Broadway Bulletin Board

This Week

• June 22 - Elks Summer Solstice Party, 3 p.m. to midnight at Seven Pastures Park.

Public Meetings

• June 17 - Historic District Commission, Clinic Executive Committee.

• June 18 - Public Safety Committee.

• June 19 - Parks & Rec Committee, Senior Ad Hoc Committee.

• June 20 - Finance Committee, Library Board, Borough Assembly.

• June 21 - Historic District Commission work session.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR Includes above and ongoing meetings and events through June 30, 2013. To get your upcoming events and meetings listed here and in the next print edition, please e-mail us! (Skagway items only, please)

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Proud sponsor of the Buckwheat Ski Classic - 2013 race was Saturday, March 23 - Story and results in March 29 issue! Link to Photo Gallery on the Log Cabin Ski Society's Facebook page!

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Yuletide

See our staff photos from Yuletide 2012, Skagway's holiday celebration.

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Skagway Weather

 

Breaking News

June 11 • Assembly opts for rubber mats for school playground, meets in open session win Finlayson on dock/lease issues. After hearing varying viewpoints from parents and public works staff on whether recycled rubber tire mulch was entirely safe for playgrounds, the assembly voted unanimously in special session to switch to rubber mats at the new school playground at an additional cost of about $145,000. The mulch at Mollie Walsh Park will remain in place. The assembly also met for about a half hour in open session with White Pass president John Finlayson, who wanted to hear the assembly's concerns about tidelands lease and Ore Dock issues. In a recent letter, White Pass proposed an extension to its leases of the Broadway Dock and the south end of the Ore Dock while allowing the municipality to use the north end of the Ore Dock for its Gateway Project during the remainder of its lease, which expires in 2023. Mayor Selmer and assembly members stated their desire to have the Gateway Projecct underway by 2016 while funds are still available from the state, and removing contaminants in the harbor that were put there during White Pass's operation of the ore terminal from 1968-1982. Both parties urged cooperation and said they would like to negotiate in person soon, rather than exchange letters.

June 8 • Rookie wins Skagway Marathon - Summertime National Park Service worker David Golden, running his first marathon, came from behind to defeat another local runner in the third annual Skagway Marathon on Saturday. The top woman was veteran Fairbanks runner Jane Lanford. See story and photos in Friday's paper.

Marathon Results!

If you have breaking news, please call the newsroom line: 907-983-2354

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NOW AVAILABLE!!!

Skagway: City of the New Century (pdf promo)

Upcoming Book Signings:

• Wed. June 19th, from 4-6 p.m. at Mac's Fireweed Books in Whitehorse.

• Fri. June 21st, from 1-3 p.m. at Skaguay News Depot & Books

For book orders, call 907-983-3354 - now open daily: 9 to 6

 

June 14, 2013 • Vol. XXXVI, No. 10

Live at the Library

Children watch Steven’s Puppets prepare for Rumpelstiltskin during the Skagway Public Library’s reopening on June 3. Children were invited to examine the wooden marionettes after the show and were all smiles. For more photos from the library’s opening, see page 4 of our print edition.

Photo by Elise Giordano

Top Stories (coming later this week)

• Police investigating arson in Fish Co. fire

• Rubber tire mulch will not be used on school playground; Mollie Walsh surface to remain, for now

• Finlayson hears assembly concerns to move forward on Gateway Project; WP still wants lease extensions for cruise dock use

• Problems persist at Skagway Post Office

• Chilkoot Trail still on alert

CHUGGING ALONG – Skagway railroad conductor Pete Griffard smiles through the cramps as he crosses the Taiya River bridge in Dyea on the second half of the Skagway Marathon. Griffard accomplished his goal – to finish – along with about 50 other runners/walkers. See coverage in Sports and Rec. Jeff Brady

OTHER NEWS

• BOROUGH DIGEST: Garden City RV park property purchase moves forward; Second reading of FY14 budget passes, assembly votes for sales tax transfer; Healy hired to help with plant payment plan strategy.

• SCHOOL REPORT: Transfer students allowed to bring in weighted grades.

• NORTH WORDS FEATURE: Symposium takes turn with controversial subjects.

• PHOTO FEATURE: Cancer Awareness Walk-A-Thon raises big bucks.

•ARTSBEAT-MUSIC SCENE: Lucas and Juan; Juan and Lucas

• SPORTS & REC: Rookie takes lead, wins Skagway Marathon.

• HEARD ON THE WIND - Penguins in Alaska!

• OBITUARY - Ada Mary Haskin.

 

Next issue is June 28, 2013 (deadline June 24)

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ADVERTISING INFORMATION

• Skagway News 2013 publication schedule & advertising rates (pdf)

• Skaguay Alaskan 2013 Visitor Guide advertising rates & info (pdf)Deadline for 1st edition was April 10; paper appeared May 2 on streets of Skagway and will be inserted in May 10 News. Call 907-983-2354 or email us if you have a new business and want an ad in the second edition (deadline June 24).

You can link to the 2013 Alaskan's list of local attractions and more at the bottom of this page. Look for our new book of Alaskan historical features and photos, Skagway: City of the New Century, now available from Lynn Canal Publishing!

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