Copyright (c) 2012 The Seward Phoenix Log, All rights reserved. http://www.thesewardphoenixlog.com/ en-us News of the Eastern Kenai Peninsula since 1966 http://www.thesewardphoenixlog.com/ http://www.thesewardphoenixlog.com/cms/images/.TEMP/companylogoTEMP144x144-8380.jpg 144 92 The Seward Phoenix Log - RSS Feed Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:28:00 AST http://www.thesewardphoenixlog.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=021620121630705070183http://www.thesewardphoenixlog.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=021620121630705070183Seward High School Junior Neeka Erchinger seems just a little more self confident and mature these days, and her long sun-bleached sandy-blond hair and tanned skin are testimony that she’s been outside Alaska for a while. Erchinger chose to go on 6-month student exchange trip to Hungary to experience a different culture and way of living that would be totally unique, “an experience of a...Articles from the February 16, 2012 edition of The Seward Phoenix Loghttp://www.thesewardphoenixlog.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=021620121642130771032http://www.thesewardphoenixlog.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=021620121642130771032Kyle looks for fish through one of the holes in the ice on the Community Schools ice fishing trip to Grouse Lake on Sunday. About 50 people took the trek to Grouse Lake to do some ice fishing Sunday on a Community Schools sponsored trip. Even with the warmer air temperatures the ice was about 5 feet thick. So extensions had to be added to the ice augers to poke the holes in the ice. And the fish...Articles from the February 16, 2012 edition of The Seward Phoenix Loghttp://www.thesewardphoenixlog.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=021620121722470459908http://www.thesewardphoenixlog.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=021620121722470459908“Seward’s future looks bright,” said Assistant City Manager Ron Long opening the public meeting last Thursday night at the Rae Building. Hosted by R&M Consultants, the meeting had around 50 citizens, city officials and consultants in attendance to review, discuss, and comment on R&M’s four proposals for Seward Marine Industrial Center improvements. The improvements are to address...Articles from the February 16, 2012 edition of The Seward Phoenix Loghttp://www.thesewardphoenixlog.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=021620121727828330340http://www.thesewardphoenixlog.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=021620121727828330340An accumulation of snow and ice brought down the building on the southwest corner of Fourth and Madison Saturday night. In the 1940s Malcom’s Bus Line occupied the building from which a 25-passenger 1937 Kenworth bus ran tours for visitors off the steamships that came into Seward. The all-day took the tourists out to Cooper Landing and made stops at the Sportsman’s Lodge, Alaska Nellie’s...Articles from the February 16, 2012 edition of The Seward Phoenix Loghttp://www.thesewardphoenixlog.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=021620121735958199362http://www.thesewardphoenixlog.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=021620121735958199362The Owner State and Governor Parnell’s oil tax roll-back Note: This article jointly appears in the February 2012 Alaskans United newsletter On Feb. 9, the “Moore Up North” television program hosted a panel to discuss a concept that is central to the debate over Governor Parnell’s proposed oil ‘tax break’ — the Owner State. What is the Owner State and what is the basis of the term...Articles from the February 16, 2012 edition of The Seward Phoenix Loghttp://www.thesewardphoenixlog.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=02162012173759608563http://www.thesewardphoenixlog.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=02162012173759608563Editor’s note: The following is a response to the column “What the redistricting trial unmasked is not pretty” that was published in the Jan. 19 LOG. I reject your premise that white Republicans are racist bigots. Your blanket statement, “Of course, the obvious unstated assumption is that white Republicans exhibit racist voting behaviors,” is in fact bigoted thinking. Democrats and...Articles from the February 16, 2012 edition of The Seward Phoenix Loghttp://www.thesewardphoenixlog.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=021620121748553233584http://www.thesewardphoenixlog.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=021620121748553233584Melissa Mitchell, Spiff and Rik Nelson will perform in Seward Feb. 25 for the Winter Concert Series. The three skilled and well established Alaskan musicians bring to the stage an amalgamation of vocal texture and guitar technique, while playing a refreshing set of original music and crowd-pleasing covers. Like last month’s concert the band will be on the portable stage with dancing onstage....Articles from the February 16, 2012 edition of The Seward Phoenix Loghttp://www.thesewardphoenixlog.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=021620121756259032751http://www.thesewardphoenixlog.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=021620121756259032751Heidi Zemach For The LOG Cultural exchange is alive and well in Seward. Lori Krier, an English teacher and Travel Club advisor, seven Seward High School students, and some chaperons will visit Europe in early June. Then soon after, a group of German high school students from will visit Seward, beginning June 26. For about two years, Krier’s sophomores and juniors, and now some freshmen students...Articles from the February 16, 2012 edition of The Seward Phoenix Loghttp://www.thesewardphoenixlog.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=02162012180065730890http://www.thesewardphoenixlog.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=02162012180065730890Destined for Bolivia for a year as a Rotary Youth Ambassador, Veronica Wilde is raffling a quilt to raise funds for her adventure. Tickets for the raffle are $5 and can be purchase...Articles from the February 16, 2012 edition of The Seward Phoenix Loghttp://www.thesewardphoenixlog.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=021620121817669864323http://www.thesewardphoenixlog.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=021620121817669864323Over half of all fishing fatalities are due to vessels going down, and most of the boats sink because of flooding. The sinkings of the Alaska Ranger and Katmai in 2008, for example, in which 12 men died, both stemmed from flooding through open hatches. Those and other sinkings highlighted the need for an alert that provides immediate status of all openings aboard fishing boats. To the rescue: a...Articles from the February 16, 2012 edition of The Seward Phoenix Loghttp://www.thesewardphoenixlog.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=021620121819108568735http://www.thesewardphoenixlog.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=021620121819108568735Port City Players perform “Almost, Maine” at 7 p.m. Feb. 17 and 18, and at 3 p.m. Feb. 19 at Resurrect Art Coffee House. The play is set on a cold, clear, moonless night in the middle of winter, all is not quite what it seems in the remote, mythical town of Almost, Maine. As the northern lights hover in the star-filled sky above, Almost’s residents find themselves falling in and out of love...Articles from the February 16, 2012 edition of The Seward Phoenix Loghttp://www.thesewardphoenixlog.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=021620121830307937224http://www.thesewardphoenixlog.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=021620121830307937224Library hours change Seward Community Library hours are now 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday and Thursdays, closed Sunday. The library is at 238 Fifth. Ocean film premiers Feb. 24 The new film “Ocean Frontiers: The Dawn of a New Era in Ocean Stewardship,” a new documentary from Green Fire Productions, starts its national tour at a special premiere at 7...Articles from the February 16, 2012 edition of The Seward Phoenix Loghttp://www.thesewardphoenixlog.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=021620121833209609856http://www.thesewardphoenixlog.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=021620121833209609856Kidz n K9s is a class for youth, 10 and older, who want to learn about dogs. Sessions will be 5 - 6 p.m. Feb. 28 and March 1, and March 3, Seward Middle School. The first two classes are without dogs. For the March 3 session with dogs, the dogs must be at least 6 months old, have shots and the students must be able to handle their dogs. Also an adult must be present. Registration before Feb. 21...Articles from the February 16, 2012 edition of The Seward Phoenix Loghttp://www.thesewardphoenixlog.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=021620121843892905613http://www.thesewardphoenixlog.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=021620121843892905613To add or change a non-profit or free regular meeting or event on the LOG’s Calendar, e-mail adminassist@TheSewardPhoenixLOG.com or phone 224-4888. Thursday, Feb. 16 7 to 8 p.m., Bear Creek Volunteer Fire Department Meeting, Bear Creek Fire Station, 13105 Seward Hwy, Mile 5, 224-3345. Friday, Feb. 17 10:30 to 11 a.m., Seward Community Story Time, Seward Community Library, 238 Fifth, 224-3646....Articles from the February 16, 2012 edition of The Seward Phoenix Loghttp://www.thesewardphoenixlog.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=021620121854987988832http://www.thesewardphoenixlog.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=021620121854987988832A gold shipment arriving in Seward on January 27, 1912 carrying 2,318 pounds of gold, at that time worth about a half a million dollars. From 2008 to 2012 Alaska has been celebrating the centennial of the Iditarod Trail. Next month is the 40th Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Seward’s own Dan Seavey will run the race, sponsored by the Iditarod Historic Trail Alliance as the Centennial Musher. At...Articles from the February 16, 2012 edition of The Seward Phoenix Loghttp://www.thesewardphoenixlog.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=021620121900522179819http://www.thesewardphoenixlog.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=021620121900522179819Monday night crafters gat...Articles from the February 16, 2012 edition of The Seward Phoenix Loghttp://www.thesewardphoenixlog.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=021620121903141309342http://www.thesewardphoenixlog.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=021620121903141309342Alaska Miners Association is holding the 23rd Biennial Conference March 19-24 in Fairbanks. This year’s focus is Technologies and Challenges for Mining in Cold Climates. The conference and associated events will at the Westmark Hotel on 10th and Noble Street.The conference will feature a multitude of lectures and workshops from industry experts; field trips to Pogo Mine and the Livengood...Articles from the February 16, 2012 edition of The Seward Phoenix Loghttp://www.thesewardphoenixlog.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=021620121904841770930http://www.thesewardphoenixlog.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=021620121904841770930Feb. 6 06:13 - Glacier Taxi advised of an motor vehicle accident at Pacific Park parking lot and two people screaming at each other. Officer responded and made contact with a subject who advised that there was no accident and the argument was over backing out a vehicle. 09:01 - Motor vehicle accident reported at AVTEC. A Bobcat slid into a vehicle. 09:05 - Trees in the power line reported at Mile...Articles from the February 16, 2012 edition of The Seward Phoenix Loghttp://www.thesewardphoenixlog.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=0216201219149216994http://www.thesewardphoenixlog.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=0216201219149216994Following the success of last year’s race the 2012 Iron Dog will host a battalion of snowmachining’s top guns. They’ve secured trophies and championships in races across the U.S. and Canada, and on Feb. 19 on Big Lake they’ll convene for the competition of their lives. A huge lineup of racers, multiple Iron Dog champs, changes among teammates and new machines should collide into a...Articles from the February 16, 2012 edition of The Seward Phoenix Log