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I would like to express my eternal gratitude and thanks to everybody involved in saving my life when I experienced cardiac arrest at the Anan trail on July 22. I owe my life to Brian Schwartz of Alaska Charters and Adventures, James Leslie and Glen Decker of Alaska Waters, the U.S. Forest Service Anan crew, Wrangell EMTs, Dr. Lynn Prysunka, emergency room staff, medivac flight crew and others I am not aware of because three hours of my life are missing. I could hardly “pick” a worse location for balancing on the verge of death. My survival in...
With tremendous gratitude, the Stikine River Rats Racing Club board of directors would like to thank the following for their dedication and time to produce this year’s Fourth of July boat races. The list is over 50 people who set up, organized and/or participated, and many of these wonderful people had multiple roles. We thank you. Setup and teardown: Kevin Stutz and AML for the officials stand setup; David Joseph for moving the risers and equipment. Course setup: Randy Easterly, Wayne Easterly and Geoffrey Stokes. Installation of the s...
NEW YORK — Tucked within the expansive Native American halls of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City is a diminutive wooden doll that holds a sacred place among the tribes whose territories once included Manhattan. For more than six months now, the ceremonial Ohtas, or Doll Being, has been hidden from view after the museum and others nationally took dramatic steps to board up or paper over exhibits in response to new federal rules requiring institutions to return sacred or culturally significant items to tribes — or at lea...