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River wreaks havoc in Dyea

By Gretchen Wehmhoff The Taiya River, just a valley over from Skagway, was rising. The National Weather Service warned Northern Lynn Canal residents that rain was possible, and in combination with seasonal melt off, flooding in lower elevations was imminent.

In less than 48 hours, the Taiya passed flood stage on Aug. 12. By the next morning, the river was heading toward a predicted cresting of over 18 feet. It would, in fact, crest at 19.19 feet, just inches below its record 19.86 feet set July 23, 2002.

Skagway Police Chief J.J. Reddick watched the alerts and headed out to Dyea on Friday to check on residents.

The river was high near the road and as he crossed the bridge over the Taiya, roads were beginning to fill with water.

Reddick stopped by John and Lauren McDermott’s house, located along the river. He and McDermott walked around the house where water was coming from the river into his yard.

McDermott was confident his home would be fine, although, according to Facebook reports, he did see high levels of water in his garage.

McDermott said later that he and Lauren are well and they are grateful for the community keeping an eye out both before and after the river crested. He said he had a fair amount of help from friends and family, but all was good at their home.

Reddick headed to the Dyea campground to assist the campground host in clearing the area. The host continued on page 9

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Mina Yee, age 11, has made 16 trips to Upper Lake, a hike that daunts many adults. For eight of those hikes, Mina is sponsored by a long list of supporters who pay per trek through the end of August, with proceeds going to the Fan Delisle Cancer Fund. Jumping in the lake earns Mina bonus donations. Contact her father, Michael Yee, on Facebook to learn more.

Fire displaces Skagway family, community rushes in to help

By Melinda Munson Susie and Jeff Anderson were on vacation in California when their house caught fire. A chimney blaze started in their cozy blue Skagway cottage on Aug. 15 at 11:14 p.m., while house sitters tended the property.

No one was injured as two firefighters, three fire department volunteers, the police department and various community members raced to help.

“They poured water on it for seven hours,” said Susie.

The Andersons waited six days before they could travel home to see the damage. It didn’t make sense to spend money to return early, to possibly get caught in Juneau in bad weather. Instead, the Andersons went to Disneyland, as originally planned.

When they arrived in Skagway, their almost five-yearold-son, Lewie, checked the important things first.

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playhouse is good,” he said.

The Andersons’ home was uninhabitable. While it had not been badly burned, the smoke and water damage was extreme. They are currently residing in a family rental.

Furniture, bedding and mattresses were destroyed.

Their clothes, however, were salvaged. Susie said a team of neighbors, friends and family members immediately started washing clothing, which saved their textiles from the smoke.

Many of their keepsakes were also saved. Community members emptied the house and scattered the Anderson’s belongings in garages and storage areas to dry.

Susie said that “all of the most important things got done within 24 hours,” such as ripping out carpets. Local contractors were almost immediately on scene, volunteering their time to stem the worst of the damage.

Susie said she sends a “profuse thank you” to the community. “It’s a little overwhelming to feel that much support.”

For Lewie, what at first seemed like a new adventure, is starting to wear off.

His mom said he can at times be a little whiny and has a million questions.

It’s difficult for the adults, as well. Susie said the most heartbreaking aspect is “not knowing when we’ll have a continued on page 6

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Susie and Jeff Andersons’s roof after a chimney fire broke out Aug.15.

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Opinion - A new hope for young Alaska families

By Sen. Elvi Gray-Jackson This month, in-person school is about to start back up throughout Alaska for the first time in a year-anda-half. Many families face tough decisions about returning to work or how they will find, let alone afford child care. Yes, Covid-19 has impacted thousands of Alaskan families’ decisions in this aspect, but it is not a new problem Alaskans face.

The Covid-19 pandemic has only exacerbated the problem.

When I moved to Alaska, I was a single parent. Being a young Alaskan parent, finding affordable childcare was extremely difficult. There were barriers to access, and it was very expensive. Although my young son was of school age, I didn’t have someone who could care for him after school while I was at work to support the two of us. There were days I had to leave work early to be home to receive my child after school ended because affordable afterschool options for him were minimal.

At the age of nine, he and I discussed whether or not he wanted to become a latchkey kid. At the time, he told me he wasn’t ready. Fortunately, I was able to get some assistance at the YMCA afterschool program. Still, I had a stressful situation being at work and juggling the time he could spend at the YMCA before my workday ended.

At ten years old, he felt ready and comfortable to come home after school and be by himself until I returned home from work. It was difficult and very stressful. But we laid out a pretty micromanaged schedule, so he was safe and kept himself busy and active. But this

Anchorage is in a significant recession, like many other cities and communities in this state. With access to affordable childcare, we can get these economies moving again.

Alaska received over $1 billion of federal dollars from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), and it is just waiting to be funneled into our communities that desperately need help. Earlier this month, the U.S. Senate passed a comprehensive infrastructure act that will create thousands of jobs to boost our infrastructure. Thousands of Alaskans will have to choose between working in these jobs I have had many or staying home to care for conversations with their children.

Alaskans that haven’t The opportunity to provide been able to return to a new hope for young Alaswork because child- ka families is right in front care access and cost of us. An opportunity to expand access and affordabiliare abysmal. ty with these federal dollars and provide a path for young During the COVID-19 Alaskans to get back into the pandemic, up to 75% of workforce. working parents in AmeriWhile we are down in Juca have children under six neau and the fiscal policy years old staying at home, group continues to work, we and only 10% of them are can also begin talking about using childcare centers. Fifty percent of parents who have not yet returned to work say Chilkoot-GatewayInsurance Agency Our office is open to the public from 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. childcare is the reason they Due to the size of our office, have not returned. Of those wecanonlyaccommodateone not working, women ages personorfamilyunitatatimeso 25-44 are almost three times PLEASEmakeanappointment.

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This is not just a family issue but an economic issue as well. I have had many conversations with Alaskans that haven’t been able to return to work because childcare access and cost are abysmal. is not the remedy for most young families.

The way our economy operates nowadays, it’s nearly impossible to have one parent stay home and care for children unless you are very wealthy. Most homes take two incomes to survive – and then it still can be very tough.

Once the Covid-19 pandemic hit, we saw shutdowns and closures for many Alaska businesses. Access to childcare plummeted, costs increased, and the health and safety of our homes and communities faced significant risks.

utilizing these funds to put young Alaska families back to work and grow our economy. We can find ways to expand access to thousands of Alaskan families while ensuring it’s affordability.

Senator Elvi-Gray-Jackson represents the Anchorage Midtown, Spenard, and UMed District in the Alaska State Senate.

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By Melinda Munson The Skagway Borough Assembly completed its first reading of Ordinance 21-12 on Aug. 19. If passed, the legislation would reserve $1,200,000 of the $2M donated by Norwegian Cruise Lines for small business relief.

The remaining funds have already been earmarked for other programs. Budget Ordinance 21-10, unanimously passed on July 1, gave $100,000 to the food bank, $200,000 to Skagway Traditional Council and $50,000 to Skagway Development Corporation’s utility relief program.

Budget Ordinance 21-11, passed unanimously on Aug. 5, sets aside $150,000 in Unemployment Assistance for Skagway residents in December.

The municipality plans to dedicate $150,000 towards Unemployment Assistance in January and February, under the 2022 fiscal budget, which accounts for the remaining $300,000 of the original $2M donation.

While Skagway’s new unemployment program, originally proposed by Assemblymember Reba Hylton, is funded at $150,000 for three months, details have not been drafted or approved.

Borough Manager Brad Ryan estimates payments will be $1,200-$1,400 per person, “based on historical averages.”

Two resolutions were put forward to facilitate distrib-

uting the $1,200,000 in business grants.

Assemblymember Sam Bass promoted Resolution 21-23R, which based payouts on gross revenue from 2019, 2020 and the first and second quarters of 2021.

Bass said his goal was to have a program that got money to businesses quickly, and was “scalable.” For instance, a small tutoring business would not get as much assistance as a grocery store.

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Muni continues to parse out $2M Norwegian donation A majority of the correspondence addressing 2123R opposed the measure.

George Butt of Klondike Electric Bicycles said the resolution “...would provide very little to no support for smaller and newer businesses in Skagway. Every business is important in Skagway, and leading up to now, the bulk of federal and state assistance has been targeted and dispersed to businesses with a large number of employees on payroll, and large

gross receipts.”

Bass’ resolution failed five to one.

Assemblymember Deb Potter’s resolution, 21-24R, was approved by all six assembly members and requires the Finance Committee to craft a small business grant program which will then be presented for approval by the assembly of the whole. A special finance meeting is scheduled for Aug. 25 to discuss the matter.

“My impetus behind this was to kind of light a fire under it and get some action going, but in a way we can all participate in,” Potter said.

The second reading of Ordinance 21-12 is on the agenda for the Sept. 2 assembly meeting.

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Yes, Assemblymember -- I can hear you, your microphone is on

By Melinda Munson I don’t abide bullies. Not in middle school, not in high school, and not at the July 15 assembly meeting when a resident told the assembly of the whole that some of them were “in his cross hairs.” In that instance, I was the last person to speak during citizens present, and the only non-assembly member to address the inappropriate remarks.

As owner/co-owner of the newspaper, I rarely make public comment. It keeps me out of the stories I’m writing,

and maintains neutrality. Occasionally, an issue comes along that I feel isn’t being addressed, and I open my mouth.

Such an issue occurred at the Aug. 20 assembly meeting. I suggested that board, committee and commission meetings, which meet at the table in the center of assembly chambers, switch to the front row seating and use the audio equipment, so the audience can hear better.

I had been to the finance meeting the night before, sat close to the committee, and still missed important pieces of proceedings due to muffled voices. I’ve often heard the same complaints from audience members. I’ve brought the issue up to chair heads in the past.

I asserted at the Aug. 20 meeting that if the commu-

nity cannot clearly hear the meetings, we are not keeping with the spirit of open meeting laws. I stand by that belief.

It seems Assemblymember Orion Hanson did not like my comments. Almost immediately, he glared at me.

This continued throughout the rest of the evening. Every time he made a comment, he looked pointedly at me and said some variation of: “Can you hear me? Am I speaking clearly?”

What was clear, is that his intent was not professionalism. He meant to intimidate, belittle and demean. He can say whatever he wants at the dais, and because of Robert’s Rules, I am not allowed to respond. Unless I go full Mavis Henricksen (she’s my new hero), Hanson can spend the whole meeting baiting me

and I am not allowed to interrupt proceedings.

At the end of the meeting, during assembly comments, Hanson looked squarely at me and angry-splained open meeting laws for an unreasonably long period of time.

Participants later described it as a “battle royale” and Hanson “throwing shade.”

Perhaps the vice-mayor needs to be reminded he’s not my parent, my boss -- or my four year old whom we nicknamed King George, because he’s a tyrant.

I do not believe the municipality is guilty of breaking open meeting laws. When such rumors circulated in Oct. 2020 after former police chief Ray Leggett said he resigned under pressure, I reported there was no proof of illegal meetings, and quoted Borough Clerk Emily

Deach’s flat denial that such gatherings occurred.

I am a constituent, who deserves the respect and good will of my assembly member, even if he disagrees with me.

I have often admired Hanson’s demeanor at meetings.

His deliberateness, his willingness to slow down and ask clarifying questions. But at this meeting, he was not his best self.

I hope that some time, when the stress of COVID dissipates, Hanson and I can go back to our previous relationship of chatting over drinks at the Elks. But I learned something from the experience. If anything like this ever happens in the future, I will stand up in the assembly meeting and politely demand that it stop, even if I’m out of order.

Because no one who had the power to speak did it for me.

By Melinda Munson Emily Deach, borough clerk and keeper of the official municipality seal, is about to hand over her fancy stamp. She will be appointed deputy borough manager as soon as a new clerk is named. Deach will be Skagway’s first deputy manager.

“I’m very excited,” said Borough Manager Brad Ryan. “We are a cruise destination that gets one million visitors a year.”

Ryan sees “more and more work and responsibility headed our way” with the port’s return to municipality control in 2023 and is grateful to have additional support.

Ryan believes cities with deputy managers have redundancy -- multiple people who understand the way a city works and which direc-

tion it’s headed.

“Those deputy managers provide stability,” Ryan said.

He pointed out they can take over if the manager is sick, on vacation or resign.

Ryan admits that Deach’s has already been performing duties outside of the clerk role.

“A lot of what she does is what the manager should be doing,” Ryan said.

“I’m familiar with the requirements of the job,” Deach acquiesced. “Over the course of my tenure here, I filled in for manager, twice, on a long term basis.”

Along with Borough Treasurer Heaher Rodig, Deach managed the city when the municipality had no manager.

As much as Deach loves being a parliamentarian, “I wanted to try something a

little different,” she said. She has been borough clerk since 2010.

Deach, too, feels the city was ready for a deputy manager.

“I think it’s an absolutely needed position. I’ve always felt that way,” she said.

Once a clerk is found, Deach will train her replace-

ment, with the Oct. 5 elections being an important starting point.

One of the deputy manager’s jobs will be to develop, administer and manage municipal grants.

Without a grants manager, Ryan said, “I’m doing my best not to leave grants.”

Mayor Andrew Cremata

has mixed feelings about the promotion.

“I’m sad to lose a clerk who’s been instrumental in moving this community forward,” he said, while at the same time looking forward to working with Deach in her new position.

The deputy manager will be paid $80-100,000.

Deach named deputy manager, clerk position open

Photo by Melinda Munson

Borough Clerk Emily Deach will take on the new position of deputy city manager. She plans to help train the new clerk.

Police to enforce residential parking rules

By Melinda Munson Skagwegians are on notice that the police department will begin issuing citations and fines for illegally parked vehicles. Warnings will start in August and citations will commence in September.

“Let’s try to clean up our streets a little bit,” said Police Chief Jerry Reddick, citing “obstruction of vision” and abandoned cars.

Automobiles cannot be parked on the road for longer than 30 days without being moved. Trailer, boats and RVs are allowed 24 hours.

All vehicles require current registration and should be in working order.

Individuals who need waivers because they require extended time to load an RV or are waiting for parts for a broken down car can apply for a permit at the police station.

“We can give you some leeway,” Reddick said.

Photo by Melinda Munson

A car parked on a city street gathers tickets. Police will be enforcing parking rules this week.

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“You need to tell people how terrible this is”

An Alaskan emergency room physician shares the reality of treating COVID-19 in hospitals around the state as the delta varient rages through the unvaccinated

The Alaska Landmine reached out to an emergency room doctor at an Alaska hospital to solicit an unvarnished report of current conditions in the hospital. The piece is published anonymously because the individual is not authorized to speak to the press.

“You need to tell people how terrible this is,” a patient pleaded with me as we placed him on oxygen support, “this isn’t the flu. This is the worst I have felt in my life.”

I am exhausted, but I am still trying.

I am an Alaskan emergency room doctor. Every patient I saw in the first four hours of my last shift had COVID. Every. Single. Patient. Our hospitals are overflowing even as frontline healthcare workers are reaching their breaking points and walking away. As the delta variant tsunami continues to flood the state, our ability to care for all of our patients is jeopardized.

My colleagues and I have been trying to communicate how devastating this virus can be. Public health departments have been trying. I am not a Democrat. I am not a Republican. I have voted for members of both parties. My goal is not to make a political statement, but to let you know what it is currently like inside of an Alaska emergency room (ER).

Last winter our ERs were stressed by the influx of COVID patients. This surge is much worse.

The patients coming to the ER over the past two months are often sicker and younger than before.

The delta variant comprised 96% of COVID strains sequenced in July and August in Alaska.

With the new variant we are seeing more people without underlying medical problems who are sick and seeking help. This week we had a 20-year-old die of COVID in this state. We see young patients without risk factors react to the virus with heart attacks, strokes, lung scarring and other life-altering side effects.

Our COVID patients are confused, hallucinating and exhausted. After eight days of symptoms, one patient told me that she “could not keep living like this.”

Workdays seem like revolving doors of COVID patients with long waits. People are angry and upset with the long waits, but patients keep ar-

riving. One patient showed up multiple days in a row with tears in her eyes hoping for a new drug or miracle cure. Unfortunately, that drug does not exist. Others are shocked as their symptoms carry on for weeks. After COVID infections, some formerly healthy patients can no longer walk across the room without oxygen, much less go on a hike.

Every one of my shifts now includes another heart-wrenching story.

We medical workers are exhausted. ERs already struggling with the typical summer onslaught of accidental injuries, strokes, heart attacks and other medical emergencies are inundated with sicker and sicker COVID patients. Over the past two weeks multiple hospitals across Anchorage have been on surge capacity. This means that they don’t have room to take care of patients who may come in the front door with appendicitis, broken bones or other illnesses. Many patients are staying in the emergency department for multiple days waiting for an inpatient bed.

Hospital resources are becoming scarce. Healthcare is not infinite. There are limited beds, limited staff and limited drugs. Patients with medical emergencies are being examined in the hallways or waiting multiple hours in waiting rooms. Rural facilities without certain specialty care that is only available in Anchorage have attempted to transfer patients here, only to be told to call Seattle. Now those hospitals are filling close to capacity as well.

There are fewer and fewer staff to take care of patients. Turnover is high in both emergency rooms and intensive care areas across the state. Many hospitals have declared critical staffing shortages with nursing, technicians, social workers and many other patient-care related staff. Skilled staff are leaving the acute care environment for less traumatic and exhausting occupations.

I understand why they leave. It’s hard not want to leave too after listening to a COVID patient say goodbye to his terminally ill wife while I put him on a breathing machine. He strained to hear over the blows of the BiPap as her voice quavered, knowing they may never speak again.

I, too, daydream of working in a less discourag-

ing profession. Although I have no plans to quit, taking care of patients whose pain and deaths are preventable is still heartbreaking.

The arrival of the COVID vaccines in early 2021 brought a great deal of hope to Alaska’s medical community. Their efficacy in preventing hospitalizations and death is astounding. Emphasis on ‘prevent.’ COVID has few treatment options and no cures. All we can do is help the body try to fight and survive the infection. After Alaska’s vaccine distribution kicked into gear over spring, case counts dropped. Hospitals disbanded COVID units and there were days where local hospitals didn’t admit a single new COVID patient.

Almost all of our cases coming to the emergency room now involve unvaccinated individuals.

Per the State of Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, as of Aug. 9, 94% of COVID hospitalizations and 96% of the COVID deaths since Jan. 1, 2021 are in not-fully-vaccinated individuals. The difference between the experiences of vaccinated and unvaccinated people is often stark. A couple comes in: one vaccinated the other not. The unvaccinated spouse is coughing, vomiting and needing help. The vaccinated person is the asymptomatic caretaker.

I have treated patients who came to the ER sick with COVID who then ask if they can get the vaccine. The answer is that if you are already infected with COVID, the vaccine will not cure your current illness. It’s too late. However, if you are not infected with COVID and unvaccinated, immunizations are still available. There are free vaccination clinics set up across the state.

Are you okay with not having a bed? Are you willing to sit in your car for hours and wait to be treated? Are you prepared to watch your loved one be taken out of state so they can be admitted for medical treatment?

This is the current reality at hospitals in Alaska.

Note from the SN editors: This piece was originally published in The Alaska Land Mine. While The Skagway News does not normally publish anonymous work, we believe it is the best interest of the community and state to share this doctor’s message.

Concerns of COVID, travel safety lead to cancellation of North Words

By Gretchen Wehmhoff The North Words Symposium board announced Sunday that the annual 2021 Skagway writing event is cancelled.

Jeff Brady, a member of the symposium’s organizing faculty, said that over the past two weeks he received an email every day or so from faculty members or participants. Some expressed nervousness about the aggressive spike in COVID cases.

A few had health concerns.

Eventually, three faculty shared they were worried

and preferred the event was canceled. The board met Sunday and decided that while Skagway was not facing the same levels of infection as other parts of Alaska and the country, travel to Skagway was appearing less and less safe.

“In good conscience, we could not move ahead with the conference starting just 10 days from now. The delta variant has not made a big dent in Skagway, where we are 85% vaccinated and masking up, but it is here,

and worse, it is everywhere on the way here -- and not getting any better,” Brady said in a written statement.

In 2020, North Words responded to the pandemic like many conferences and events -- it went virtual. The board chose not to transition to virtual on short notice this year, noting that a major benefit of the event has been the social interaction and in-person discussions with the faculty and other writers.

“It just isn’t the same if we can’t be together,” said

Brady. “It’s heartbreaking.

We didn’t want to [postpone it to next year], but we’ve always been prepared.”

The group followed the Department of Health and Human Services Plan Safer Events guidelines as they prepared for 2021 visitors.

That meant reducing the number of participants (20) to accommodate different venues and the creation of plans for interruptions, including cancellation.

North Words offered guests a chance to defer registration

and fees to the 2022 symposium or accept a 75% refund.

Brady says the responses are trending towards deferral, and that is good.

All the current faculty plan to return next year, including Tommy Orange, who had to step out when the date was changed to Labor Day weekend. Brady says the guest faculty has some of the best writers in Alaska and several participants are now publishing their own work.

The 2022 North Words Symposium is scheduled for May 25 - 28.

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home again.”

“Definitive answers are nice,” she said.

For all the help the Andersons received, the fire department is short-staffed. Former Fire Chief Joe Rau recently resigned and the municipality is currently in the process

of hiring a replacement. The department, which usually has three full-time firefighters, is functioning with just two, and seven volunteers.

Within 72 hours of the Aug. 15 fire, the fire department was handling another emergency, an electrical fire

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that started on Aug. 18 at 1:52 a.m. Luckily, this fire was put out in less than an hour, according to Rick Ackerman, Fire Inspector/Training Coordinator.

Assemblymember Sam Bass, Chair of the Public Safety Committee, is helping to recruit volunteer firefighters.

“Serving your community as a volunteer firefighter makes a real impact on your fellow citizen’s safety and security … Skagway needs

you,” Bass said.

Chimney fires are not uncommon in Skagway. Ackerman recommends cleaning chimneys twice a year.

While there is no professional chimney cleaning company in town, the fire department loans out brushes and rods free of charge.

Ackerman described the process of cleaning a chimney as climbing on the roof, taking off the chimney cap, attaching the brush to the rod, and proceeding to brush

out the chimney, which will require either six or eightinch equipment.

The Andersons are adjusting to their new normal: the death of a beloved family pet before their trip, forays into their damaged home and conversations with the insurance company -- all while dealing with a pandemic. But Susie said she’s grateful for the silver linings.

“The fire department was able to give us water damage instead of fire damage,” she said.

By Melinda Munson The assembly voted down Resolution 21-22R, which would have added an advisory question to the Oct. 5 ballot stating the following: Do you support the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) taking over the responsibility of providing health care for the community of Skagway from the Municipality of Skagway and the Dahl Memorial Clinic (DMC)? Yes or No. In the four to two vote on Aug. 19, Assemblymemebrs Orion Hanson and Reba Hylton were in the minority.

The DMC suffered more staffing losses this week as long-time provider Johanna Huff resigned and as did Medical Accounts Analyst Melanie Hampton.

Assemblymember Sam Bass maintained his position that there wasn’t enough in-

formation available.

“You’re asking me to jump off a cliff but I don’t know what’s down there. Is there water or are there rocks?”

Assemblymember Deb Potter was undecided until recently.

“After spending the last couple of weeks listening to people talk about this, I do have concerns now, that as was said here tonight, that it’s not ballot ready,” she said.

“I appreciate that we’re moving forward with the information exchange but Oct. 5th is a little less than seven weeks away at this point and I’m concerned about rushing on this,” she continued.

Assemblymember Dustin Stone agreed.

“After attending the joint work session of the HEW and the clinic board, I think I am in that same place. I think this was brought up with the

best of intentions, trying to get this onto the regular ballot, and I do have some concerns if it does end up being a special election, but it does feel premature at this point -- given the rate at which we’re getting information,” he said.

With a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) approved by the assembly, SEARHC will be in Skagway on Sept. 1.

“SEARHC already has a long list of questions that were generated at the joint work session between HEW and the clinic board,” said HEW Chair, Hylton.

“We’re currently working on an itinerary for their visit to Skagway so that we can all accomplish as much as possible. And when I say we, that includes the clinic board,” she said.

While the municipality investigates the idea of giving up control of the clinic, the DMC Board of Directors (DCBD) is seeking to solve the clinic’s problems within the organization.

According to Cory Thole, DCBD president, the board is working on a two-pronged approach to identify areas of improvement. DMC hired an interim medical director to help with operations and review medical practices. The board is also trying to engage a consultant to review the administrative side of the clinic.

“Everything is a process.

The board is diligently reaching out and gathering quantifiable information to make the best decisions moving forward to provide the community with the health care it deserves,” Thole said.

No clinic question on Oct. 5 ballot

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By Melinda Munson Skagway Development Corporation’s (SDC) Programs Manager, Kaitlyn Jared, submitted correspondence to the borough assembly dated June 21, asking for a letter of support to enable the non-profit to apply for a $1 million grant. She never heard back.

“I would have hoped I would have gotten the courtesy of a letter or some kind of response,” Jared said.

“They don’t let a White Pass letter go unanswered.”

The request, included in the July 1 assembly packet, would have enabled SDC to apply for the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Community Navigator Pilot Grant program, which closed its application process July 23.

According to the SBA, the “focus of the program is to reach and support underserved and small businesses, including micro and rural businesses, with an emphasis on those owned by wom-

en, veterans and socially and economically disadvantaged individuals.”

The program requires that the “hub” (which would have been SDC and its sister organization, Community Development Services, had they been approved) have five community programs under its umbrella. Program funds must be used for financial and technical assistance, such as hiring a marketing firm.

“Silence is its own answer sometimes,” said Mayor Andrew Cremata, when asked why the assembly didn’t respond to SDC’s request.

“Grants always look great, but sometimes they’re not.”

Jared said neither the mayor nor assembly members approached her to ask questions about the program.

According to Jared, other than writing the letter of support, the municipality would have had no responsibility in the grant process.

“Granted there’s a lot going on right now,” Jared said.

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Assembly doesn’t respond to SDC’s request for grant letter of support “Any assistance and support for businesses that are struggling should be a priority right now.

“We all need to work collaboratively to give Skagway the best shot.”

“I would say it got missed,” said Assemblymember Jay Burnham, Finance Chair.

He surmised that the municipality would write a letter of support for any grant that wasn’t “opium or seal clubbing.”

Jared is currently working on another project, a community funding grant for a Creator Space Feasibility Study. It has been before the Finance Committee three times, and tabled three times.

The idea behind a creator space is to combine rental offices and apartments, provide a place for carpentry, diesel, welding and other industry skills and give opportunities for professional and artistic development. The feasibility study would also develop a business plan. See the SDC’s proposal above.

h t t p s : / / w w w. s k a g w a y. o r g / s i t e s / d e f a u l t / files/fileattachments/finance_committee/meeting/ packets/45943/5a.1_community_funding_grant_-_ sdccds_creator_space_ study.pdf “...The committee was hesitant to forward a recommendation because the grant leaned heavily towards committing the old fire hall to the creator space,” said Vice-Mayor Orion Hanson, finance member.

“Basically, we’d strongly consider supporting the

grant proposal, but don’t want to obligate the city to fixing a building that is likely a tear-down.”

Hanson said they’re waiting for another proposal from Jared minus the fire hall.

Jared said one of the goals of the feasibility study is to find the best creative space, which doesn’t necessarily have to be the old fire hall.

SDC requested $22,618 from the municipality’s community funding program with an additional $64,375 coming from a federal grant.

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! s i h t h s Fi Weathering the storm

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By Andrew Cremata I wound my way down a narrow path toward the lake, doing my best to avoid a cluster of Sitka rose bushes.

Their dew-slathered petals formed magenta five-sided stars that seemed to glow in the shade of the trees. My dog, Rufus, followed close behind, weaving between thorned branches and tall green grasses straining to stand under the weight of morning’s condensation.

In a little less than two years, the passage had become overgrown. My fishing line got caught on a gnarled tree branch and when I pulled it free, the branch smacked me directly on the face.

I reached the lake before exiting the woods. The water was higher than I’d ever seen it. Quivering aspen tree trunks were covered in kneedeep water. Some smaller saplings were entirely submerged. I wondered how long drowning trees could survive.

The wind was literally howling. Strong gusts blasted the waves rolling in from the south. Random shapes twisted and turned across the surface like invisible phantoms struggling aimlessly to escape some loathsome fate.

I looked down at Rufus and said, “What are we doing here?” but I already knew the answer. The last time I had fished this spot was September of 2019. A few months later, the Canadian border closed and the

world tilted sideways. Now the border was open again.

After going to the trouble of getting a COVID test and a fishing license, I was going to fish even if balls of fire started hurtling down from the dark and dreary Yukon sky.

Had it really been two years since I’d been fishing in the Yukon? In some ways, it seemed like mere days had gone by. In other ways, it felt like a lifetime. After dreaming about it for months, I fully expected to be overcome with joy once back in the Yukon. So it was disturbing to feel more like an unwelcome stranger in a place I once adored.

Every cast was an exercise in futility. As the lure arced skyward, the wind either clobbered it back down toward the waves or punched it sideways toward another stand of submerged trees.

Somewhere between casts, I realized my mind was racing like the unrelenting southerly wind.

It seems that even a much-needed Yukon fishing trip isn’t capable of curing COVID-related anxiety. Perhaps it was foolish to think crossing an imaginary border would somehow wash away the unrelenting voices of uncertainty that speak in the language of our times.

Experience has taught me that the best way to calm the mind is to actually catch a fish, so I packed up the gear, walked back to the car,

The first fish is always the toughest.

and drove to a spot where I hoped the wind would be somewhat subdued.

The effort did not disappoint. With my back to the wind, which was minimally hampered by a large landmass where a rushing stream empties into deep holes, I was able to cast toward hungry trout that waited to feast on insects and minnows. I tied on a heavy spoon working under the assumption that the lure needed to sink quickly, before the wind could catch the line and prevent it from getting down to the bottom.

Fishing for trout in this particular spot requires a special retrieve of the lure.

The lake trout hold deep and only bite when the spoon is slowly jigged just above the bottom. The technique requires some dexterity, which is difficult when random gusts of wind almost make you fall over sideways.

Casting was relatively easy but getting a feel for exactly

Police & Fire Blotter Submitted by Skagway Police Department

Aug. 6 Police responded to a burglar alarm on Broadway Street.

Fire personnel assisted a lost hiker near Lower Lake.

Aug. 7 Police assisted a shop owner with identifying a suspicious package.

Aug. 15 Fire personnel responded to an active fire on 10th Avenue.

Aug. 16 Police assisted a motorist with regaining entry to their vehicle.

Police assisted a motorist with regaining entry to their vehicle.

Aug. 18 Fire personnel responded to an active fire on 7th Avenue.

Aug. 12 Police assisted a motorist with regaining entry to their vehicle.

Aug. 20 EMS personnel responded to a medical emergency on 3rd Avenue.

Fire personnel responded to a fire alarm on Broadway Street.

Aug. 22 Fire personnel responded to a fire alarm on Broadway Street.

Aug. 13 Police assisted several people during a flood event in Dyea.

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Photo by Andrew Cremata

where the bottom was located was almost impossible.

Over the next hour, I battled the wind, repeatedly got my lure hung up on planet Earth, and tried not to stumble into the water. Meanwhile, I had yet to get so much as a bite.

A sudden break in the clouds cast sunlight onto the entire scene. A large trout surfaced about 20 feet away, its golden scales sparkling with possibilities. At that moment it occurred to me that I had been fighting the elements all morning, but perhaps there was a way we could work together.

Rufus watched intently as I switched to a thin, lightweight yellow spoon. After casting in the direction of the spot where the trout surfaced, I gave it some time to sink before letting the wind catch the slack of the line.

Visualizing the lure as a sort of underwater kite, I allowed the intermittently gusting wind to work the lure up and down while the

current from the stream’s outflow kept it suspended.

All I did was hold my fishing rod steady, feet firmly on the ground, while the water and wind did the work.

Thirty seconds later -- wham!

The bite was so strong the aggressive trout hooked itself. After getting a grip on it, I walked back to shore and set it in the grass. Two more trout were lying next to the first trout in under five minutes.

I sat on the stream’s edge and gutted my fish, tossing the unwanted bits into the rushing current. Rufus waited patiently to eat the fish hearts. In the tall grass, the wind wasn’t so strong, so I sat back and let the sunlight fall on my face while the sound of rushing water rinsed away the noise of the world.

A little bad weather is never a reason to give up.

Heard on the wind . . . contirbuted by our listening locals

• A visitor stopped by Pullen RV Park in July.

“Why aren’t there any campers in your RV park?” he asked.

The host explained that the border was closed.

“What border?”

• While on the phone with a call center, the agent told me, “Alaska is my dream country.”

I was so charmed I didn’t point out that Alaska is a state.

Hear something on the wind our readers might enjoy? Send it to editor@skagwaynews.com

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Taiya River flood event closes in on record crest level Continued from front page

three hikers showed up at the trail head at 6 p.m. They were soaked, but in good shape after hiking five to seven miles through ankle to waist high water. No other hikers were reported to still be on the trail.

According to witness reports, areas in Dyea that were not normally in the path of the river were seeing flooding this time.

Reddick and others reported the water was encroaching on the Slide Cemetery and other forested areas that don’t historically don’t see flooding.

This pattern seems to correlate with the path of the water after the 2002 West

Creek moraine incident -most noticeably the fast rise and the rapid recession of the water. A local who had been around for the 2002 incident noted that floods caused by rain and melt-off usually rose and retreated in a steady manner. This flood event had the river crest, then fall back at a faster pace.

A few people with extensive knowledge of the area theorized there might have been some slide damage above the park service’s Sheep Camp. The hypothesis follows that a suspected rock slide could have temporarily blocked water from the river, but the current’s strong cubic pressure even-

was packing her vehicle to relocate back to town. She and Reddick did a last check.

The campground had already been closed due to the river encroaching on the campsites. The fast water had eroded two campsites in July and was feeding on more as the water rose. The road to and from the area was already under water.

Jeff Brady talked with Reddick when he dropped by. Dorothy and Jeff Brady’s home seemed to be doing well. It hadn’t fared well 19 years ago when the river hit its record crest in 2002.

That event, caused by the collapse of the West Creek moraine, sent four feet of water through his yard, moving one building 100 feet and filling up other cabins with water and silt.

Brady said that most likely wouldn’t happen again after mitigation projects were completed.

“The city did not wait for state disaster money; they went to work at putting in a dike below the West Creek falls to protect residents out Photo by Jeff Brady here. So far, so good!” said West Creek looking down at the lower falls on Aug. 13.

Brady in a Facebook post.

The dike held, and the Brady home stayed dry.

Brady and McDermott gave regular weather and river reports on the Skagway, Naturally Facebook page.

Brady lives just above the confluence of West Creek and the Taiya River. He reported that the lower falls above his place was high with some water splashing over and through the dike, but flowing back into the river. The campgrounds at Photo by JJ Reddick the confluence were under The Taiya River covers roads in Dyea on Aug. 13. water and the road to the raft launch area was flooding and flowing into Brad’s Road, an area Brady says locals call the backwater slough.

Brady said the slough was “choked with salmon” and shared a video on Facebook of his dogs entering the water trying to catch a few.

Reddick continued to knock on doors and check on residents.

The Klondike Gold Rush National Park Service (KGRNPS) had already Photo by JJ Reddick closed the Chilkoot Trail The Taiya River floods property in Dyea on Aug. 13. to hikers. Reddick checked in with the park rangers as

tually broke through, resulting in the rapid rise and fall of the water within 24 hours.

An event like that is called an outburst, or a sudden flow of water down the river. The possibility of an outburst event is being discussed, but can’t be confirmed without extensive review of the area by air and on-site evaluation.

Jason Verhaeghe, Interpretation and Education Division Manager for KGRNPS, confirmed that there was some damage to the public camp at Sheep Camp and the trail crew camp. The park service is currently ascertaining the extent of damage and cost for repairs. He also mentioned that the park road

received flood damage, but is still passable. The eventual cost and report of the road damage will come after further investigation.

Cory Thole witnessed the flood activity and the rapid rise of water that Friday. He was reminded of Christoper Robin in A.A. Milne’s story of Winnie-the-Pooh, who didn’t mind the weather as long as he was in it. Perhaps Dyea could relate to another quote by Winnie-the-Pooh.

“And really, it wasn’t much good having anything exciting like floods, if you couldn’t share them with somebody.”

Photo by Jeff Brady

West Creek looking down at the lower falls on, Aug.23.

MUNICIPALITY OF SKAGWAY

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Tuesday, October 5, 2021, there will be held in the Municipality of Skagway, Alaska, a REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTION. The following offices are on the ballot: • One (1) Mayor seat—for two (2) year term; • Two (2) Assembly seats - for three (3) year terms each; • Two (2) School Board seats - for three (3) year terms each.

ELECTION HOURS The polls will be open at 7:00 a.m. on Tuesday, October 5, 2021, and will close at 8:00 p.m. on the same day.

VOTER QUALIFICATIONS A person may vote in a municipal election only if the person: • is qualified to vote in state elections under AS 15.05.010; • has been a resident of the municipality for 30 days immediately preceding the election; • has registered before the election as required under AS 15.07 and is not registered to vote in another jurisdiction.

EARLY / ABSENTEE VOTING Voters can vote early / absentee as follows: • Early in-person at City Hall from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Monday through Friday, between Monday, September 20, 2021 and Monday, October 4, 2021.

• Absentee by-mail. Please submit an absentee ballot application to the borough clerk EARLY to allow for mailing time. The deadline to request absentee ballots by mail is 5:00 p.m. on Friday, September 24, 2021.

Absentee ballot application forms are online at www.skagway.org/clerksoffice/page/electioninformation or by request.

For more information visit www.skagway.org or Borough Clerk at e.deach@skagway.org or 907-983-9706.

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