration recorded October 28, 1981, Book 660 at Page 177 and any amendments thereto, records of the Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska. EXCEPTING THEREFROM that portion which lies within Alaska Project No. FM-0543(1)/56493 as conveyed to the State of Alaska, Department of Transportation and Public Facilities by Declarations of Taking recorded May 12, 1988, Book 1735 at Pages 783 and 878 and May 19, 1988, Book 1738 at Page 542 and Warranty Deed recorded August 3, 1989, Book 1931

NOTICE OF SALE Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 825 W. 4th Ave. (Nesbett Memorial Courthouse) on November 7, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Brian J. Whilden, Sr. and Juliana R. Whilden, husband and wife, Trustor, Brian Whilden, who also appears of record as Brian J. Whilden, Sr. and Juliana Whilden, formerly known as Juliana Caruso and who also appears of record as Juliana R. Whilden, as to the leasehold estate, Record Owner, recorded on October 31, 2003 under Reception No. 2003-000401-0, Kvichak Recording District, Third Judicial District, Alaska, describing: That portion of the North 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 16, Township 17 South, Range 45 West, Seward Meridian, located in the Kvichak Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, more particularly set forth in Lease Agreement recorded August 11, 1982 in Book 13 at Page 317 as E6 as shown on Exhibit “A” of said Lease Agreement. Excepting therefrom the Subsurface Estate and all rights, privileges, immunities and appurtenances of whatsoever nature, accruing unto said Estate pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of December 18, 1971 (85 Stat.

688, 704; 43 U.S.C. 1601, 1613 (f) 1976), as reserved by the United States of America, a/k/a 2 King Salmon Heights Road, King Salmon, AK 99613. $165,307.32 is due, plus interest, advances, etc. Go to usa-foreclosure.com for status.

Pub: 9/21, 28, 10/5 & 12, 2014.

Ad#10190101

NOTICE OF SALE Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 825 W. 4th Ave. (Nesbett Memorial Courthouse) on November 7, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Dawn M. Rauth, Trustor, Dawn M. Rauth, Record Owner, recorded on July 26, 2000 in Book 3666, on Page 115, Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Lot Three (3), Block "I", SPERSTAD SUBDIVISION, according to the official plat thereof, filed under Plat No. P-284, in the records of the Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, a/k/a 5405 Dorbrandt St, Anchorage, AK 99518. $52,224.53 is due, plus interest, advances, etc.

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Pub: 9/21, 28, 10/5 & 12, 2014.

Ad#10190100

Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 825 W. 4th Ave. (Nesbett Memorial Courthouse) on November 7, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Owen Weston, a married person, Trustor, The Heirs and Devisees of Owen Weston, deceased, subject to the administration of the estate of said decedent, Record Owner, recorded on January 28, 2009 under Reception No. 2009-001849-0, Palmer Recording District, Third Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Lot 1, Block 2, Swiss Castle Estates III, Phase 1, according to the Official Plat thereof filed under Plat No. 2001-107, in the Palmer Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, a/k/a 4160 West Voss Drive, Wasilla, AK 99623. $197,955.40 is due, plus interest, advances, etc.

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Pub: 9/21, 28, 10/5 & 12, 2014.

Ad#10190097

NOTICE OF SALE Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 825 W. 4th Ave. (Nesbett Memorial Courthouse) on November 7, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Owen Weston, a married person, Trustor, The Heirs and Devisees of Owen Weston, deceased, subject to the administration of the estate of said decedent, Record Owner, recorded on January 28, 2009 under Reception No. 2009-001849-0, Palmer Recording District, Third Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Lot 1, Block 2, Swiss Castle Estates III, Phase 1, according to the Official Plat thereof filed under Plat No. 2001-107, in the Palmer Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, a/k/a 4160 West Voss Drive, Wasilla, AK 99623. $197,955.40 is due, plus interest, advances, etc.

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Pub: 9/21, 28, 10/5 & 12, 2014.

Ad#10190095

NOTICE OF SALE Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 825 W. 4th Ave. (Nesbett Memorial Courthouse) on November 7, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Larry E. Smith and Carla F. Smith, husband and wife, Trustor, Carla F. Smith, surviving tenant of the estate of Larry E. Smith and Carla F. Smith, husband and wife, Record Owner, recorded on August 10, 2001 in Book 1155, on Page 79, Palmer Recording District, Third Judicial District, Alaska, de scribing: Lot Fifteen (15), Block Three (3), INLET VIEW SUBDIVISION, according to refiled Plat No. 82-39, located in the Palmer Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, a/k/a 7067S GILLEY'S CIR, WASILLA, AK 99654. $90,355.89 is due, plus interest, advances, etc. Go to usa-foreclosure.com for status.

Pub: 9/21, 28, 10/5 & 12, 2014.

Ad#10190094

NOTICE OF SALE Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 101 Lacey Street (Fairbanks Courthouse) on November 7, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming David E. Schieber and Brenda D. Schieber, Husband and Wife, Trustor, David E. Schieber, Record Owner, recorded on May 12, 2008 under Reception No. 2008-009316-0, and Re-Recorded 7/15/2008 under Reception No. 2008-014324-0, Fairbanks Recording District, Fourth Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Lot 4 of Jolley Acres Subdivision, according to the plat filed June 19, 1959 as Instrument Number 190.052; Records of the Fairbanks Recording District, Fourth Judicial District, State of Alaska. EXCEPTING any portion lying within the highway right of way conveyed to the STATE OF ALASKA by Deed recorded March 21, 1961 in Book 125 at Page 172., a/k/a 3182 /3184 Badger Road, North Pole, AK 99705. $201,671.15 is due, plus interest, advances, etc. Go to usa-foreclosure.com for status.

Pub: 9/21, 28, 10/5 & 12, 2014.

Ad#10190093

Notice of Sale and Default NOTICE OF SALE Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 825 W. 4th Ave. (Nesbett Memorial Courthouse) on November 7, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Eliepa T. Mulu and Penani Mulu Jr., Trustor, Eliepa T. Mulu and Penani Mulu Jr., wife and husband, Record Owner, recorded on August 03, 2012 under Reception No. 2012-043207-0, Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Lot 1, Block F, NEWLAND SUBDIVISION, according to the official plat thereof filed under Plat No. P-323, in the records of the Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, a/k/a 9000 Vernon Street, Anchorage, AK 99515. $267,530.70 is due, plus interest, advances, etc. Go to usa-foreclosure.com for status.

Pub: 9/21, 28, 10/5 & 12, 2014.

Ad#10190091

NOTICE OF SALE Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 101 Lacey Street (Fairbanks Courthouse) on November 6, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Craig M. Zannino and Loni Marie Zannino, husband and wife, Trustor, Craig M. Zannino, Record Owner, recorded on September 29, 2010 under Reception No. 2010-017932-0, Fairbanks Recording District, Fourth Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Lot 15, Block 5 of the WESTGATE SUBDIVISION, according to the plat filed August 25, 1952 as Plat No. 133.968, records of the Fairbanks Recording District, Fourth Judicial District, State of Alaska, a/k/a 3033 RIVERVIEW DR, FAIRBANKS, AK 99709. $261,210.73 is due, plus interest, advances, etc.

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Pub: 9/21, 28, 10/5 & 12, 2014.

Ad#10190090

NOTICE OF SALE Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 101 Lacey Street (Fairbanks Courthouse) on November 4, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Robert Hartt, a single person, Trustor, Robert Hartt, a single person, Record Owner, recorded on June 15, 2007 under Reception No. 2007-013266-0, Fair banks Recording District, Fourth Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Lot Thirteen (13), Block Fifty-Three (53), Hamilton Acres Subdivision, South and Middlewest Portion, according to the Plat filed July 18, 1969 as Instrument Number 69-6024; records of the Fairbanks Recording District, Fourth Judicial District, State of Alaska, a/k/a 206 Haines Avenue, Fairbanks, AK 99701. $246,614.65 is due, plus interest, advances, etc. Go to usa-foreclosure.com for status.

Pub: 9/21, 28, 10/5 & 12, 2014.

Ad#10190089

NOTICE OF SALE Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 101 Lacey Street (Fairbanks Courthouse) on October 24, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Brian K. Hamilton, a married man, Trustor, Brian K. Hamilton, a married person, Record Owner, recorded on August 20, 2010 under Reception No. 2010-015264-0, Fairbanks Recording District, Fourth Judicial District, Alaska, describing: That portion of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 6, Township 2 South, Range 2 East, Fairbanks Meridian; Records of the Fairbanks Recording District, Fourth Judicial District, State of Alaska, more particularly described as follows: COMMENCING at the Southeast corner marker of the Southeast Quarter of Section 6; THENCE North 208 feet, along the East boundary of the Southeast Quarter of Section 6; THENCE West 825 feet, paralleling the South boundary of Section 6 to Post Number 1 of Property; THENCE North 262.21 feet, paralleling the East boundary of Section 6 to Post Number 2 of Property; THENCE East 165 feet, paralleling the South boundary of Section 6 to Post Number 3 of Property; THENCE South 262.21 feet to Post Number 4 of Property; THENCE West 165 feet to Post Number 1, THE

Notice of Sale and Default TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING., a/k/a 2371 Keeney Road, North Pole, AK 99705. $117,725.60 is due, plus interest, advances, etc. Go to usa-foreclosure.com for status.

Pub: 9/21, 28, 10/5 & 12, 2014.

Ad#10190088

NOTICE OF SALE TO THE ESTATE OF GORDON SCHUYLER SPELMAN: PHILIP SPELMAN; HAYES SPELMAN; ROBERT SPELMAN; Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 825 W. 4th Ave. (Nesbett Memorial Courthouse) on October 31, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Gordan Schuyler Spelman, a widower, Trustor, The Heirs and Devisees of Gordon Schuyler Spelman, as surviving tenant of Gordon Schuyler Spelman and Wilhelmina Maria Spelman, husband and wife, as tenants by the entirety, Record Owner, recorded on November 02, 2006 under Reception No. 2006-074162-0, Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Lot 12, Block 10, COLLEGEGATE EAST ADDITION NO. 3, according to the official plat thereof, filed under Plat Number 72-49, Records of the Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, a/k/a 2715 Derby Way, Anchorage, AK 99504. $238,256.28 is due, plus interest, advances, etc.

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Pub: 9/21, 28, 10/5 & 12, 2014.

Ad#10190087

NOTICE OF SALE Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 825 W. 4th Ave. (Nesbett Memorial Courthouse) on November 10, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Bernadette M. Wilson, an unmarried woman, Trustor, Bernadette M. Wilson, an unmarried woman, Record Owner, recorded on December 15, 2005 under Reception No. 2005-090285-0, Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Unit 21, WELLS PLACE CONDOMINIUMS, PHASE II, according to the official maps and floor plans filed as Plat No. 82-350 and as described in Declaration recorded September 24, 1982, Book 783 at Page 867 and any amendments thereto, records of the Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, a/k/a 12301 JOHNS RD UNIT 21, ANCHORAGE, AK 99515. $221,610.44 is due, plus interest, advances, etc. Go to usa-foreclosure.com for status.

Pub: 9/21, 28, 10/5 & 12, 2014.

Ad#10190105

NOTICE OF SALE Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 825 W. 4th Ave. (Nesbett Memorial Courthouse) on November 6, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Russell Scott James, a single person, Trustor, The heirs and devisees of Russell Scott James, deceased, subject to the administration of the estate of said decedent, Record Owner, recorded on September 25, 2012 under Reception No. 2012-054938-0, Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Lot 4, Block 2, North Slope Subdivision, according to the Official Plat thereof filed under Plat No. 69-131, in the Records of the Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, a/k/a 30711 Prudhoe Bay Avenue, Eagle River, AK 99577. $501,071.97 is due, plus interest, advances, etc. Go to usa-foreclosure.com for status.

Pub: 9/14, 21, 28 & 10/5, 2014.

Ad#10189940

NOTICE OF SALE Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 825 W. 4th Ave. (Nesbett Memorial Courthouse) on November 5, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Ted W. Wilbanks, a single person, Trustor, Ted W. Wilbanks, a single person, Record Owner, recorded on October 08, 2007 under Reception No. 2007-063615-0, Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Unit 76A of Summerstone Town homes Phase 18, as shown on the Floor Plans filed in the office of the recorder of the Anchorage Recording

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District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, under Plat No. 2007-52, and as identified in the Declaration recorded August 13, 2003, Serial Number 2003-082022-0 and in any Amendments thereof. More accurately described as: Unit 76A, Summer Stone Townhomes Phase 18, according to the Official Maps and Floor Plans filed as Plat No. 2007-52 and as described in Declaration recorded August 13, 2003, as Serial Number 2003-082022-0 and any Amendments thereto, Records of the Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, a/k/a 5694 Sapphire Loop, Anchorage, AK 99504. $211,621.03 is due, plus interest, advances, etc.

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Pub: 9/14, 21, 28 & 10/5, 2014.

Ad#10189938

of Alaska, a/k/a 5301 East Revolutionary Way, Wasilla, AK 99654. $236,368.76 is due, plus interest, advances, etc.

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Pub: 9/14, 21, 28 & 10/5, 2014.

Ad#10189935

within the Sterling Highway right of way; also excepting therefrom any portion lying within Tract 11A according to the Plat of Resubdivision of D & J Subdivision, filed under Plat No. 78-122, a/k/a 48815 Sterling Hwy, Soldotna, AK 99669. $115,192.68 is due, plus interest, advances, etc. Go to usa-foreclosure.com for status.

Pub: 9/14, 21, 28 & 10/5, 2014.

Ad#10189931

Fourth Judicial District, State of Alaska., a/k/a 3287 Adams Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99709. $177,430.75 is due, plus interest, advances, etc. Go to usa-foreclosure.com for status.

Pub: 9/14, 21, 28 & 10/5, 2014.

Ad#10189928

Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Unit 111, SUNCHASE CONDOMINIUMS PHASE IX, according to the official maps and floor plans filed as Plat No. 2005-24 and as described in Declaration recorded May 27, 2003, as Serial Number 2003-050436-0 and any amendments thereto, records of the Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska.

EXCEPTING THEREFROM that portion set forth and described in that certain Declaration of Taking by the State of Alaska, Department of Transportation and Public Facilities under Project No. 58592, recorded July 21, 2008 as Serial Number 2008-041726-0 and confirmed by Order Establishing Authority and Granting Possession of Real Property, recorded October 16, 2008 as Serial Number 2008-057984-0., a/k/a 2921 Misty Springs Court Unit #111, Anchorage, AK 99507. $195,887.67 is due, plus interest, advances, etc.

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Pub: 9/14, 21, 28 & 10/5, 2014.

Ad#10189911

52'02” East for a distance of 639.87' to the center of Section line; thence North 00 degrees 09'41” West along the center of Section line for a distance of 329.74': thence South 89 degrees 54'59” West a distance of 659.80'; thence South 3 degrees 36'52” East for a distance of 304.97'; thence North 78 degrees 05'30” West for a distance of 258.39' to a point of curvature; thence along a curve to the left with a radius of 175.00', a central angle of 31 degrees 00' 00”, and a chord bearing of South 86 degrees 24'30” West, for a distance of 94.68' to a point of tangency; thence South 70 degrees 54'30” West for a dis tance of 350.88' to the Easterly line of said Aleutian Estates; thence South 00 degrees 11'10” East along the Easterly line of said Aleutian Estates for a distance of 26.43' to the point of beginning, a/k/a 6293 East Sand Point Drive, Wasilla, AK 99654. $271,930.07 is due, plus interest, advances, etc.

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Pub: 9/14, 21, 28 & 10/5, 2014.

Ad#10189908

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Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 825 W. 4th Ave. (Nesbett Memorial Courthouse) on October 31, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Laura J. Sherman, an unmarried person, Trustor, Laura J. Sherman, an unmarried person, Record Owner, recorded on October 29, 2013 under Reception No. 2013-060341-0, Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Lot 19, Block 1, Sand Lake Subdivision No. 2, according to the Official Plat thereof filed under Plat No. P-176, in the Records of the Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, a/k/a 8056 Endicott Street, Anchorage, AK 99502. $313,167.94 is due, plus interest, advances, etc. Go to usa-foreclosure.com for status.

Pub: 9/14, 21, 28 & 10/5, 2014.

Ad#10189910

Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 825 W. 4th Ave. (Nesbett Memorial Courthouse) on October 30, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Laura L. Lahndt, Trustor, Laura L. Lahndt, an unmarried person, Record Owner, recorded on July 29, 2003 under Reception No. 2003-009520-0, Kenai Recording District, Third Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Parcel I: Lot 5, Block 1, according to the Plat of Alaska Heights Subdivision, Part One, filed under Plat Number 78-84, Records of the Kenai Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska.

Parcel II: A Non-Exclusive Easement, appurtenant to Lot 5, Block 1, Alaska Heights Subdivision, Part One, ac cording to Plat No. 78-84, Kenai Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, for ingress and egress over and across a portion of Lot 6, Block 1, of said Subdivision more particularly described as fol lows: A strip of land of 15 feet in width the North line being the Northwesterly boundary of said Lot 6; the South line being the Northerly boundary of the lake shown on said Plat as it crosses said Lot 6; the East line being parallel to and 15 feet Easterly of the West line; and the West line being described as follows: Beginning at the most Southerly corner of said Lot 5, thence South 11 degrees 35'09” West, 104.73 feet to the point of terminus of said West line, as created in Warranty Deed, recorded April 26, 1984 in Book 234 at Page 125, a/k/a 24545 Yukon Road, Kasilof, AK 99610. $77,024.78 is due, plus interest, advances, etc. Go to usa-foreclosure.com for status.

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NOTICE OF SALE Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 825 W. 4th Ave. (Nesbett Memorial Courthouse) on November 5, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Victor N. Merculief and Olga Merculief, husband and wife, Trustor, Victor N. Merculief, Record Owner, recorded on October 27, 2008 under Reception No. 2008-000500-0, Aleutian Islands Recording District, Third Judicial District, Alaska, describing: The land referred to in this policy is situated in the State of Alaska, Aleutian Islands Recording District, Third Judicial District, City of Saint Paul Island, and described as follows: Lot No. 4, of Block No. 2, of Tract A of United States Survey 4943, St. Paul Townsite. More accurately described as: Lot 4, Block 2, U.S. Survey No. 4943, Alaska, Tract “A”, St. Paul Townsite, Records of the Aleutian Islands Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska; Excepting therefrom the Subsurface Estate therein, and all rights, privi leges, immunities and appurtenances of whatsoever nature, accruing unto said estate pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of December 18, 1971 (85 Stat. 688, 704; 43 U.S.C. 1601, 1613 (f) (1976) as reserved by the United States of America, a/k/a 4 Church Street, Saint Paul Island, AK 99660. $66,749.11 is due, plus interest, advances, etc. Go to usa-foreclosure.com for status.

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NOTICE OF SALE Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 825 W. 4th Ave. (Nesbett Memorial Courthouse) on November 5, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Brian J. Haddix, a married person, Trustor, The heirs and devisees of Brian J. Haddix, deceased, subject to the administration of the estate of said decedent, Record Owner, recorded on April 14, 2006 under Reception No. 2006-009535-0, AND Loan Modification recorded on February 1, 2012 under Reception No. 2012-001989-0, Palmer Recording District, Third Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Lot 4, Block 9, Colonial Park, according to the Official Plat thereof, filed under Plat No. 78-71, Palmer Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, a/k/a 5301 East Revolutionary Way, Wasilla, AK 99654. $236,368.76 is due, plus interest, advances, etc.

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NOTICE OF SALE TO THE HEIRS AND DEVISEES OF BRIAN J. HADDIX: KRISTINE HADDIX; Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 825 W. 4th Ave. (Nesbett Memorial Courthouse) on November 5, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Brian J. Haddix, a married person, Trustor, The heirs and devisees of Brian J. Haddix, deceased, subject to the administration of the estate of said decedent, Record Owner, recorded on April 14, 2006 under Reception No. 2006-009535-0, AND Loan Modification recorded on February 1, 2012 under Reception No. 2012-001989-0, Palmer Recording District, Third Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Lot 4, Block 9, Colonial Park, according to the Official Plat thereof, filed under Plat No. 78-71, Palmer Recording District, Third Judicial District, State

NOTICE OF SALE Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 825 W. 4th Ave. (Nesbett Memorial Courthouse) on November 5, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Nicolas Manansala, Robert Maluto, Monaliza Guevarra and Robin Guevarra, Trustor, Nicolas Manansala, a married person, Robert Maluto, an unmarried person, Monaliza Guevarra and Robin Guevarra, wife and husband, Record Owner, recorded on September 07, 2006 under Reception No. 2006-060907-0, Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Unit 79, Moss Creek, as identified in the Declaration recorded August 29, 2002, as Serial Number 2002-059186-0 and any amendments thereto, and as shown on the plans incorporated within said declaration, being located within the property submitted to said common interest community described as Tract 2E, Toyon Subdivision, according to the Official Plat thereof, filed under Plat No. 71-328, in the records of the Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska., a/k/a 1566 N HEATHER MEADOWS LOOP, ANCHORAGE, AK 99507. $200,983.71 is due, plus interest, advances, etc. Go to usa-foreclosure.com for status.

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NOTICE OF SALE Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 825 W. 4th Ave. (Nesbett Memorial Courthouse) on November 5, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Carmella M. Furnace, an unmarried person, Trustor, Jon. D. Burton, as custodian for Alonzo X. Burton until age 21 under the Alaska Uniform Transfers to Minors Act, as to an undivided one-half interest and Jon D. Burton, as custodian for Jon Omari Burton until age 21 under the Alaska Uniform Transfers to Minors Act, as to an undivided one-half interest, Record Owner, recorded on November 26, 2002 under Reception No. 2002-088563-0, and Corrective Deed of Trust recorded on April 2, 2003 under reception No. 2003-029978-0, Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Unit No. “B” Five (B-5), Pioneer Estates Condomini ums, Phase I, according to the Survey Maps and Floor Plans filed under Plat No. 79-83; Records of the Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, and as identified in that certain Declaration recorded June 26, 1979 in Book 414 at Page 79, and any Amendments thereto.

More accurately described as: Unit B-5, Pioneer Estates Condominiums, Phase I, according to the Official Maps and Floor Plans filed as Plat No. 79-83 and as described in Declaration recorded June 26, 1979, Book 414 at Page 79 and any Amendments thereto, Records of the Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, a/k/a 1541 State Street Unit B5, Anchorage, AK 99504. $68,906.60 is due, plus interest, advances, etc.

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NOTICE OF SALE Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 825 W. 4th Ave. (Nesbett Memorial Courthouse) on November 5, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Greg Cullen and Tom Cullen, Trustor, Greg Cullen, a single man, as to an undivided 50.0000% interest and Tom Cullen, a single man, as to an undivided 50.0000% interest, as tenants in common, Record Owner, recorded on September 30, 2002 under Reception No. 2002-009309-0, Kenai Recording District, Third Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Tract 11, according to the Plat of D & J Subdivision, amended, filed under Plat Number 84-40, Records of the Kenai Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska.

Excepting therefrom any portion lying

NOTICE OF SALE Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 825 W. 4th Ave. (Nesbett Memorial Courthouse) on October 31, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Ivery C. Sample, an unmarried person, Trustor, Ivery C. Sample, an unmarried person, Record Owner, recorded on April 06, 2009 under Reception No. 2009-021743-0, Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Unit No. Twenty-Four(24), Creekside Terrace Condominiums, as identified in the Declaration recorded September 1, 2005 under Serial Number 2005-062549-0 and amendments thereto and as shown on floor plans and as-built survey under Plat No. 2006-119, in the records of the Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska. More accurately described as: Unit 24, Creekside Terrace Condominiums, according to the Official Maps and Floor Plans filed as Plat No. 2006-119 and as described in Declaration recorded September 1, 2005, as Serial Number 2005-062549-0 and any amendments thereto, records of the Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska., a/k/a 6977 Creekview Loop #24, Anchorage, AK 99507. $278,215.74 is due, plus interest, advances, etc. Go to usa-foreclosure.com for status.

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NOTICE OF SALE Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 825 W. 4th Ave. (Nesbett Memorial Courthouse) on October 31, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Samantha S. Vongprachanh, a single person and Phathanom Vongprachanh, a single person, Trustor, Samantha S. Vongprachanh, an unmarried person and Phathanom Vongprachanh, an unmarried person, as tenants in common, Record Owner, recorded on February 17, 2011 under Reception No. 2011-008526-0, Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Unit 23 of Ridgewood Condominiums, as shown on the Floor Plans filed in the office of the Recorder of the Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, under Plat No. 2002-134, and as identified in the Declaration recorded October 28, 2002 under Serial No. 2002-077928-0, and in any amendments thereof. More accurately described as: Unit 23, Ridgewood Condominiums, according to the Official Maps and Floor Plans filed as Plat No. 2002-134 and as described in Declaration recorded October 28, 2002, as Serial Number 2002-077928-0 and any amendments thereto, records of the Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska., a/k/a 2503 Winter Ridge Court #23, Anchorage, AK 99507. $171,832.27 is due, plus interest, advances, etc.

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NOTICE OF SALE Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 101 Lacey Street (Fairbanks Courthouse) on October 31, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Michael A. Reid, a married person, Trustor, Michael A. Reid, a married person, Record Owner, recorded on May 19, 2008 under Reception No. 2008-009897-0, Fairbanks Recording District, Fourth Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Lot 13-A, Block 2, Executive Park Subdivision, a replat of Lot 13, Block 2, Executive Park Subdivision, according to the Plat filed May 29, 1984 as Plat Number 84-97; records of Fairbanks Recording District,

NOTICE OF SALE Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 825 W. 4th Ave. (Nesbett Memorial Courthouse) on October 31, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming J. Keith Lawton and Jean Lawton, husband and wife, as tenants by the entirety, Trustor, Jean Lawton and The Office of Public Advocacy as Guardian for John Lawton, who aquired title as J. Keith Lawton, Record Owner, re corded on February 27, 2007 under Reception No. 2007-004696-0, Palmer Recording District, Third Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Lot One (1), Eagle Estates Subdivision, ac cording to Plat 73-70, Palmer Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, a/k/a 3550 Seagull Drive, Palmer, AK 99645. $246,962.73 is due, plus interest, advances, etc.

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NOTICE OF SALE Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 825 W. 4th Ave. (Nesbett Memorial Courthouse) on October 29, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Chase A. Morgan & Miriah L. Morgan, Trustor, Chase A. Morgan & Miriah L. Morgan, husband and wife, Record Owner, recorded on February 15, 2008 under Reception No. 2008-008008-0, Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Unit No. 41, PARKWAY PLAZA CONDOMINIUMS, as identified in the declaration recorded February 16, 2001, in Book 3771 at Page 956, and amendments thereto and as shown on floor plans and as-built survey filed under Plat No. 2001-23, in the office of the recorder for the Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska more accurately described as Unit 41, PARKWAY PLAZA CONDOMINIUMS, according to the official maps and floor plans filed as Plat No. 2001-23 and as described in Declaration recorded February 16, 2001, Book 3771 at Page 956 and any amendments thereto, records of the Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, a/k/a 5560 Alora Loop Unit #41, Anchorage, AK 99504. $193,580.61 is due, plus interest, advances, etc. Go to usa-foreclosure.com for status.

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NOTICE OF SALE Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 825 W. 4th Ave. (Nesbett Memorial Courthouse) on October 31, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Gordan Schuyler Spelman, a widower, Trustor, The Heirs and Devisees of Gordon Schuyler Spelman, as surviving tenant of Gordon Schuyler Spelman and Wilhelmina Maria Spelman, husband and wife, as tenants by the entirety, Record Owner, recorded on November 02, 2006 under Reception No. 2006-074162-0, Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Lot 12, Block 10, COLLEGEGATE EAST ADDITION NO. 3, according to the official plat thereof, filed under Plat Number 72-49, Records of the Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, a/k/a 2715 Derby Way, Anchorage, AK 99504. $238,256.28 is due, plus interest, advances, etc.

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NOTICE OF SALE Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 825 W. 4th Ave. (Nesbett Memorial Courthouse) on October 31, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Hoon Son, an unmarried person, Trustor, Hoon Son, an unmarried person, Record Owner, recorded on June 29, 2010 under Reception No. 2010-030930-0,

NOTICE OF SALE Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 825 W. 4th Ave. (Nesbett Memorial Courthouse) on October 31, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming James C. Deiman, an unmarried person, Trustor, James C. Deiman, an unmarried person, Record Owner, recorded on January 29, 2008 under Reception No. 2008-000951-0, Kenai Recording District, Third Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Lot 1, LaryMar Acres, according to the Official Plat thereof, filed under Plat Number 94-50, records of the Kenai Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, a/k/a 46740 Isaak Road, Soldotna, AK 99669. $99,943.87 is due, plus interest, advances, etc. Go to usa-foreclosure.com for status.

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NOTICE OF SALE Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 825 W. 4th Ave. (Nesbett Memorial Courthouse) on October 30, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Tatiana Khokhorina, a unmarried woman, Trustor, Tatiana Khokhorina, an unmarried woman, Record Owner, recorded on June 20, 2006 under Reception No. 2006-016838-0, Palmer Recording District, Third Judicial District, Alaska, describing: A portion of the Northeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter (NE 1/4 NW 1/4), Section 9, Township 18 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian, Records of the Palmer Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, more particularly described as follows: Commencing at the NW 1/16th corner of said Section 9, said 1/16th corner also being a point on the Easterly line of Lot 9, Block 2, Aleutian Estates, Plat No. 78-53; thence North 00 degrees 11'10” West along the Easterly line of said Aleutian Estates for a distance of 262.06' to the true point of beginning; thence North 70 degrees 54'30” East for a distance of 359.44' to a point of curvature; thence along a curve to the right with a radius of 150.00', a central angle of 31 degrees 00'00”, and a chord bearing of North 86 degrees 24'30” East, for a distance of 81.16' to a point of tangency; thence South 78 degrees 05'30” East for a distance of 265.33': thence North 89 degrees

NOTICE OF SALE Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 825 W. 4th Ave. (Nesbett Memorial Courthouse) on October 30, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Bradley D. Bowyer and Rosyland D. Bowyer, husband and wife, Trustor, Bradley D. Bowyer and Rosyland D. Bowyer, husband and wife, Record Owner, recorded on September 02, 2009 under Reception No. 2009-057766-0, Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Lot Fourteen (14), Block Four (4), Eagle Crossing Subdivision, according to the Official Plat thereof, filed under Plat No. 97-88, in the Records of the Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska. Excepting therefrom the subsurface estate and all rights, privileges, immunities and appurtenances of whatsoever nature accruing unto said estate pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of December 18, 1971 (85 Stat 688, 704; 43 USC 1601, 1613 (f) (1976), a/k/a 19211 Trail Bay Drive, Eagle River, AK 99577. $460,650.59 is due, plus interest, advances, etc.

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NOTICE OF SALE Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 825 W. 4th Ave. (Nesbett Memorial Courthouse) on October 30, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to

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the Deed of Trust naming Terrance J. Shanigan, an unmarried person, Trustor, Terrance J. Shanigan, an unmarried person, Record Owner, recorded on February 14, 2012 under Reception No. 2012-002805-0, Palmer Recording District, Third Judicial District, Alaska, describing: That portion of the Southwest one-quarter of the Southeast one-quarter (SW1/4 SE1/4) Section 17, Township 22 North, Range 4 West, Seward Meridian, Palmer Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, lying West of the centerline of the right-of-way of

the Alaska Rail Road, a/k/a 16133 East Hidden Hills Road, Willow, AK 99688. $303,949.36 is due, plus interest, advances, etc. Go to usa-foreclosure.com for status.

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be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Joshua R. Stiller, an unmarried person and Jeffery A. Stultz, a married person, Trustor, Joshua R. Stiller, a single person and Jeffrey A. Stultz, a married person, each as to an undivided one-half interest, as tenants in common, Record Owner, recorded on March 16, 2012 under Reception No. 2012-013798-0, Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Lot Six “B” (6B), Baker Subdivision, according to the Official Plat thereof, filed under Plat No. 83-360, in the Records of the An-

chorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, a/k/a 9000 Ashley Circle, Anchorage, AK 99502. $201,463.93 is due, plus interest, advances, etc. Go to usa-foreclosure.com for status.

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10:00 AM with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust naming Claire Leroy Thomson, an unmarried person, Trustor, Claire L. Thomson, a single man, Record Owner, recorded on February 04, 2008 under Reception No. 2008-005720-0, Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, Alaska, describing: Lot Three “A” (3A), Block Two (2), Cross Pointe Subdivision, according to the Official Plat thereof, filed under Plat No. 93-56, in the records of the Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial

District, State of Alaska, a/k/a 8543 Cross Pointe Loop, Anchorage, AK 99504. $143,080.84 is due, plus interest, advances, etc. Go to usa-foreclosure.com for status.

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NOTICE OF SALE Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 825 W. 4th Ave. (Nesbett Memorial Courthouse) on October 29, 2014, at 10:00 AM with other sales that may

NOTICE OF SALE Trustee, Alaska Trustee, LLC will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at 825 W. 4th Ave. (Nesbett Memorial Courthouse) on October 29, 2014, at

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35,000 Pacific walrus come ashore in northwest Alaska

By Dan Joling Associated Press

Pacific walrus that can’t find sea ice for resting in Arctic waters are coming ashore in record numbers on a beach in northwest Alaska.

An estimated 35,000 walrus were photographed Sept. 27 about 5 miles north of Point Lay, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Point Lay is an Inupiat Eskimo village 300 miles southwest of Barrow and 700 miles northwest of Anchorage.

The enormous gathering was spotted during NOAA’s annual arctic marine mammal aerial survey, spokeswoman Julie Speegle said by email. The survey is conducted with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, the agency that oversees offshore lease sales.

Andrea Medeiros, spokeswoman for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, said walrus were first spotted Sept. 13 and have been moving on and off shore. Observers last week saw about 50 carcasses on the beach

from animals that may have been killed in a stampede, and the agency was assembly a necropsy team to determine their cause of death.

“They’re going to get them out there next week,” she said.

The gathering of walrus on shore is a phenomenon that has accompanied the loss of summer sea ice as the climate has warmed.

Pacific walrus spend winters in the Bering Sea. Females give birth on sea ice and use ice as a diving platform to reach snails, clams and worms on the shallow continental shelf.

Unlike seals, walrus cannot swim indefinitely and must rest. They use their tusks to “haul out,” or pull themselves onto ice or rocks.

As temperatures warm in summer, the edge of the sea ice recedes north. Females and their young ride the edge of the sea ice into the Chukchi Sea, the body of water north of the Bering Strait.

In recent years, sea ice has receded north beyond shallow continental shelf waters and into Arctic Ocean water, where depths exceed 2 miles and wal-

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rus cannot dive to the bottom.

Walrus in large numbers were first spotted on the U.S. side of the Chukchi Sea in 2007. They returned in 2009, and in 2011, scientists estimated 30,000 walruses along one kilometer of beach near Point Lay. Young animals are vulnerable to stampedes when a group gathers nearly shoulder-to-shoulder on a beach. Stampedes can be triggered by a polar bear, human hunter or lowflying airplane. The carcasses of more than 130 mostly young walruses were counted after a stampede in September 2009 at Alaska’s Icy Cape.

The World Wildlife Fund said walrus have also been gathering in large groups on the Russian side of the Chukchi Sea. “It’s another remarkable sign of the dramatic environmental conditions changing as the result of sea ice loss,” said Margaret Williams, managing director of the group’s Arctic program, by phone from Washington, D.C. “The walruses are telling us what the polar bears have told us and what many

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In this aerial photo taken on Sept. 27 and provided by NOAA, some 35,000 walrus gather on shore near Point Lay. Pacific walrus looking for places to rest in the absence of sea ice are coming to shore in record numbers on Alaska’s northwest coast. The enormous gathering was spotted during NOAA’s annual arctic marine mammal aerial survey.

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government intended for Alaska Natives to manage subsistence resources.

Ahtna Inc. shareholders and members of area Tribes have said the proposal developed out of a desire to simplify game regulations in the area and ensure that local, subsistence needs are met.

“All we want is meat on the table, but right now you have to be a trophy hunter to get anything,” said Nick Jackson, a shareholder.

Jackson and others have worked for decades to try and develop hunting regulations that support local needs, both through the state Board of Game process and in conjunction with federal managers.

Ultimately, however, those needs are still not being met.

Some years, families cannot hunt in their traditional spots because they are crowded out by hunters from other regions, said Eleanor Dementi, of Cantwell, who is vice chair of Ahtna’s board.

The push has widespread support in the region, according to Ahtna President Michelle Anderson.

“This is a need that has brought all of us together,” Anderson said.

Karen Linnell, chair of the Ahtna Intertribal Resource Conservation District, said that subsistence is not just about feeding families, although that’s a big part of the push. It’s also a way of maintaining cultural values and staying connected to the land, she said.

Many of the details of the Ahtna project still must be worked out, and it’s unlikely that the necessary legislation will pass before the elections. For now, various stakeholders are working on drafts of the bill.

“I think eventually, it will pass, something similar to what we’re proposing,” Ewan said.

If the legislation passes and the commission works, it could be a model for management in other parts of the state, Ahtna representatives have said.

The Copper River Ahtna Intertribal Resource Conservation District could eventually fall under the new intertribal commission’s authority. While much of the proposed management structure has yet to be developed, the resource conservation district is already getting involved in area management.

Linnell said that the conservation district is working on an inventory of lands, and eventually wants to do a moose habitat improvement project. Those efforts are helping to build area Tribes technical knowhow, and build capacity for future management, she said.

Yukon-Kuskokwim fisheries commission In the Yukon-Kuskokwim delta, the Association of Village Council Presidents, or AVCP, is developing a steering committee for a Tribal co-management group.

AVCP President Myron Naneng said that once the steering committee is established, it will help direct future work. But the end goal is to get villages directly involved in fisheries management.

If such a commission had been in place this summer, Naneng said

he thinks that everyone involved in the fisheries would have been more willing to work together.

The desire for the commission project has developed as fishery restrictions have increased in recent years, and is also a response to the 2012 citations of Kuskokwim River fishermen for violating king salmon closures.

It’s also a response to the current management structure, which Naneng said can be difficult to navigate — and a response to unpopular management decisions.

Naneng said that regulations in that region are particularly confusing, because state and federal jurisdiction overlap. This year, the federal managers exercised their authority on the Kuskokwim; in the past, the state has led management efforts. There’s a wildlife refuge on the Yukon River, too, which results in a similar “hop scotch” of management, he said.

For the first time this year, Tribal governments passed resolutions for self-imposed moratorium on chinooks to help restore salmon stocks. But they want to be able to affect more than just their own behavior, Naneng said.

Many of the details surrounding a fisheries commission have yet to be worked out — funding, for instance, is unknown — but Naneng said that it would likely need to address all fish, not just king salmon.

“We’ve got to be concerned about all of them,” he said.

Naneng said that migratory bird management represents a successful use of co-management.

“It was a joint effort of working together with sports hunters down in California, Oregon and Washington that increased those numbers,” Naneng said.

He also pointed toward a moose hunting moratorium on the lower Kuskokwim that villages voluntarily extended, which helped improve moose populations in the region.

“Based on these successes, I think that it would be imperative for the State of Alaska and the federal government to try and increase the chinook salmon population both on the Kuskokwim and the Yukon.”

Campbell said that how a Tribal fisheries commission would affect management will depend on the commission’s structure.

“Management in that region could benefit from enhancing the mechanisms available for lower, mid, and upriver users to come together, understand each other’s needs and perspectives, and provide the managers with consolidated feedback that represents the consensus of affected users,” she wrote.

“Fisheries in that region could also benefit from a mechanism to further involves constituents in research, outreach, education, and capacity building. However, if the structure attempted to affect the ability of the State of Alaska to exercise our constitutional mandate to manage fish and wildlife resources for sustainability and common use, it could create a conflict and additional complexity.”

Molly Dischner can be reached at molly.dischner@alaskajournal.com.

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Movie, TV production firms get FAA permission to fly drones

By Joan Lowy Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government granted six movie and television production companies permission to use drones for filming, an important step toward greater use of the technology by commercial operators, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced Sept. 25.

Dozens of other industries are lined up to follow Hollywood’s lead. Until now, the Federal Aviation Administration, which is part of the Transportation Department, had banned commercial drone operations with the exception of two oil companies in Alaska.

The FAA permits come with limitations, including that the unmanned aircraft be used only in a restricted area, that they be flown under 400 feet in altitude and that flights last no more than 30 minutes at a time. Nighttime flights are prohibited, and reality television shows or other unscripted events won’t qualify for the permits.

“Today’s announcement is a significant milestone in broadening commercial (drone) use while ensuring we maintain our world-class safety record in all forms of flight,” Foxx said. “These companies are blazing a trail that others are already following, offering the promise of new advances in agriculture and utility safety and maintenance.”

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Aerial MOB of San Diego, predicted drones will fundamentally change moviemaking, providing directors with the ability to get shots they could never get before and making films more dynamic. Small drones with video cameras will be able to fly through a building and in and out of windows, for example, he said. They are also far less expensive than hiring a manned helicopter, he said.

Major movie studios “want their hands on this right away,” but have held off using the technology until the FAA gives the go-ahead, he said.

Brendan Schulman, a New York attorney who represents several drone operators and interest groups that have challenged the FAA’s drone restrictions, said he is concerned that limitations attached to the drone permits may be so onerous that their benefits will be outweighed by the cost and the headache of complying.

“I’m worried that it’s too small a step forward and it’s too narrowly limited,” he said.

Kenneth Quinn, an attorney with Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman and a former FAA general counsel, said he expects other industries to oppose some of restrictions imposed on the movie drones, especially requirements that the drone operator have a private pilot’s license and that there be a three-man crew. He said any risk to safety is too small to merit the restrictions.

The FAA is considering 40 requests for exemptions from other commercial entities. Congress and industries that want to use or sell the technology have been pressuring the FAA to relax its ban. Companies want to use drones to monitor pipelines, inspect the undersides of oil platforms and bridges, and spray

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The Federal Aviation Administration announced Sept. 25 that it is granting permits to seven movie and television production companies to fly drones, including those from Aerial MOB, an important step toward greater use of the technology by commercial operators, said attorneys and a company official familiar with the decision. The seven companies have been working with the Motion Picture Association of America for two years to win approval from the FAA.

crops. Amazon and Google want to use them to deliver packages.

Wedding videographers, real estate agents, journalists and many others are clamoring to use them as well.

The only previous FAA permits for commercial drone operations were granted to ConocoPhillips and BP, two oil companies that have flown unmanned aircraft in unpopulated areas of Alaska and over the Arctic Ocean. Both permits significantly limited how the drones could be used.

But the commercial drone ban is being undermined daily. Many operators see no harm in flying small, lightweight drones, often no bigger than a backpack, despite FAA warnings that they could collide with

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weighing 55 pounds or less. But it could be months or years before the rules are final. Final rules for larger ones are even further off.

The six production companies — Aerial MOB LLC, Astraeus Aerial, HeliVideo Productions LLC, Pictorvision Inc., Vortex Aerial and Snaproll Media LLC — have been working with the Motion Picture Association of America for two years to win FAA approval. A seventh aerial video company that applied with the other companies, Flying-Cam Inc., has been asked by the FAA to supply additional information.

Drones have already been used in in filming some movies overseas, including “Skyfall” and “Transformers: Age of Extinction.”

the settlement is not a windfall or a cure-all.

“The situation is better for the immediate future, but there are no guarantees after that,” Teuber said.

“The Obama administration has committed to, and Congress has supported, providing full contract support costs for both the current and upcoming year, but this is only

after its (the Obama administration’s) initial proposal last year to cap contract support costs.”

Clement said that issues with Medicare payments will also continue to affect Tribal healthcare providers.

Under a 1975 Congressional act, authorized entities contract with IHS to operate health care programs ranging from clinics to hospitals, to fulfill the federal government’s trust responsibility to provide health care services to Alaska Natives and American Indians. In Alaska, members of 229 federally-recognized tribes receive health care services from 32 organizations, according to the IHS website.

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naitze Tribe, based in Kenai, which recently constructed a new clinic through an IHS joint venture.

“Contract support costs are an ongoing topic of conversation between the Kenaitze Indian Tribe and the Indian Health service,” said Jaylene Peterson-Nyren, executive director of the Kenaitze Indian Tribe, last spring. “We’re

waiting on Indian Health Services to decide how they’re going to proceed with the thousands of smaller claims like our own that have not been resolved.”

Nyren would not disclose the tribe’s claim amount.

Despite the settlements, concerns about future funding remain.

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manned aircraft or injure people on the ground. Even a congressman who is a member of the House committee that oversees the FAA, Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, D-N.Y., hired a photographer to produce a video of his wedding using a camera mounted on a small drone.

In 2012, Congress directed the FAA to safely integrate drones of all sizes, from high-flying Global Hawks to small quadrocopters weighing no more than a few pounds, into the national airspace. But the agency has missed several milestones and isn’t expected to meet Congress’ deadline of October 2015 for full integration.

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Who’s a seaman? Supreme Court may chart the waters

By Jessica Gresko Associated Press

EWELL, Md. (AP) — William Smith Dize’s life revolved around water.

The boat captain worked the waters of the Chesapeake Bay, and when he wasn’t operating a boat, he was working on them and around the dock.

But when Dize got sick and sued his employer in 2008, claiming a boat maintenance project led to a deadly respiratory illness, he quickly found himself navigating stormy waters.

His bosses said his work did not qualify him to be a “seaman,” a designation needed to sue his employer under a federal law.

Dize died in 2012. His widow, Jennifer, is asking the Supreme Court to take her husband’s case. Some experts say the case could prove important to thousands of maritime workers who spend long periods on land and shorter bursts at sea, including salmon fishermen in Alaska, workers on fire boats and salvage vessels, and even those who repair undersea telephone cables.

The justices are scheduled to discuss whether to take the case as part of a private conference Monday, but it will be days before it’s known what they decided.

The Dizes grew up on bay islands. He was from Virginia’s Tangier Island, she about 10 miles north, on Smith Island, where the population numbers about 275. They became friendly through dances at a local hall and married in 1967.

He was 19, she was 18. Soon, they had three children.

In 1986, Dize took a job with The Association of Maryland Pilots. For the next two decades, his job was to captain a boat that took pilots out to commercial vessels, including cargo ships and tanker ships, so local pilots could guide the ships through the bay.

When he wasn’t doing that, Dize cleaned the docks, ordered parts and supplies, mowed the lawn, worked on boats — whatever needed to be done.

Then, in late 2007, Dize got what he thought was a hardto-shake cold. Go see your doctor, his wife said.

“The next call I got they were putting him in the hospital,” Jennifer Dize said.

The diagnosis: a lung disease called silicosis.

“Our lives were completely turned around,” she said.

As Dize was tested, his doctor started asking questions.

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In this photo taken Sept. 23, Jennifer Dize poses on a dock behind her home on Smith Island, Md. Dize is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to take up her late husband’s case after he got sick and sued his employer, the Association of Maryland Pilots, in 2008, claiming a boat maintenance project led to a deadly respiratory illness. However, his bosses said his work didn’t qualify him to be a “seaman” entitled to sue his employer under a federal law.

Where could he have breathed in silica dust, silicosis’ cause?

He had recently sandblasted a boat at work, he said. It was suggested he get a lawyer.

In 2008, Dize sued his employer, ultimately asking for $10 million under a federal law called the Jones Act. A 1995 Supreme Court decision said that someone who spends about 30 percent or more of his time “in the service of a vessel in navigation” is a “seaman” qualified to sue under that law. Dize didn’t spend 30 percent of his time captaining a boat, but his lawyers argued that the boat maintenance work he did counts toward the requirement.

In asking the Supreme Court to take the case, Dize’s lawyers say courts nationwide are split on what work counts toward the 30 percent rule, and that the high court should resolve the confusion.

Dize’s former employer disagrees. Lawyers for the organization wrote in court papers that the Dizes can’t sue under the Jones Act and instead have a workers’ compensation claim. The difference for the Dize family could be millions of dollars less in potential benefits.

Jennifer Dize says the suit isn’t only about money.

“I would like him to be recognized as a good seaman,” she said. “Because he was.”

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ect were not carried out, including a fish wheel near the entrance to Devil’s Canyon and an upper river migrant fish trap.

In its comment document, the agency listed several issues with the juvenile fish studies, including an absence of pink salmon, misidentification of cohos, and the disappearance of sockeye in the Indian River from one report to another.

The agency wrote: “Misidentification of juvenile fish by species induces significant error, and application of this erroneous data would result in inaccurate conclusions.”

Balsiger also wrote that work done in 2014 could not be considered a second year of study, as required in regulatory processes, because the first year of studies were not reviewed to allow for second-year adjustments.

AEA filed its initial study report, regarding the 2013 work, in June, and recommendations for modifications from stakeholders are due in November, after an Oct. 15 meeting to discuss the report. Under the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s timeline, the second year of studies will be conducted in 2015.

— Molly Dischner Dischner covers fisheries for the Journal. Contact her with tips and story ideas at molly.dischner@ alaskajournal.com.

Alaska delegation pushes for pollock name change When is an Alaska pollock not an Alaska pollock?

According to Alaska’s congressional delegation and the Genuine Alaska Pollock Producers, when it’s caught in outside of Alaskan waters.

The producers, or GAPP, and the delegation are asking the Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, to change the market name for pollock to differentiate between Alaskan-caught pollock and pollock caught in Russian waters. To do so, they’re asking for the market name to be pollock instead of Alaska pollock.

The delegation wrote in a joint-release that consumers should know where their pollock is coming from.

“Pollock harvested from Alaskan waters is of the highest quality and taste; it is sustainably managed to ensure that the resource will be there in the future for the fishermen, processors and coastal communities that depend on it,” said Sen. Lisa Murkowski in a formal statement. “This Administration should act to counter Russian’s recent actions to harm Alaska’s seafood industry, and the FDA should take action promptly to make it easier for consumers to tell good Alaska pollock from inferior Russian product.”

In 2012, American consumers purchased 113 million pounds of Russian-harvested pollock.

“This clarification makes a significant difference for our Alaskan Pollock fishery, the 2.5 billion pounds they sustainably harvest each year, and the everyday American consumer,” said Rep. Don Young. “It’s a very

simple solution to a 100 million pound problem; otherwise, Russian-caught pollock will continue to be passed off as Alaskan due to a confusing market name.”

Begich agreed that the change would benefit both consumers and Alaska’s fishing fleet.

“Alaska has set the global standard for responsible and sustainable fisheries management and we should not let Russian fishermen capitalize on Alaska’s brand,” Begich said in a formal statement.

“Americans shouldn’t be misled by false advertising — we deserve to know where the food on our dinner tables comes from. The Alaska delegation will continue to work closely together to make sure we protect Alaska’s brand and American consumers from false advertising by Russian fishermen.”

— Molly Dischner Dischner covers fisheries for the Journal. Contact her with tips and story ideas at molly.dischner@ alaskajournal.com.

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Pollock abundance estimate increased The newest abundance estimate for Bering Sea pollock shows a biomass increase of almost 60 percent.

The North Pacific Fishery Management Council’s groundfish plan team provided the increased estimate in Seattle Sept. 24.

National Marine Fisheries Service scientists conducted a bottom-trawl survey and an acoustic-trawl survey this summer to come up with the estimate, according to a release.

“This survey provides an important index of pre-recruit pollock,” said Jim Ianelli, NMFS’ chief pollock stock assessment scientist at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center. “If the 2012 year class continues to remain strong, conditions bode well for the ecosystem and fishery in the near term.”

The bottom-trawl survey was 55 percent higher than average, and the second highest biomass since the survey began in 1982.

The 2006, 2008 and 2010 classes all contributed to the strength of the estimate.

The acoustic survey also showed a strong biomass, with the mid-water pollock concentration 23 percent higher than average, and the fifth highest since 1982.

According to the release, Ianelli noted that this summer was warmer than average, which could have affected the concentrations and distribution of pollock.

The increased biomass does not mean the council will approve a higher catch limit in December. The total groundfish catch for all Bering Sea species is limited to 2 million metric tons, and industry representatives typically work together to recommend an apportionment of pollock and other groundfish species to the council.

— Molly Dischner Dischner covers fisheries for the Journal. Contact her with tips and story ideas at molly.dischner@ alaskajournal.com.

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