Saturday, February 14, 2015 $1.00Vol. 1 Issue 12

INSIDE: Sarah’s Science CornerCommunity Calendar

Yakutat HistoryHigh School Homecoming

Yakutat Tourism Committee is Formed

As many of you now know, Silver Seas Cruise Lines will be coming to Yakutat twice this summer to visit our city (July 11th & July 28th). Many local residents had become interested in the possibilities that are surrounding this visit. Consequently, the Yakutat Tourism Committee was formed as part of the Chamber of Commerce.The Yakutat Tourism Committee is focusing on building the framework for all future tourism that will happen in Yakutat. With Silver Seas prom-ising to visit our city for the next 3 years, it is important to begin building a plan with long term goals in mind. It is also important to keep in mind not just our cruise ship tourists, but all of our future visitors.On Monday February 9th, the Tourism Committee had its first meeting. About 15 people showed up to hear and share their ideas for the future. Sarah Israelson, who is heading up the committee with the help of others, informed the group of information provided by the cruise line. When Silver Seas was contacted recently they were asked what types of trips or sites their customers were looking for when they visited a new place. Their reply pointed to “history, culture, and natural history” as well as events and characteristics that were “relevant to life in small town Alaska”. They are also interested in offering flight trips to the Hubbard Glacier. Using this information, many different ideas were presented. Everything from hikes out to see the fish camps at Strawberry Point to watching the Mt. St. Elias dancers perform at the ANB Hall to Harlequin Lake. Many ideas were shared and many more will be shared as the event draws closer. The key now, it seems, is to get focused and get organized. Sarah Israelson will be in contact with the cruise line this month and will be narrowing down the important information the town will need to help make these future events a success. The most important thing, as mentioned by Paul Harding, is to offer our tourists the best experiences while still maintaining our way of life. All ideas are welcome! For those who subscribe to this paper who are not residents of Yakutat, what are your ideas and opinions? What ideas do you have to help make Yakutat a better place for visitors like yourselves? Any suggestions, ideas, or helpful tools that you could share with us would be greatly appreciated. If you are a local resident we want to hear from you too! If you have any ideas, thoughts or questions please feel free to contact Sarah Israelson. You can get a hold of her through the newspaper’s email address, driftwooddispatch@gmail.com.

To my old lady friends on Valentine’s Day - Norm Israelson

Letter from

the Editor

For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear

somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.

- Ivan Panin

Part of being the Editor and 1 of 3 current writers for this paper (Thank you Sarah

Liben and Kayla Drumm!) is attending as many community meetings that I can in order

to provide notes. There are some hard decisions coming our way as a town, but

there are also some amazing opportunities on the horizon. I strongly recommend that you attend these meetings and have your voice

heard. I want to also encourage all those that are dealing directly with these issues to think of the whole town and the big picture. If we all continue to grab and fight and push and

pull only for our own selfish desires, very little will be accomplished. Sometimes doors close, and even when you hate it at first, the fresh air

coming in from the window can be surpris-ingly refreshing. This paper is a direct result of

one such door closing firmly in front of me. Be informed, Sarah IsraelsonContact us:

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Weather & Other Tidbits

From The Old Farmer’s Almanac, and used with permission of The Old Farmer’s Almanac, www.Almanac.com.

Driftwood Dispatch is always looking for ways to keep our readers

informed. Unfortunately, the weatherman these days is rarely

correct. So we venture back to the past and trust an old favorite that

has a more accurate track record than most.

Cheese is easier to grate if you first place it in the freezer for 30 minutes.

Advice of the Day

MayNamed for the Roman

goddess Maia, who oversaw the growth of

plants.

Word of the Day

Why were butter churns made out of mountain ash?

To repel witches. Many farmers believed that the wood of the

mountain ash, or "wiggin," would keep their farms safe from

witches' mischief.

Question of the Day

FEB. 2015: Temp. –14° for the North, 41° for the South (4° above avg. for the North, 12° above avg. for the South); precip. 0.2" for the

North, 3.5" for the South (avg. North, 0.5" below South).

11–21 Flurries for the North; snow in Central; rain, some heavy for the

South; mild.

To remove warts “wash” your hands in the Moon’s rays captured in a shiny metal basin.

Moon Folklore of the Day

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has prepared a Proposed Plan recommending No Further Action for 15 sites at the former Yakutat Air Base. The public is invited to review and comment on the information presented in the Proposed Plan. The document may be viewed on the Alaska District website at: http://www.poa.usace.army.mil/Library/ReportsandStudies.aspxClick on Environmental Cleanup and select “Yakutat Proposed Plan February 2015”.

The public comment period will extend from February 16, 2015 through March 17, 2015. Written comments must be postmarked no later than March 17, 2015. Those with Internet access may submit their comments to USACE via email to: POA-FUDS@usace.army.mil.

The public will also have the opportunity to provide comments during the Open House scheduled for February 24, 2015. Representatives of USACE and ADEC will be present at the Open House to explain the Proposed Plan, listen to any concerns raised, and answer questions. USACE will consider all written and oral comments before reaching a final determination for these sites.

Comments on the Proposed Plan may be sent to the email or postal address below.

U.S. Army Corps of EngineersCEPOA-PM-ESP-FUDS (Baez)P.O. Box 6898JBER, Alaska 99506-0898POA-FUDS@usace.army.mil

US Army Corps of Engineers

Yakutat Air Base Formerly Used Defense Sites

OPEN HOUSETuesday, February 24, 2015

12:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Yakutat High School Auditorium

THANK YOU JEFF & TERESA LEE!Thanks for all of your hard work and amazing food that helped make the class of 2016 Superbowl fundraiser a success. From, The Class of 2016

Driftwood Dispatch Editor,I read the January 31, 2015 Driftwood Dispatch with great interest. It was good to read about the Yakutat Cultural Association....the beginning of one community voice. Politicians view a single voice as one voter, and a community voice as many voters....guess who gets the attention. That said, I have been looking into an idea that would help improve and sustain the Yakutat area fishery. My main interest is in the loss of kelp beds, and how these kelp beds have been disappearing right along with the Alaska coastal fish populations. When salmon smolt first leave the spawning streams, they must feed along the coastal shore lines for months, before they are biologically ready to go out to sea. If there are no kelp beds to help protect the salmon smolt, they become easy prey. Of course, Sea Urchins can decimate kelp beds, but, there are enough Sea Otters in the Yakutat area to keep Sea Urchins under control. My voice is viewed as one voter, but, a Yakutat community voice would get more of the right attention. Please feel free to pick-up the idea of getting kelp beds (not for harvest) planted in the Yakutat area. Planted kelp beds would eventually have a positive impact on the Yakutat fishery, which would have a cascading impact on Yakutat's economy, subsistence availability, and job market. Not only would the smolt salmon have a place to hide and grow, returning winter feed kings would also be able to hide from the Sea lions. In addition, if you have not witnessed this, deer eat kelp during the deep snow months. The e-mail threads below, show which State folks to contact, and a University professor that might help with getting the idea of planting Yakutat kelp beds moved from the idea page to the sea. In our ancient Tlingit ancestor days, as told to me, kelp beds stretched from the Khantaak Island shore lines, to way past Knight Island.....and some of the kelp beds ran up to 3 miles out to sea....yes, the salmon streams were bursting with returning salmon. Kelp beds must have rocky ocean floors to attach to, and if the ancient stories are correct, that would be from Khantaak Island, to way past Knight Island. The kelp beds of choice, should be Giant Kelp, this type grows in up to 90 ft. of deep water, and last up to 5 years. The Giant Kelp have small bulbs on all their leafs the full length of the stem. Whereas, the Bulb Kelp, grows mainly in shallow shore line water, and last 1 year. Of course both species of kelp self-propagate.....meaning one planting will continue to self produce.Thank you for giving this kelp bed planting idea your consideration.Bert Bremner Wasilla, Alaska

Letters to the Editor

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Yakutat Community Events CalendarFebruary 2015

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CBY = City and Borough of Yakutat

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One of Driftwood Dispatch’s goals is to keep the public informed. This section will give a rough breakdown of decisions made in City Assembly and School Board meetings. If you have an upcoming meeting that you would like included in this section, please contact us. We would like to strongly encourage all citizens to attend these important meetings.

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In a Regular Meeting on February 2, the School Board:• All members were present; Gloria Wolfe by phone• Chris Cook presented for the Facilities and Maintenance update that the VEEP contractors are back and the improvement project is going along smoothly. There have only been some shipping delays. The boiler room renovation is planned for April (weather permitting). Painting the outside of the building is dependent upon replacing the rotten wood. • The budget process is still ongoing. Superintendent recommends form-ing a budget committee. The first budget work session meeting was set for February 12 at 7pm. • The resignation of personnel Kenneth Brown was accepted. • The personnel contract of Stephanie Latzel was accepted. • The Superintendent was directed to approach the staff for 2015-2016 calendar options.• A day of events has been planned for Saturday April 11th in order to change the school calendar so that the last day of school would be May 22nd instead of May 26th. • Superintendent Gray and School Board President Langhelm will be at-tending the Legislative Fly-In. They will be meeting with Governor Walker and Don Young as well as Education Commissioner Mike Hanley. • February is School Board Appreciation Month. A proclamation from Governor Walker was presented. • Superintendent’s Report outlined the benefits of the evaluation train-ing that Superintendent Gray and Mrs. Ivers had just recently attended. The new evaluation and forms are still being built. E-Rate, which covers local and long distance phone service, internet, internal connections and basic maintenance of internal connections will be phased out in 5 years. The school district will be responsible for 40% the first year, then 60% the following year and 80% the year after that finishing with 100% coverage by the school districts. • Next School Board Meeting planned for February 23rd. • On February 12th, the budget committee met to begin the process of

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New Driftwood Dispatch Issue!

Happy Valentine’s Day!

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Lady Eagles vs. Klawock

Lady Eagles vs. Klawock

YSD Board Meeting 7pm Auditorium

YSD Board Meeting 7pm Auditorium

Lady Eagles vs. Juneau

Lady Eagles vs. Juneau

CBY Assembly Meeting 7pm Auditorium

CBY Assembly Meeting 7pm Auditorium

Lincoln’s Birthday

President’s Day Ash Wednesday

Washington’s Birthday

YSD Board Training

8-5pm AuditoriumOpen to the

Public

Chamber of Commerce Meeting 7pm

Tourism Committee Meeting 7pmFat Grandma’s

USACE Open House Noon - 6PMHigh School Auditorium

preparing for next year and the major deficits faced by the school dis-trict. The committee consists of all the school board members, Super-intendent Gray as well as City Manager Jon Erickson, City Assembly member Bob Miller and Bert Adams, Jr. Next meeting: Feb. 18th 7pmIn a Regular Meeting on February 5th, the City Assembly:• City Manager’s Report: Rasmuson group is coming to Yakutat to survey the citizens about the park program. There is no AVEC proposal for the power plant yet. Delta Western offered $2.50 a gallon for power plant fuel. On February 23 someone from Delta Western is coming to discuss a contract. The Washington DC trip included HERSA, DOT and the legislative offices. Senator Sullivan claims he’s concerned with rural Alaska. Don Young and Lisa Murkowski said that it was rare for them to see a tribe and a city coming in and working together. They wanted to work with Yakutat and Mr. Erickson believes that his presence their made a real difference. He is heading to Juneau to meet with Lieutenant Governor Mallott and other legislators.VEEP people have come in for the second phase of the process and there has been a lot of progress at school and CBY offices. Power Plant RIF went from 4 operators to 3 filling in with other employees and part time workers. Overtime has stopped this month. This has a saved an average of $104,000 a year. American Tower were charged their fee without penalties and they paid $18,000. Martha Indreland and Ron Beatty are going to training in Anchorage. Martha will visit AROC to help them understand our discounts and specific issues as well as certain accounting and customer service concerns we have. She will also meet with the cruise ship companies. Ron is going for OSHA training. The North Pole marijuana law was presented as a possible option for us to adopt. This could be a good model to follow as marijuana becomes legal soon. (It can’t be smoked in public and not allowing the creation of hemp oil because of explosion risk.)Robin Gray has requested a member of the Assembly or Mr. Erickson to be present at the school budget meeting.• ORD 15-583 - passed all yeas• RES 15-231 - adopted all yeas• RES 15-232 - adopted all yeas• Financial Report for Nov. 30, 2014 approved• 2015 Gaming Permit for Catholic Community Service approved• 2015 Gaming Permit for JOM Native Education Committee approved• Next meeting scheduled for February 19th.

YSD Budget Work Session 7pm Auditorium

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Love is in the Air...or Brain?By Sarah Liben

I seem to have loved you in numberless forms, numberless times…In life after life, in age after age, forever.

My spellbound heart has made and remade the necklace of songs,That you take as a gift, wear round your neck in your many forms,In life after life, in age after age, forever. By Rabindranath Tagore

The world becomes a different place when one is consumed in romantic love’s tight embrace. We’ve all been there, or are there at this very mo-ment, and when things are going well with our beloved we experience intense sexual and emotional cravings, have a heightened motivation not only to want and do things for this person but to accomplish those daily life tasks that are not normally met with such intensity, and are engulfed in obsessive thoughts of the beloved morning…noon…and night. Let’s not forget to mention that all too familiar twinkle in the eye and the extra bounce that heightens each and every step one takes. And while being and feeling in love is sometimes equated to an almost supernatu-ral type experience anthropologist and researcher behind the biology of love for over thirty years, Helen Fisher, describes love not as an emotion per say but better yet as a much needed and very innate drive. A drive powered by intense feelings of wanting and craving, the same types of feelings expressed by those high on cocaine, which are considered even stronger than feelings expressed by the sex drive. Fisher explains that our brains have been wired to fall in love millions of years ago, ever since our primitive ancestors stepped away from the trees and began walking around on two legs. That freed up the use of our hands and arms, which was not only essential in the tool making process but also the baby carrying endeavor. Females were in need of a mate to assist in the caretaking and raising of children, now that her arms were literally tied up with precious cargo, and the pursuit of enduring love was select-ed for and cemented in the brains of Homo sapiens. Of the 100 different species of animals Fisher has studied looking for signs of attraction that human’s exhibit toward specific mates, she has found that every species exhibits attraction and favoritism towards certain mates as well. So what is LOVE? Well as we go through life it is evident that love comes in various forms. There is of course the passionate love between lovers (the focus of this article), companionate love between friends, as well as maternal or unconditional love which requires nothing in return from the one expressing the “drive.” Fisher divides passionate love into three specific phases; each driven by a particular brain system (more on that in a moment): Sex/Lust Phase (this was evolved to get humans out there looking for a whole range of partners), the Romantic Phase (mating tactics and energy are focused on one individual and for an extended period of time), and finally the Attachment Phase (provides the ability to tolerate one another in order to raise a family). There is a reason that Fisher describes love as a drive rather than an emotion, and the reason behind that resides in the fact that each phase is powered by specific hormones and neurotransmitters are triggered to interact in certain areas of the brain (thus causing the feelings us humans have come to know too well). To fully understand this process requires a review of the endocrine and nervous systems and how the two interact to concoct the magic potion of love. Both systems are driven by messengers, electric or chemical, that pretty much tell different areas of the body what do to or how to feel. The endocrine system is the body’s main chemical regulat-ing system, and while it moves at a slower pace than the nervous system its effects are longer lasting. The endocrine system’s glands are respon-sible for receiving signals and responding to those signals through the production and secretion of hormones into the blood. Hormones can regulate bodily functions such as energy use and metabolism as well as more long term developmental processes such as growth, maturation, and reproduction. While hormones travel to all parts of the body only certain (target) cells are equipped to receive them, translate the message, and act accordingly. However, while various target cells can receive the same hormone, the response that ensues can be quite different. For in-stance, the Attachment Phase (of looove) is characterized by high levels of the hormone Oxytocin which is produced at the base of the brain by the pituitary gland (one of the endocrine’s specialists). While certain functions Oxytocin involve contraction of the uterine muscles during childbirth and ejection of milk by mammary gland during nursery its function in the brain is quite different. Its levels rise while kissing and cuddling and increases feelings of attachment, sexual behavior and bonding (i.e. long term and lasting relationships). While the endocrine system is characterized by more than a dozen major glands that produce and excrete hormones into the blood (some hormones can also act as neurotransmitters), its functions compared to the nervous system can

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get blurred. The nervous system is also responsible for internal communi-cation and regulation either through the CNS (brain and spinal cord) and the peripheral nervous system (PNS) via transmission of electric or chemi-cal signals by nerve cells. The nervous system receives signals from sensory receptors (such as the eyes) to the integration centers in the brain. The cells in the integration department of the brain interpret these signals and formulate responses (i.e. feelings) or the next appropriate move, which can be to send signals for motor output (i.e. muscle cells). Fisher’s research re-vealed that for people in love two areas of the brain have heightened activ-ity and three neurotransmitters (Dopamine, Noradrenaline and Serotonin) are found in higher and lower abundance, thus producing the overall love craze effect. The ventral tegmental area (VTA), is an area of the brain that excretes tons of Dopamine, much of which is sent to the caudate nucleus (the C-shaped region of the brain). Dopamine helps to control the brain’s pleasure center and is responsible for feelings of euphoria, similar to a drug induced high. The caudate, often referred to the reptilian part of the brain because it evolved 65 mya and before the proliferation of mammals, is part of the brain’s “reward system,” which controls general feelings of arousal, motivation and the acquiring of rewards. Noradrenaline (heightened levels) and Serotonin (lowered levels) add to the overall effect by causing racing hearts, sweaty palms and a rather uncontrollable obsession of the beloved. So this Valentine’s Day, whether you are celebrating with a loved one or get-ting over a beloved, take a moment to appreciate and applaud the brain for all its work and ability to creating the most powerful feeling experienced by man. Happy Valentine’s Day!

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Yakutat HistoryIn every issue, the Driftwood Dispatch will be featuring a look back at Yakutat. It will include stories, historical accounts, cultural histories, pictures and interesting facts about Yakutat and the surrounding area.

Seiki Kayamori

High School Homecoming

Coach Fraker presents her Senior - Ciara Lord

Ciara Lord and mom Lisa Lord

Junior Princess - Janie Jensen Junior Prince - Kenny McCown

Freshman Princess - Emily Gillson Freshman Prince - Isaak Larson 2015 Yakutat High School Homecoming Court

Sophomore Princess - Angel Pink Sophomore Prince - Quinn Newlun

Homecoming Queen - Ciara Lord Homecoming King - Ben Rockwood

Seiki Kayamori (1877–1941) (also known as Shoki Kayamori)was a Japanese photographer who lived in Yakutat, Alaska, before World War II. His photographs captured the village’s residents, mostly Tlingit Indians, at a time when the fish canning industry and other outside influences were beginning to change or eclipse traditional ways of life.Kayamori lived in Yakutat for some 30 years and never returned to Japan. In Yakutat, children just called Kayamori “Picture Man”. For thirty years, he photographed celebrations, ceremonies, rem-nants of traditional Tlingit culture, and the growing influences of white society. Kayamori had a box camera with a hood, and a darkroom in his small house near the cannery on Monti Bay. But even before Pearl Harbor was bombed, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation suspected him and other Japanese im-migrants on the West Coast of spying. A day before the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, Hoover wrote to the War Department’s military intelligence division requesting information on a num-ber of individuals. Under Kayamori’s name the reply noted: “Reported on suspect list, Alaska.” After the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, soldiers reportedly beat up Kay-amori, a 64-year-old, 5-foot-3 photographer, according to a town resident. Locals say Kayamori knew he would soon be arrested. On December 9, he committed suicide in his home.No credible evidence has ever been produced to indicate that he was a spy. Today, about 700 of Kayamori’s photographs are housed at the Alaska State Historical Library in Juneau.In 2012, a century after Kayamori arrived in Yakutat, Sealaska Heritage Institute received 28 photographs taken by Kayamori, a donation by Yakutat born-resident and Tlingit leader Byron Mallott on behalf of the community of Yakutat. The four photos you see at the left are of those 28 photos.There is also a book coming out about Kayamori’s life. “Picture Man” by Margaret Thomas will be published in April 2015 from University of Alaska Press.

Sources: Wikipedia.com Accessed 2/11/2015, http://shispecialcollections.blog-spot.com/2012/11/yakutat-photographs-by-japanese.html and https://picasaweb.google.com/106959281489663118722/PO072SeikiKayamoriPhotographCollec-tion#5803662001615001282

People gathered on a beach around a float plane in front of Yakutat, with cannery visible in background, likely April 16, 1931.

View of workers in the Yakutat cannery, undated.

View of the town Yakutat, undated.

“Brown bear killed near Yakutat Glacier Alaska. April, 24 1916”. Note: some have indicated there is a possibility this image could be of Kayamori.

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occurring, please contact Yvonne at the school

784-3317, or yvonneb@yakutatschools.

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WE NEED EMS AND FIREFIGHTERS!Basic Qualifications:

Be available for training Respond to calls with supervision

A desire to help out the communityContact Chief Baty at (907) 784-

3206

REMINDER: All active water and sewer customer payments must be submit-ted to ANTHC/ARUC, 1-866-205-7581 for

payment by phone or mail to: ANTHC/ARUC PO Box 196821

Anchorage, AK 99519Please reference your account number on the payment. In unknown, write YAK in the memo line.

We invite the public to visit the CBY website at www.yakutatak.us and

provide feedback to CBY staff regarding content and how we could

improve communications to the public.

Next Borough Assembly meeting is February 19,

2015

REMINDER: Please remove all nets, tubs, totes, lines

and hoses from the Boat Harbor to accommodate snow removal.

Yakutat School District

429 Forest Highway • P.O. Box 429 Yakutat, Alaska 99689 (907) 784-3317 • Fax (907) 784-3446

Community Sports Practice Schedules

Wrestling Practice Boys Basketball PracticeWednesday 4:00 – 6:30 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday Thursday 5:35 – 7:00 4:00 - 5:30Friday 2:30 – 4:00Saturday 9:00 – 11:30

• School Board MeetingFebruary 23, 20157:00 p.m. in the auditorium

Upcoming Meetings

• School Board Training with Norm Wooten February 21, 20158:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (approximate times)In the auditoriumOpen to the Public• Budget Work SessionFebruary 18, 20157:00 p.m. in the auditorium

AMSEA is conducting a Marine Safety Instructor Training in Seward, Alaska.

This six-day workshop is free to commerical fisherman.

April 14-19, 2015AVTEC

809 Second AvenueSeward, AK

Contact: Alaska Marine Safety Education Association907-747-3287

AMSEA’s hands-on training is proven effective at saving lives.

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School Board President Sean Langhelm, Superintendent Robin Gray, Rep. Stutes, City Manager Jon Erickson, City and Borough of Yakutat Ian Fisk

Superintendent Robin Gray, School Board President Sean Langhelm, Governor Walker, City Manager Jon Erickson, City and Borough of Yakutat Ian Fisk

Superintendent Gray and Sean Langhelm, Board President joined other districts and agencies in the State for the February Legislative Fly-In. Topics of discussion centered around budgets and the decrease in funding. Yakutat talking points included requesting the State to keep their promise in regards to one time funding, decreasing unfunded mandates, conveyance of Department of Natural Resources properties to City and Borough of Yakutat, conveyance of land use rights for local use and economic development, and facility needs.E-rate was a big topic of discussion. The school district was informed that not only would it be reduced in funding and services covered in coming years, but also it would be nonexistent in 5 years. Additional legislative meetings occured with Senator Dunleavy, Representative Seaton, Senator Gardner, Representative Gara, and Representive Keller.