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PRINCE OF WALES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Chamber POWer232 Members Strong
Volume 23, Issue 12, December 2012
BOARD OF DIRECTORSPresident-Jan Bush
B-3 Contractors, [email protected]
Past President-John BrunsForest Products Task [email protected]
Vice President-Jeannie McFarlandMcFarlands Floatel/Baskets & Bullets -
Secretary-Sharilyn ZellhuberArrowhead LP Gas/Arrowhead Transfer
Treasurer-Budd BurnettHollis Community Council
Director-Lynnette LoganFirst Bank-Craig Branch
Director Janice Lund
Columbine [email protected]
Director-Kim SwainsonIndividual
Director-Chris CumingsWells Fargo-Craig Branch
Newsletter Editors: Rebecca Chester,Sharon Brosamle & Jan Bush
Office Managers: Rebecca Chester
and Sharon Brosamle
Weekday Office Hours:12pm -4pm
PO Box 490Klawock, Alaska 99925Phone: 907-755-2626
Fax: 907-755-2627
From the Presidents Desk:
Tis the Season! For the Chamber, that means a real
urry of acvies as the pieces of the 2013 Island Guide are
put into their proper secons and volunteers spend hours
proofreading in an eort to produce a 100 percent correct
publicaon.
The Chamber Board meets this month for our annual
work session. This year we review all of the Chamber projects
in more detail so our new Director, Chris Cumings of the Craig
Wells Fargo Branch receives a good overview of the total
works! We welcome Chris to the Board.
We have shued some of the ocers of the 2013
Board. See the list at the le.
Thank you, John Moots, for all your years of service to
the Chamber and its members. John is taking a year o. Herst joined the Board of Directors in 2004.
The POW Chamber of Commerce will inaugurate a rst
ever POW CHAMBER BUSINESS AFTER HOURS event to cele-
brate the arrival of the 2013 Island Guide. This event will be
held aer hours of course, in the Chamber oce. We look
forward to other BUSINESS AFTER HOURS events to be hosted
by our Chamber members in their places of business periodi-
cally throughout the years to come. Look for more infor-
maon in the January newsleer.
The oce gals dressed up the oce for Thanksgivingand will soon be decking it out for Christmas when they have
some me between the crical work of geng the Island
Guide work done and the Membership campaign put to bed.
Take note of the news we share and send us yours!
To all our members:
a Very Merry Christmas!
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OFFICE HOURSAs the season slows down and we wrap up the Island Guide for 2013,our office hours will be changing.
Mon-Fri 12pm - 4pm
with some early morning and evenings open also.If these hours dont work for you please call for an ap-
pointment.
CHAMBER BOARD - DECEMBER MEETING
The Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors will meet for theirannual Board Potluck Lunch and Work Session
on Sunday, December 9th.
CHAMBER POWer SPONSORS
DECEMBER EDITION
This left hand column of the refor-matted newsletter is dedicated to oursponsors who have paid for advertis-ing and help the Chamber cover thecosts of mailing and maintaining ouremail account and website. To be-
come a sponsor and have your infor-mation appear here each month orfor certain months of the year, call
the Chamber office. We thank all ofour sponsors for their support of this
newsletter.
Prince of Wales Island Runs andWalks
Our scheduled runs are as follows ifyou would like to participate.
Walkers are welcome!
The following are based on former stagings.
December 15TH Jingle Bell Run - 10:00 atKlawock AC Grocery Store
Sign in at 9:30AM in the Store Lobby1 mile, 2 mile, 3 mile options!
February 9th Cupid's Chase - 10:00 at CraigHigh School
March 16 Shamrock Shuffle - 9:00 at CraigCity Gym
May 4th Totem-to-Totem Tune-Up - 9:00 atHealing Heart Totem in Craig
May 25th POW Marathon: 7:00 at Craig
Firecracker Run - 9:00 at parking lot ofSEARHC in Klawock
Locations and times are subjectto change
TABLE OF CONTENTSDECEMBER OFFICE HOURS...........PAGE 2
DECEMBER CHAMBER MEETING.......................PAGE 2
POW RUNNERS CLUB FUTURE FUN RUNS AND WALKS..... PAGE 2
CHRISTMAS FACTS....... PAGE 3
BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION...........PAGE 3
CHAMBER DIRECTOR NEWS....PAGE 4
WOMEN WHO ROCK....PAGE 4
OFFICE WORKS...........PAGE 5
PRINCE OF WALES TRAILS OPPORTUNITIES.....PAGE 6
POW BOROUGH STUDY QUESTIONS AND WEBSITE UP.....PAGES 7 AND 8
FARMERS MARKET HIRE.....PAGE 9
GET OFF THE ROCK TRAVEL PACKAGE......PAGE 9
IFA TIDINGS ...... ..PAGE 9
POW RUNNERS/WALKERS CLUB AND MARATHON NEWS....PAGE 1
PRINCE OF WALES MARATHON SPONSOR LIST....PAGE 11
3500 . ...PAGE 11
POW VOC TEC PROJECT REPORT ..PAGE 12
HEALTH FAIR INFORMATION.....PAGE 12
ISLAND WIDE VISITOR COMMITTEE NEWS .. PAGE 1
DECEMBER EVENTS CALENDAR.........PAGE 132013
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Since 1870, Christmas Day has been a federal holiday in the United States.
The poem "The Night Before Christmas", published anonymously in 1823, is generally credited for crea
the modern day idea of Santa Claus.
The custom of decorang a Christmas tree has been traced back to the 15th century.
The most expensive Christmas tree was decorated in the United Arab Emirates in 2010 at an esmated cost of over $11 million.
Americans buy 25-30 million real trees and 8
-12 million arcial trees to decorate each year.
It can take up to 15 years to grow an average-sized tree of 6-7 feet or as lile as 4 years, but the average growing me is 7!
The Tlingit words for Merry Christmas are Sigowu Kswas!
The tradional Christmas dinner in England used to be a pig head prepared with a mustard sauce. Most English folk are possib ly qu
delighted that this isn't the case anymore.
The tradion of burning a Yule log actually has its roots in ancient Scandinavia. Supposedly the Yule log was a source of good luck a
its remnants were saved to inspire good fortune throughout the year. It was such a widely held belief that people even threw the a
es in wells to make the water safer to drink.
"Hot cockles" was a popular game at Christmas in medieval mes. It was a game in which the other players took turns striking thblindfolded player, who had to guess the name of the person delivering each blow. "Hot cockles" was sll a Christmas pasme un
the Victorian era.
"Wassail" comes from the Old Norse "ves heill"--to be of good health. This evolved into the tradion of vising neighbors on Christ
Eve and drinking to their health.
An arcial spider and web are oen included in the decoraons on Ukrainian Christmas trees. A spider web found on Christmas
morning is believed to bring good luck.
Candy canes began as straight white scks of sugar candy used to decorated the Christmas trees. A choirmaster at Cologne Cathed
decided have the ends bent to depict a shepherd's crook and he would pass them out to the children to keep them quiet during t
services. It wasn't unl about the 20th century that candy canes acquired their red stripes
From the U.S Energy Informaon Administraon on Gas Prices:
Klawock Schools are saving BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION
Klawock Schools will be saving these boxtops for NEW SCHOOL EQUIPMENT. You can drop o any you collect at the
PRINCE OF WALES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OFFICE.
Distribuon &
Markeng
Rening Cost &
Prots
Federal & State
Taxes
Crude Oil
2000 to 2011
average retail
Price $2.27
11%
14%
21%
54%
2011 Average
Retail Price
$3.52
9%
11%
11%
68%
Fly the Alaska Coastline-from your computerPrinted with permission from the Capital City Weekly-By Sarah Day
Frame by frame you can y the Alaska coastline from the comfort oyour own computer. Whats even more amazing is not only the ra
beauty of the more than 6,640 miles of coast, is the detail the Alas
ka ShoreZone project can show with the ecosystem of the coastlineWhile the enre coastline isnt completely mapped, Southeast andbit further north is! To check this out head to
hp://alaskasheries.noaa.gov/shorezone
This is where you will nd not only the video and the photographs
taken thus far of the coastline, but also handy tutorials and sup-porng documentaon for what the Naon Oceanic and Atmosphe
ic Administraon is doing with it. Either the NOAA portal for ShorZone or the main website of www.ShoreZone.org (Other states ar
mapping their own coastlines with this program) provide instruco
on how to use it in greater detail, through cruising thorough the video or photo runs of the coast is intuive and fairly easy to use.
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907-225-9015
Fax 907-225-9014
1-800-478-9015
www.tbcenter.com
Call for catalog.
Office equipment
and supplies,
Sharp Copiers and faxes,
printing and binding,
newsletters,
office furniture.
Hollis Adventure
Rentals
907-530-7040
cell 425-766-8969
fax 907-309-6483
www.Harentals.com
PO Box 1041,
Craig, AK 99921
Car rental with kayak, boat andcamping gear packages at the
Hollis Ferry Dock. We also offerSkiff, Van, RV, Truck, and Fishing
Gear rental at affordable rates. For anyone interested , we have a copy of the USFS Big Thorne Project,Dra Environmental Impact Statement here at the oce. It is on DVD
youre welcome to come get a copy or take a look at it.
The Chamber of Commercehas a new Director-please help us welcome
Chris Cumings
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION, by CHRIS CUMINGS:
I am 28 years old, married with a new son. I am a life long Alaskan who growing up
got to experience life in almost every corner of our state while my dad worked in lawenforcement, though we eventually settled down in Ketchikan after he retired. I weSouth to attend college at the University of Oklahoma where I earned a bachelorsdegree in Political Science summa cum laude. After completing my degree, I alsoattended law school at OU, where one of my key achievements was having a lawreview article published studying the Roadless Rule quagmire. Being homesick forAlaska, I came back North and took a job with Wells Fargo Bank in the managementraining program. I spent several months working in Anchorage and then took a sumer assignment in King Salmon. Once the fishing season ended, I jumped on theopportunity to return to Southeast and I accepted the position I am currently in as thBranch Manager for our local Prince of Wales branch and have been out here for 2years now. I consider POW one of the most amazing places I have ever been fortunate enough to live in and have turned down other opportunities to move on to biggbranches because I love the lifestyle out here and truly enjoy serving the people ofour island. I look forward to working with the Chamber and its membership as POW
enters an exciting new era of its history with all the promise our future holds.
This years Women Who Rock was a wonderful success. Thank
you to everyone who contributed in some way to helping HOPE
honor women who support families. This years honorees were
Cathy Bolling, Joni Kuntz, Helen Jackson, Alma Cook, RoxyWilson, Deborah Blair, and Selina Tolson. These women work
hard to make POW a safe and great place to raise our families. Thank you 2012 Women Who Rock
We also had another successful silent and live aucon; many thanks to Chuck Hanson for volunteer
his me to be the auconeer. Many arsts from around POW contributed their wares to the auco
and HOPE is grateful for their dedicaon to supporng safe families.
HOPE is happy to take nominaons through out the year. If you know of a woman who
should be nominated please call HOPE, 826-2581 and have a nominaon form sent to you by email
slow mail .
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OFFICE WORKSFROM SHARON
Rebecca asked me to give you an oce report so here goes.
We have been on overload for the past few weeks with a very acve membership
drive and updang all our informaon. When an applicaon comes in it must be
proofed at the web site, in the MyChamberApp, in the bookkeeping system, the
business directory and lastly on the report that goes to Jan and the Board. We can
see the light at the end of the tunnel and it is not a freight train coming! Every-
thing needs to be proofed and to the Producers oce by the me the Newsleer
goes to print.
Rebecca has changed her day job which has coincided with changing to our fall
and winter oce hours. Please check elsewhere in POWer for the current oce
schedule. And, remember, you need only give us a call and we can make an ap-
pointment to meet you here at other than regular winter hours.
We are contemplang holding the rst Chamber Aer Hours here at the oce,with goodies and treats and snacks plus the release of the 2013 Island Guide.
Mark your calendar for a Thursday or Friday around the end of January or rst of
February to share in this. When we get closer we will announce a rm date and
me.
For those of you that have not been in the oce for a while we have a world of
informaon on our shelves for you:
Medical/Health - locaons on the Island.
US Forest Service project & bid informaon.
Updates on the Mining projects.
UAS Ketchikan/Juneau Class Schedule 2013
Alaska Department of Labor, classes they are oering
Alaska Stascs on Employment and Job Markets
Directory of Businesses, large and small in Alaska
We have the Mile Post, Hunng and Fishing Regulaons, Alaska Magazine, Fish
Alaska, Alaska Business Monthly and numerous other magazines and periodicals
that pertain to Alaska and our Island.
The rst of December I will be aending a payroll law seminar in Anchorage and
hope to have lots of good informaon to pass on to business members.
Our television monitor is currently featuring pictures by all of our 2013 photo sub-
missions, and from the Zombie run sponsored by the P.O.W. Runners/Walkers
Club that were taken by Michelle Smart-Nickerson. Ann James, thanks so much
for bringing the Zombie pictures here for us to share with all.
Do you have some pictures you would like to share? Bring them into the oce!
Thorne Bay Market
Alaska and Proud
Rob Williams, Manager
907-828-3306
www.alaskandproud.com
An independent full service
grocery store.
We feature fresh meat and
produce and a full line
of groceries.
PeaceHealth Medical
Group-Prince of Wales
PeaceHealth Medical Group-POW
907-826-3257 Ext. 2219
www.peacehealth.org/SoutheastAlaska
Primary care clinic serving resi-
dents and visitors of Prince of
Wales. State of art medical, di-agnostic and x-ray equipment;
elemedicine; visiting specialists;
home healthcare.
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CAPE FOX LODGE
Cape Fox Lodge's restaurant serves
breakfast, lunch, and dinner. A bar/
lounge is open for drinks. Room ser-
vice is available during limited hours.
Down town Ketchikan 907-225-8001
Tongass Federal
Credit Union
907-755-2800
Fax: 907-755-2810
Toll Free: 800-960-8328
Mary Isaacs, Branch Manager/[email protected]
www.tongassfcu.com
Branches located in the IslandNews building in Thorne Bay, theKlawock-Heenya Mall and 2000Tongass Avenue in Ketchikan
Thorne Bay branch open 10AM-2PM Monday, Wednesday, andSaturday. Klawock branch open10AM-5:30PM Tuesday-Friday,
noon-3PM Saturday. Public use
ATMs are at Thorne Bay Market,Klawock-Heenya Mall branch and
6 locations in Ketchikan
Tongass NaonForest Trails
Name
Miles
Length
one-way
Time
One Way Diculty Season Condi
Cable Creek 0.04 10 min Easy Mar-Oct Goo
Canoe Point 0.25 15 min More Diculty May-Sept Goo
Dog Salmon 0.2 10 min Easy May-Sept Goo
Harris River 1.3 1.5 hr Diculty May-Sept Fai
Harris River Inter-
preve Loop
5
30 min
More Diculty
May-
Oct
ExcelleKegan Lake 0.5 30 min More Diculty May-Sept Fai
One Duck 1.25 1.5 hrs. Most Dicult All Year Excelle
Sunnahae Mtn 2 3-4 hours Most Dicult May-Oct Fair/P
Trocadero 1 1 hr More Diculty May-Sept Fai
Twenty-Mile Spur 1.3 1.5 hrs Easy All Year Goo
Ball's Lake 2.2 2 hrs More Diculty All Year Fai
Beaver Falls 0.7 45 min Easy May-Sept Excelle
Big Lake 0.04 10 min Easy May-Sept Excelle
Cavern Lake 0.1 10 min Easy May-Sept Goo
Deweyville
0.5
45 min
More Diculty
May-Sept
Poo
El Capitan Cave 0.2 45 min Most Dicult May-Sept Excelle
Gravelly Creek 0.2 20 min Easy All Year Excelle
Hatchery Creek 0.2 20 min Easy Apr-Oct Excelle
Karta River 5.5 4.5 hrs More Diculty May-Sept Goo
Memorial Beach 0.2 20 min Easy May-Sept Goo
Red Bay Lake 0.8 45 min More Diculty May-Sept Excelle
Salt Chuck 1 1 hr More Diculty May-Sept Fai
Salmon Bay Lake 1.5 1.5 hr Most Dicult May-Sept Poo
Shipley Bay 0.8 45 min Most Dicult May-Sept Poo
Staney Creek Cab-
in 0.5 30 min More Diculty All Year Excelle
Sweetwater Cabin 0.1 15 min More Diculty May-Sept Goo
Sarkar Lakes 15 2-3 days More Diculty May-Sept Fai
Prince of Wales Trails Opportunity
This informaon was submied by the USFS-Maeve Taylor-
For more informaon about these trails contact
Craig Ranger District at 907-826-3271 or Thorne Bay Ranger District at 907-828-330
(Please note: The Sunnahae Trail is currently under a mul year reconstrucon.)
A CLEAN KITCHEN IS A SIGN OF A WASTED LIFE!- SHARON BROSAMLE
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POW BOROUGH STUDY
The POW Borough Feasibility Study website is now up & running!Here is the link:
http://www.sheinbergassociates.com/prince-wales-island-borough-feasibility-study
The Prince of Wales Island Advisory Commiee (POWCAC) hired Sheinberg Associates t
provide objecve and factual informaon to POWCAC and Prince of Wales (POW) resi-
dents, school districts, communies, and organizaons on the implicaons of POW forming a borough.
POWCAC idened 10 Quesons for the Sheinberg Team to research and answer:
1. Describe the types of boroughs and how are they dierent from one another.
2. Describe the mandatory, and oponal, funcons and dues of a POW Island Borough.
3. Determine whether POW Schools will gain or lose revenue if a Borough is formed, and
explain why.
4. Develop two realisc POW Borough budgets (one for a borough exercising mandatory
dues only (schools, planning, taxaon), and another for a borough that exercises a fewaddional dues.)
5. Esmate the acres of State land that a POW Borough would be entled to select.
6. Describe legal opons for Assembly apporonment on POW given the areas de-
mographics.
7. Prepare a table clearly describing how a POW borough will aect exisng 1st and 2ndclass cies, school districts, and unincorporated communies in the study area.
8. Describe the eects of a POW Borough on local tribal governments and Nave Corporons.
9. What are the opons for raising local revenue to support a POW Borough? (including tax on extracon of resources).
10. Describe the implicaons of forming a POW Borough on land planning and permin
At the October POWCAC meeng, the following specic quesons were posed fostudy in regard to Schools and other possible shared services
Describe the ways that a POW Borough School District could be set up so thaschools retain individuality and own control and identy.
If a borough formed, what exibility is there on ming for when the boroughmust form the consolidated school district?
If a borough forms, who would own school (and other) facilies? Presently itbelieved that each community owns its school facilies and the school distrioperates and maintains it. Would the borough own these facilies? Whatdierent consideraons may need to be addressed?
Would there be an elected school board AND an elected Assembly? Regarding community roads (outside of cies): is the Borough going to main-
tain roads?
Can you also examine the potenal for cost savings? For example, if we combine EMS services, does combining buying powers provide the Borough greaer ability to procure revenue?
The following comments or observaons were made: Eects on schools are major concern. There will connue to be separate schools, even if borough formed. We can completely maintain independent sites, even if borough formed. There would be one superintendent, and one school board, but each school
would have its own principal. Each school could have an advisory council or site council.
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BOROUGH STUDY QUESTIONS, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7.
The gathered participants at the October POWCAC meeting shared the following additional questions and com-ments in regard to POW Borough formation. The feasibility study underway by Sheinberg Associates will go a lonway toward providing answers and further clarity on the many issues involved in this serious decision for POW.
Regarding revenue projecons, what will they be based on, what is the assumpon for populaon growth?
O Sheinberg notes that generally the borough budgets are a snapshot in me based on current condions, and general
assumpons about inaon are made for the futurewill have to think about this.
Could the state cut back on services or funding if a boroughs forms (i.e. state troopers, road maintenance, police, re,
emergency protecon). Do we expect this to happen on Prince of Wales? Would there be beer access to grants?
What kind of nancial and legal support and costs did Wrangell bear when it became a Borough?
Can you show what has been removed from possible selecon by the Borough?
The Wilderness area on Coronaon Island, if this was within Borough what are revenue implicaons?
o Sheinberg notes that Secure Rural Schools (SRS) funding amount switches if borough formed from a formula based on num
ber of students and road miles to one based on number of Tongass acres in borough. That is why number of Tongass acres inborough maers. HOWEVER, this is likely not as crical an issue anymore because it is highly likely that last federal SRS pay-ments will come to Southeast communies and schools in January 2013 and last federal PILT payments in July 2013. Togethethe loss of these two federal revenues means that a year from now there will be $2.75 million less coming to POW (and of th$1.7 million dedicated to school funding). A Fiscal Cli is coming to Tongass communies (unless Congress reauthorizes PIand SRS, which seems highly unlikely.)
What is the eect on unincorporated communies thinking about becoming 2nd class cies? A borough selected fromthe same pool of land that a community can select from, correct?
Is there a way to reserve lands around unincorporated places for those communies to select in future if they become 2nd
class cies?
o Sheinberg notes that the borough wont work unless there is good communicaon and a common purposethese kinds o
relaonship quesons should be talked about before forming a borough, or as part of deciding whether to do it or not---possibly when wring your borough charter if you decide to be a Home Rule borough. One way or another communies neeto communicate and agree on the rules that will be in eect in their borough. POWCAC is a good model.
Would an unincorporated community have same voice in the Borough as an incorporated community?
If Nauka (for example) wants a community center, who would we go to for funding? Do our funding opons become
more limited or expand under a Borough?
Address the limited life span of POW mines, and the implicaon of relying upon them for a borough tax revenue.
In response to short mine life cycles, what about seng up permanent fund? What would that look like?
What are ancipated revenues of the two mines?
Many people have property on POW but do not live on POW. Can we discount taxes for residents?
What exempons are allowed to property tax, such as for 1st $150,000 of value of seniors homes.
In past people have been confused with term bed tax and think it is a tax on number of beds in a house - use correct
term, lodging tax.
Sheinberg notes that we need to make realisc assumpons to esmate number of lodges and rooms; well need a team
familiar with the island to review our assumpons/data to ensure accuracy.
Can we explore employment head tax that would use an employment count one me every July?
Assessment of property tax can be very restricve, but sales tax can vary by season. For example, we could have a 10%
summer sales tax and 0% winter sales tax, explore opons and run scenarios.
Compare revenue from a lodging tax versus property tax.
Send a courtesy leer to the adjacent communies about what we are doing (Port Alexander, Edna Bay, Kake) so thereare no surprises.
What happens if certain communies or landowners dont want to be part of the borough?
The next POWCAC meeng is scheduled for Tuesday, January 22nd at the CTA facility in Craig.
Meeng starts at 1PM.
Sheinberg Associates is scheduled to make a presentaon at this meeng.
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November 2012
Inter-Island Ferry Authority TidingsThe Inter-Island Ferry carried 4,424 passengers and 1,095 vehicles be-
tween our Hollis and Ketchikan ports during the month of November
2012. The Inter-Island Ferry carried 36,884 passengers and 8,210 vehicle
from January 1, 2012 through October 31, 2012 between our Hollis and
Ketchikan ports. Driver free begins January 1, 2013 and connues throu
April 30, 2013. There are no sailings Thanksgiving Day and Christmas DaThe Inter-Island Ferry will cover the Lituyas sailings between Metlakatla
and Ketchikan January 10, 2013 through January 25, 2013
Icy and slippery winter condions are here again so please be careful on
walkways and while driving. If you need assistance with boarding or
disembarking the vessel, we will be glad to help.
Please allow extra travel me to our Hollis terminal due to the
Klawock Hollis Highway road construcon and winter
road condions. Drive Safely!!
Commercial retail rentalspace available in
Ketchikan
Judy Zenge Manager907-225-7000
Email: [email protected]
CLEARY Computer
Services
Klawock 907-755-2963
cell 907-401-0200
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P.O.W. Runners/Walkers Club
is having a "Get-o-the-Rock"Travel Package Rae!! Travel
package includes one round-trip
Promech cket and one round-trip
Alaska Airlines cket! The drawingis May 25 at the Marathon Awards
Ceremony!!
Tickets $5.00 EACH.
Tickets on sale at the
CHAMBER OFFICE
Farmers Market Committee to Hire Seasonal ManageThe POW Farmers Market committee met November 2 in ThorneBay and decided to advertise for a manager to organize and over-see Farmer Market events for 2013. The salary will be $20 an houplus travel allowances. The manager would likely work 40-hourweeks during March, April and May, and then 20 hour weeksthrough October. The committee would like to have a manager onboard in early March and trained in time for the first Farmers Mar-ket event of the year on May 25, to be held in Craig in conjunctionwith the POW International Marathon.
The next committee meeting is Friday, Dec. 7th at 10am in TB.
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POW Runners/Walkers Club: Looking Back, Looking Forward and Beyond
Local residents certainly enjoyed catching a glimpse of our island runners and walke
assembled on November 17 for the POW Runners/Walkers Club annual 5k Gobble
Wobble Fun Run/Walk. Parcipants were able to exercise o that decadent piece o
pie by compleng the course - all while delighng in the turkey hats worn by many
navigang the route. Headgear consisng of bobbing turkey legs has to brighten an
ones day! We thank those who took me during this busy holiday season to gathefor this fun event and also Jean Jackson for the planning and staging of this event.
On December 15, at 10:00 a.m., you will want to grab your
fesve running and walking gear and take part in our Jingle
Bell Fun Run/Walk. Registraon will be from 9:30 a.m. to
10:00 a.m. at the foyer of AC Klawock Market, which is provid-
ing refreshments before and aer the event. Distance opons
are one mile, two miles, or three miles, and the rst thirty
registrants receive a special bell; everyone will be eligible for
the numerous prize drawings. Jan Bush may be contacted at 401-0376 for more de
tails.
When we look beyond the holiday season to 2013, we have to remember our island
upcoming 14th
Annual Prince of Wales Island Marathon and 2nd
Annual Half Marath
on May 25. The marathon commiee has been meeng on a regular basis since ea
August in order to prepare and stage another successful event for our parcipants.
Online informaon and registraon is available at www.powmarathon.org. The com
miee is enthused about the possibilies for the May marathon weekend: you will
denitely want to be part of it!
None of our clubs collecve running and walking experiences would be possible wi
out the support and sponsorship of local and regional businesses. We recently welcomed Silver Sea Adventures, the Klawock PTSA, and Mitsy Enterprises to our value
family of supporters and sponsors. They join the Inter-Island Ferry Authority, Diver
ed Investments & Insurance, Silver Bay Seafoods, NAPA Service Auto Parts, R&M
Engineering, Shaan-Seet, Inc., Wesley Rentals, Prince of Wales Health Network, Pa-
pas Pizza, McFarlands FLOATEL, Southeast Road Builders, Inc., the Hill Bar, the City
of Craig, the Southeast Conservaon Council, BW Plus Landing Hotel, Outer Oer
Sporishing, Cleary Computer Services, B-3 Contractors, Inc., the POW Chamber of
Commerce and AP&T. We are so grateful to these businesses and organizaons for
this support and note that our sponsorship drive will connue through the early
months of 2013. Interested organizaons and individuals may contact Ann James [email protected] more informaon regarding sponsorship/supporter
opons.
We would also like to acknowledge Alaska Airlines and Promech Airlines, both of
which contributed round-trip ckets for our Get-O-the-Island Travel Package rae
ckets are available at the Chamber oce for only $5.00! And it was a wonderful
surprise when The Clothes Company donated our rst set of items for our maratho
swag bags.
Wishing all Happy Holidays!
Submied by Jean Jackson and Ann James , Marathon Race Co-Directors
Harris Air
based in Sitka, oers scheduled
service into Klawock with our twin-
engine IFR equipped aircra with
connecons throughout South-
east. Ask about shipping freight/
groceries. Now operang a
Klawock terminal.
Sitka 907-966-3050
Fax-907-966-3051
Email: [email protected]
PRINCE OF WALES
FARMERS MARKET
ASSOCIATION
2013 DATES
CRAIG-POW International Mara-
thon, May 25th
KASAAN-Crab Festival, June 15th
THORNE BAY-City Celebration,
August 3rd
COFFMAN COVE-By the Sea Arts
& Seafood Festival
HOLLIS-Volunteer Fire Department
Fund Drive Raffle and Community
Celebration, Aug 17th
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P.O.W. Marathon&
Half MarathonSponsors and Supporters
As of November 30, 2012
Silver Level
AP&T
The Nature Conservancy
Island Air
Inter-Island Ferry Authority
Alaska Airlines
R&M Engineering
POW Health Network
Southeast Road Builders
City of Craig
Outer Oer Sporishing
B-3 Contractors, Inc.
POW Chamber of Commerce
Silver Sea Adventures
Bronze Level
Diversied Investments
Papas Pizza
Southeast Alaska Conservaon
Council
Cleary Computers
Mitsy Enterprises
Supporters
ProMech Air
Best Western + Landing Hotel
Hill Bar
McFarlands FLOATEL
Shaan-Seet
Wesley Rentals
NAPA
Alaska Marine Lines
Klawock PTSA
CRAIG RECREATION NEWS Submitted by Victoria MerrittCraig Bazaar!
The Christmas Bazaar will be December 8th, held at the Craig City Gym from 10 to4pm.A great place to do your Christmas shopping! Newand handmade gifts and craftProceeds will be shared with the Craig WAVERUNNERS.Sign up forms are at Craig CHall. Space with a table is $20 $5 extra for a wall space and $5 extra for electricity. Sigup forms at Craig City Hall or [email protected].
Craig Recreation NewsRoller skating will be at 3pm on Fridays in November and December! There will be a
free snack at the Youth/Rec Center from 2pm to 2:50pm, then down to the gym.
No skating on December 14th,3the Youth and Rec Centerwill be open from 2 to4:30.There will be a skate onThursday, December 13th at 3pm.
Volleyball open gym Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7pm-closed Thanksgiving week. Ag14 andup, $1 to play.
DVD Aerobics at the City Gym Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 5:30, weekdays at9:30 $2, this is a kid friendly activity. Parent/Tot Gym is weekdays, 10:30 to 12:30 forfree. Stop by Craig City Hall for info.
Bully Proof, a program by the Gracie Institute is Free for ages 5 to 12 Sundays at 3pm
The Craig City Gym or the Craig Youth/Recreation Center can be rented for parties onspace
available basis. $15 an hour for the Gym, $25 an hour for the Youth/Recreation
Center. Call Craig City hall, 826-3275.
Questions about activities and events, call Victoria Merritt, 826-2575.
3500...
Thats how many 2013 Island Guides the POW Chamber of Commercehopes to send out in an ALASKA PACK.
If we can get the GUIDE production finished on time, it will be included ian Alaska collateral mailing to top-producing travel agencies in high producing Alaska markets throughout the U.S. and Canada.
In mid-January, the State of Alaska will send a package of Alaska touriscollateral to top-producing travel agencies in high producing Alaska markets throughout the U.S. and Canada. An introductory letter from the stawill be included, along with a copy of the 2013 Alaska Official State Vaca
tion Planner and information regarding the Alaska Certified Expert (ACEprogram.
All materials in this Alaska-exclusive mailing will be packaged togetherand sent in a poly bag via U.S. mail in mid-January 2013.
This is just another great benefit that your Chamber of Commercehopes to provide to our 2013 valued members.
He who hesitates is last - Confucius
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ISLAND-WIDE VISITORS COMMITTEE MEETING (Jeannie McFarland)
POW Chamber Island Wide Visitor Commiee met in November to update
everyone on several ongoing acvies and events. The Island Guide producon
was discussed and more suggesons made to improve the use of the guide by
Visitors and Residents alike. Producon of the guide is in full swing and the
deadline for this years Guide is the rst week of December. If you have any
ideas or photos get them to the Chamber Oce. If they dont make it this year
we will le them with the 2014 guide plans and be ahead!
News about the US Forest Service programs and winter plans were shared. Ga
Slentz from the IFA shared the current news of Ferry Operaon and future
plans. Ann James updated us on the 2013 Marathon and the new route to avoi
the construcon on the Klawock to Hollis Highway. Holding a 3 rd Biennial VISI-TORS SUMMIT in September of 2013 was discussed. Planning will begin aer
the rst of the year. A Scenic Byways meeng was held aer the Visitor
meeng. The group nalized the informaon on points of interest for travelers
on each secon of the Byway. At the next meeng in Februarythe group will
proofread the document for nal prinng.
The Visitor Commiee will resume meeng in January on Thursday the 10th
from
11am to 2pm, locaon to be determined. If you would like the complete report
on the meengs contact Jeannie McFarland at [email protected].
Prince of Wales Vocational & TechnicaEducation Center Report
The bid documents for the POW Voc Tec Center Buildingwere finalized by the Advisory Committee at a special meeting onWednesday, November 28th. The project is out for bid as of November 30th, 2012. Bid date is January 4th, 2013. The committee willmeet on January 4th to open the bids and begin the process of scor-ing them. The expected award will take place on January 10th with
work start date of January 20th.
The completion date for the project is November 1, 2013.
Sitework performed by Klawock Contractor B-3 Contractors,Inc. is in the testing and cleanup stage at the project site on Boundary Road and will be substantially complete by December 10th.
Upcoming Health FairPOW clinic schedule
Call 305-1201 or [email protected] information. Times will be announced as weget closer to confirming our schedules.
Clinic in Port Protection and Edna Bay the weekof December 10th
Our Health Fairs feature reduced cost lab work:A Comprehensive Metabolic Panel (including Fasting Cholesterol test) for$25, additional labs: TSH (Thyroid) $25, PSA (for men) $25, HA1C(Diabetic test) $25.
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PLEASE SEND YOUR JANUARY 2013 EVENTS TO
BY DECEMBER 28
TO SEE THEM HERE NEXT MONTH!
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1ST GPS/GEOCACHE by Out In the Rain meet at Annie Beys at 9AM
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1ST THORNE BAY BUSINESS ASSOCIATION CHRISTMAS LIGHTING CONTEST BEGINS
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1ST HOLLIS COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS PARTY-POTLUCK-HOLLIS LIBRARY 5PM
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1ST WINTER SQUALLS ISLAND GRIND AT CRAIG HS AUDITORIUM AT 7PM
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4TH POW BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COALITION MEETING, 5:30PM-8:30PM,
KLAWOCK HEENYA MALL BUILDING #3
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5TH LAST THORNE BAY PLANNING MEETING for community Christmas Dinner and Scho
Program-3:30PM CITY HALL CHAMBERS
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7TH FARMERS MARKET MEETING IN THORNE BAY AT 10AM
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8TH HOLLIS COOKIE EXCHANGE-12PM HOLLIS LIBRARY
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8TH HOLIDAY BAZAAR-CRAIG-sign up at city hall
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8TH THORNE BAY CHRISTMAS TREE COLLECTING ADVENTURE LEAVES THE PORT 11AM
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9TH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ANNUAL WORK SESSION
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11TH CRAIG MIDDLE SCHOOL/CRAIG HIGH SCHOOL WINTER CONCERT AT 7PM
THURSDAY DECEMBER 13TH THORNE BAY GREAT COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS DINNER AND SCHOOL PROGRAM-
5PM THORNE BAY SCHOOL GYM
THURSDAY DECEMBER 13TH CRAIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WINTER CONCERT AT 7PM
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14TH THORNE BAY CHRISTMAS PROGRAM WRAP UP MEETING-3:30PM-CITY HALL
CHAMBERS ROOM
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15TH JINGLE BELL FUN RUN/WALK SIGN IN AT 9:30 AT KLAWOCK AC GROCERY STORE.
OPT FOR 1-MILE, 2-MILE, 3-MILE DISTANCES AT 10AM. BELLS AND PRIZES AND RE
FRESHIMENTS BY AC KLAWOCK MARKET!
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15TH CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15TH KLAWOCK CHRISTMAS BAZAAR-10AM-6PM-KLAWOCK CITY GYM
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18TH KLAWOCK SCHOOL WINTER CONCERT AT 6PM IN GYM
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20TH KLAWOCK ALL SCHOOL PROGRAM AT 6PM IN GYM
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20TH THORNE BAY JUDGING OF THE HOLIDAY LIGHTING CONTEST
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22ND 13TH ANNUAL P.O.W.E.R. BENEFIT CONCERT AT CRAIG HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
AT 7PM FOLLOWED BY RECEPTION..call Ralph Mackie, Karen Coey, Cathy Bolling
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25TH Merry Christmas! Happy Holiday!
MONDAY, DECEMBER 31ST New Years Eve!
LOOKING AHEAD TO JANUARY
TUESDAY, JANUARY 22 POWCAC MEETING AT CTA IN CRAIG: BOROUGH STUDY REPORT 1PM
REMEMBER - SUPPORT CHAMBER MEMBERS THAT SUPPORT ISLAND ECONOMY!
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