Jan 2013 Newsletter

PRINCE OF WALES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Chamber POWer

232 Members Strong

Volume 24, Issue 1, January 2013

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President-Jan Bush

B-3 Contractors, Inc. [email protected]

Past President- John Bruns Forest Products Task Force [email protected]

Vice President-Jeannie McFarland McFarland’s Floatel/Baskets & Bullets -

[email protected]

Secretary- Sharilyn Zellhuber Arrowhead LP Gas/Arrowhead Transfer

[email protected]

Treasurer- Budd Burnett Hollis Community Council

[email protected]

Director- Lynnette Logan First Bank-Craig Branch

[email protected]

Director – Janice Lund Columbine Inn

[email protected]

Director-Kim Swainson

Individual

Director-Chris Cumings Wells Fargo-Craig Branch

[email protected]

Newsletter Editors: Rebecca Chester, Sharon Brosamle & Jan Bush

Office Managers: Rebecca Chester

and Sharon Brosamle

Weekday Office Hours:

12pm - 4pm

PO Box 490

Klawock, Alaska 99925 Phone: 907-755-2626

Fax: 907-755-2627

[email protected] www.princeofwalescoc.org

From the President’s Desk: As we usher in yet another year, we celebrate the early com-

pletion of the 2013 Island Guide. By December 27th, the 20,000 cop-ies of the newest edition were on a truck heading north AND south from Portland, Oregon printer Journal Graphics.

3500 copies were delivered to Tempe, Arizona where they will be mailed out as a part of an Alaska Travel Package with other bro-chures from throughout Alaska. The mail out will happen mid-January. Stay tuned for a later report on the destination of these 3500 Guides.

Several boxes were mailed out by the request of a few of our members to lower 48 destinations to be displayed at shows around the northwest.

The remainder of the Guides were trucked to Chamber mem-ber Northland Services in Seattle and will arrive on POW during the second week of January. Northland will deliver them to their ‘temporary’ home in the backroom of the chamber office where Klawock School students will help unload and stack.

An advance box will be shared with the Board of Directors and all those who were involved in the production of the 2013 Guide.

On January 24th, your chamber will host the first ever CHAM-BER AFTER HOURS event on Prince of Wales Island. Members are in-vited to the Chamber office between 5 and 7PM for refreshments, a bit of networking, and a celebration (and disbursement!) of the 2013 Island Guide.

Already a few of our members have indicated their interest in hosting a future CHAMBER AFTER HOURS event in their places of busi-ness. Please let the office staff know if you would like to be on our list for a future event in 2013 or even beyond! Your event can be advertised in the preceding issue of this POWer newsletter along with anything you would like to share about your business!

The POW Chamber Board of Directors and staff wish all of our members a prosperous New Year!

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OFFICE HOURS

WINTER HOURS Mon-Fri 12pm - 4pm

with some early morning and evenings open also. If these hours don’t work for you please call for an appointment.

CHAMBER BOARD - JANUARY MEETING

The Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors will meet for their monthly Lunch and regular meeting on WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16TH, at the AP&T Conference Room in Craig. Please call the office if you wish to get on the agenda for Public Comment period.

CHAMBER AFTER HOURS INAUGURAL EVENT!

Join us in the Chamber office at Suite #7 in the Klawock Heen-ya Mall on THURSDAY, JANUARY 24TH from 5pm to 7pm.

Network with other members, celebrate the arrival of the 2013 Island Guide and take a supply home for your neighborhood,

family and 2013 guests!

CHAMBER POWer SPONSORS

JANUARY EDITION

This left hand column of the refor-matted newsletter is dedicated to our sponsors who have paid for advertis-ing and help the Chamber cover the costs of mailing and maintaining our email account and website. To be-

come a sponsor and have your infor-mation appear here each month or for certain months of the year, call

the Chamber office. We thank all of our sponsors for their support of this

newsletter.

Prince of Wales Island Runs and Walks

Our scheduled runs are as follows if you would like to participate.

Walkers are welcome!

The following are based on former stagings.

February 9th Cupid's Chase - 10:00 at Craig High School

March 16 Shamrock Shuffle - 9:00 at Craig

City Gym

May 4th Totem-to-Totem Tune-Up - 9:00 at Healing Heart Totem in Craig

May 25th POW Marathon: 7:00 at Craig

Firecracker Run - 9:00 at parking lot of

SEARHC in Klawock

Locations and times are subject to change

TABLE OF CONTENTS JANUARY OFFICE HOURS…..……..……..……….………….………..……..……...PAGE 2

JANUARY CHAMBER MEETING........……......…….………………..….…..……....PAGE 2

CHAMBER AFTER HOURS INAUGURAL EVENT ……………………..…………. PAGE 2

POW RUNNERS CLUB FUTURE FUN RUNS AND WALKS………….…...…….. PAGE 2

OFFICE WORKS…...……………………………………………………….…………....PAGE 3

POW HATCHERY UPDATE….…..……………………....………….…….….………..PAGE 4

JANUARY POWCAC MEETING: BOROUGH STUDY REPORT ……….……….. PAGE 5

BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION…………..…………………...…….………….……….PAGE 5

2012 SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS READY TO MAIL! ………………………………. PAGE 5

THORNE BAY 2012 LIGHTING CONTEST RESULTS………….…...…………….PAGE 6

IT ALL STARTS WITH ONE SHEET OF PAPER……..…………..........................PAGE 7

PAYROLL LAW CLASS REPORT…………………………………………………...PAGE 8

“GET OFF THE ROCK” TRAVEL PACKAGE…………….....……………………...PAGE 9

FARMERS MARKET HIRE……………………………………...……………………..PAGE 9

IFA TIDINGS …..….………………………………………………………………...… .PAGE 9

POW RUNNERS/WALKERS CLUB AND MARATHON NEWS……………...….………PAGE 10

PRINCE OF WALES MARATHON SPONSOR LIST……………....……………….PAGE 11

OUT IN THE RAIN 2013 SCHEDULE……………………….………………………..PAGE 11

POW VOC TEC PROJECT REPORT …………………..……………………………PAGE 12

ISLAND WIDE VISITOR COMMITTEE NEWS …………….………………………..PAGE 12

JANUARY EVENTS CALENDAR...………………………….….…..………............PAGE 13

2013

Island Guides were mailed this month to

New Jersey, Oregon, Minn., and WI.

Maps went out to , OR, WA, Penn., Mon-

tana and Sitka, Alaska.

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OFFICE WORKS

From Rebecca

Now that Sharon and I have been through our first Island Guide creation and publication,

we have some suggestions to make our job go a bit smoother. Let’s talk about PHOTO

SUBMISSIONS. We received many fabulous photographs from many talented people.

Thank you so much………..but here are some suggestions for the submission for the next

Island Guide:

The name of your photo file MUST include:

Your LAST name

The LOCATION where it was taken

WHAT the subject is, or who

If we can make this the normal way to submit photo’s it will make the Guide Committee’s

job so much easier because, and let me give you a scenario; the lead proofer calls and

states, I need a photo of Kasaan, I know we saw one, can you find it?, we need it now!!

We then have to look through 27 files of 827 photos that are titled……IMG0452, etc., and

try to guess where the photo was taken! So now you understand!

Our featured photographer this month is Bob Claus. To check out Bob’s pictures go to our

website here http://www.princeofwalescoc.org/gallery.

On December 21st Sharon and I hosted our first open house at the office and would like to

thank those of you that took time out of your busy Christmas schedule to stop by and

have some refreshments! We believe this was a success and met some new faces in our

community!! Check out page 13 for the photos!

With the 2013 Island Guide at the printer’s our lives here at the office should slow down

and we can focus on other issues we are facing. There so many projects here at the office

to accomplish, so Sharon and I will be concentrating on those minor items that need to be

created and cleaned up. Mark your calendars for our first “AFTER HOURS” on January

24th to introduce the new 2013 Island Guide!

MAY YOUR 2013 BE PEACEFUL, PRODUCTIVE AND PROSPEROUS!

Thorne Bay Market

Alaska and Proud

Rob Williams, Manager

907-828-3306

[email protected]

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;

telemedicine; visiting specialists;

home healthcare.

You don’t stop playing because you get old-you get old because you stop playing!

Moon facts……..

Age: 4.5 billion years old

Shape: Egg-shaped

Distance from earth: 384’467 km

Traveling by car: 130 days

Traveling by rocket: 13 hours

Traveling by light speed: 1.52 sec.

Diameter: 1/4 of the Earth’s

Revolution period: 27.3217 days

The same side of the Moon always faces the Earth. The Moon’s rotation period is synchronous with

it revolution period around the Earth. Because of a loss of orbital energy to gravity from the Earth,

the Moon is very gradually moving away from the Earth. In the very early history of the Earth, the

Moon looked about 3 times larger in apparent size in the sky, because it was closer to the earth!

The temperature fluctuates from roughly +300 ° F to -270 ° F, because there is no atmosphere to

regulate the temperature.

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Highlights taken from the “Prince of Wales Hatchery Association” letter

I’d like to thank Chuck Haydu, President of our Board of Directors, for loaning us the use of his Skid-steer loader this past fall. Our Case W4 loader has been in the shop for some time. It would have been tough to go thru the fall without this, Chuck- thanks a million!

The first day of eggtakes was on October 31st. The crew had several hundred ripe coho females sorted, and ready to go. It was so good to have the help of volunteers this year! Allen Edsall, a board member,

was there on most, if not all days helping with drying buckets, spawning bowls, and recording data. Technicians are badly needed for the fall program, but have received no applicants, so the volunteers were there for us!

It takes a team of 7 or 8 people to do an eggtake, and do quality work. We could have gotten by with fewer helpers, but with the extra hands, we did a better job, and the eggs really looked good. We hit our 5 million egg target, too!!

In photo #1 In the photo you can see Jim See, Vice President of the Board of Directors, and Brian Warmuth, working on egg-takes. Photo #2, you see Mike Douville up close, rinsing eggs with other crew in background. Photo # 3, Savana Ververs can be seen as she gently delivers fertilized eggs into an incubator. Photo # 4 shows the renovated incubation room, and the new plumbing which allows for recirculation of warmed water. Photo #5 Dale Music volunteers his time and chainsaw to cut up chunk logs that we get from Viking Lumber. We use a wood splitter to turn these rounds of wood into chunks we burn in the Heatmor Stove. Mike Bush, of B-3 Contractors, Inc, provides the dump truck to transport log chunks to our “boneyard” .

Craig High School Alaska Naturalist class visited the hatchery , and many of the students had a chance for some “hands-on” involvement. The group broke up into small groups and observed how each of the members of the spawning team were doing their job. Two students worked with me for some time, learning how to introduce eggs into incubators. All the stu-dents did a really great job, and from what I hear, they had a good time helping! Thanks to everyone from the Craig High School Science Department, for helping make these field trips happen! I can only hope that a few of the students will choose aquaculture as a career.

I am very thankful for volunteers. People like Mike Bush, and Dale Music, give of their own time, and offer the use of their personal equipment, to help the hatchery cut operating costs. Burning wood instead of diesel oil will surely make a differ-ence. And when I can’t find enough employees to help spawn the adult cohos, the members of the Board of Directors turn out, and volunteer their personal time, to get the job done. I can’t say it loudly enough, or often enough- I am very thank-ful for volunteers.

“What can I do to help?” you might ask yourself. If you’re interested in serving on the Board of Directors, attend one of our meetings. Every third Tuesday of every month (except during June, July and August) we meet at the Klawock River Hatchery Conference Room. Your unique background and experience can make the Board a more diverse entity. Consider joining this Board, and help make a difference.

This organization is becoming a major contributor of cohos to the common property fishermen in Southeast Alaska. If you are a charter boat operator, commercial or sport fisherman, then that means you. Do you “really like cohos”? as Dale Music

told me? Give what you can to the hatchery, to help keep it going. Your tax-deductible donations will help keep this private nonprofit company alive. Or, you can stop by the hatchery, and get to know the staff. Let us show you all the positive changes we have made during these past two years. This is a special place. It’s Your community hatchery, so please, care about it, and support it.

And last, but not least, I want to thank my crew, for all their efforts this past year. We have done a great job, and can be proud of all our accomplishments!

Dan Goodness, Hatchery Manager

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Tongass Business Center

907-225-9015

Fax 907-225-9014

1-800-478-9015

[email protected]

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

[email protected]

www.Harentals.com

PO Box 1041,

Craig, AK 99921

Car rental with kayak, boat and camping gear packages at the

Hollis Ferry Dock. We also offer Skiff, Van, RV, Truck, and Fishing

Gear rental at affordable rates. For anyone interested , we have a copy of the USFS Big Thorne Project, “Draft Environmental Impact Statement” here at the office. It is on DVD,

you’re welcome to come get a copy or take a look at it.

POWCAC meeting in January:

BOROUGH STUDY RESULTS The first 2013 POWCAC meeting is sched-

uled for Tuesday, January 22nd

. The meet-

ing will begin at 1PM at the CTA facility in

Craig. Sheinberg Associates is slated to

present the results of their study of Bor-

ough Formation on Prince Of Wales Island.

Klawock Schools are saving BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION Klawock Schools will be saving these boxtops for NEW SCHOOL EQUIPMENT.

You can drop off any you collect at the

PRINCE OF WALES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OFFICE.

2012 SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS READY TO MAIL!

In 2012, Chamber underwriters made possible the award of 12

scholarships to Island graduates from POW High Schools. These annual

awards are worth $500 and are sent to the recipient’s College, University

or Trade School.

Recipients are required to send first-term transcripts to the Cham-

ber to prove good standing with a minimum 2.0 GPA.

The 2012 Awards were made possible by the following underwrit-

ers : Alaska Marine Lines, Alaska Power & Telephone, B-3 Contractors,

Inc., Catch a King Charters, Changing Tide Inn, Cleary Computers, Dollar +

Store/Fabry's, Hill Bar and Liquor Store, Log Cabin Resort, Mark and Shei-

la Beardsley, Petro Marine Services, Shaub Ellison, Silver Bay Seafoods,

Southeast Dental Centers, Southeast Road Builders, Trophy Inn, Viking

Lumber, Whale Tail Pharmacy. Thank you!

2013 Scholarship applications can be accessed from the Chamber

website, Scholarship window.

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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 Island News building in Thorne Bay, the Klawock-Heenya Mall and 2000 Tongass Avenue in Ketchikan

Thorne Bay branch open 10AM-2PM Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday. Klawock branch open 10AM-5:30PM Tuesday-Friday, noon-3PM Saturday. Public use ATMs are at Thorne Bay Market,

Klawock-Heenya Mall branch and 6 locations in Ketchikan

A FRIEND IS A GIFT YOU GIVE YOURSELF-Robert Louis Stevenson

THORNE BAY 2012 LIGHTING CONTEST

PRIZE CATEGORIES

1 Best Overall Display $100.00

A combination of all the categories shown in one display, theme,

Eye-catching, bright lights and something new. Kim and Laura Straight

SPONSORED BY ALASKA POWER & TELEPHONE COMPANY

______________________________________________________________________

2 Best Theme $75.00

Definite theme present rather than just a bunch of lights

Religious, Santa, Reindeer, Frosty, Patriotic. Eric and Karen Rawding

______________________________________________________________________

3 Most Attractive $75.00

Very Pretty, Beautiful, Eye Catching. Chris and Jim Page Haufe

______________________________________________________________________

4 Most Wattage -- ‘Pizzazz’ $75.00 Lots of Bright Lights ---- WOW!! Chris and Jakob Nelson ______________________________________________________________________

5 Most Original and Effort to Create $75.00

Something New – Lots of work to put together/create. Pat and Ginny Tierney

______________________________________________________________________

6 Best “Decorated Mobil Item” $75.00

Best overall decoration on a boat, car, motorcycle, bicycle, etc.

Must be a mobile item – not a fence, hedge, garage, or such. Sara and Joseph Currit - Car

Plus ++ Six each Honorable Mentions ………..@ $20.00 each

Can be any residence – does not have to be registered.

1. Ed and Pam Nelson

2. Vern and Teri Redding

3. Yvonne Seaford

4. Bill and Judie Young

5. Monte and Melody McDonald (The Port, the Tackle Shack AND their home!)

6. Danny Killian

_______________________________________________________________________

People’s Choice (pictured here)– Most votes cast by

the public ………$100.00

SPONSORED BY TONGASS FEDERAL CREDIT UNION

Chris and Tiana Nelson

_____________________________________________________________________________

Sponsored by the THORNE BAY BUSINESS ASSOCIATION

with funds earned from the

2012 “Silent Auction” (held during the Thorne Bay Bazaar)

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Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do-Benjamin Spock

DIVERSIFIED INVESTMENTS & INSURANCE

907-225-9805

Fax -907-225-9807

[email protected]

Specializing in investments

and insurance for businesses

and individuals:

retirement (IRA, 401(k),

deferred compensation),

education, brokerage

accounts, life, health,

disability and long-term care Insur-

ance. In business over 30 years.

FIRST BANK

Craig Branch

907-826-3254

Fax 907-826-3910

[email protected]

www.firstbankak.com

Full service community bank

Offering checking, savings

And time deposit accounts;

Consumer, commercial,

construction and home loans;

And online bank-ing services.

Two ATM loca-tions on

Prince of Wales Island.

MEMBERSHIP STARTS WITH THAT FIRST SHEET OF PAPER!

The Membership Binder in the chamber office contains

221 very IMPORTANT primary documents: the member-

ship application that contains all the important infor-

mation that produces the annual Island Guide and the

Business Directory of the Chamber website. This is only

the beginning of the tasks that are tracked on this form.

Members first see this updated form in July/August when the Chamber begins

the annual ritual of renewing memberships and adding new members to the

Chamber roll. The actual application and it’s backup pieces are essential to a

long list of tasks that must be done with each blank that contains members infor-

mation.

All those sheets of paper, once processed into QuickBooks and Excel for tracking,

are placed in the binder. They are used on September 1st and October 1st to

produce entries into the two early bird drawings for IFA tickets. Our thanks for

the early returns.

Each sheet tracks payments as they are received, and are stamped PAID, or

TRADE, or RECIPROCAL (in the case of our fellow chambers in the region).

The office managers marks each sheet when the window decal and thank

you card is sent to renewing and new members.

The office Staff and volunteers work on the Island Guide and go back to each

member’s paper file during each phase of the production process. The final

proofing of the Business Directory in the new Island Guide is performed by

our two office managers-one reading aloud each file: word by word, number

by number, while the other matches what she hears to what is approved for

insertion in the Guide.

The binder is gone through again to produce the list of ads that have been or-

dered for the Guide. The Guide producer uses this list to set aside the ad space

needed in the publication. 74 are set to appear in the 2013 Island Guide, just

down from the 76 ads in 2012.

The Binder is referenced countless times during the year and is the first place

where any changes requested by members are noted.

And in 2013, again this process will start over again………….

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PAYROLL LAW CLASS, December 5, 2012, Anchorage, Alaska

By Sharon Brosamle

First let me give you the disclaimer. . . in no way do we give tax advice and recommend before you make any

changes, it is imperative you talk to your accountant or tax advisor.

That said, you would think after 50 years of bookkeeping there would not be anything new to learn. Wrong!

The class, put on by Fred Pryor Seminars, a non-profit division of PARK University Enterprises, was attended by

40 plus people from all over the state and besides the instructor (who was very good), many had problems and

issues to share that gave additional insight into a lot of the topics that were discussed.

Let me give you a brief out line of some of the high points:

I 9’s. - more time was spent on this one topic than any other. It appears that this is the area where

most businesses receive the largest penalties.

$50.00 for each line not completed correctly.

$3 to $5,000 for a working employee without an I-9 on record.

$50.00 per line for I -9’s with only copies of I D attached.

Penalties for I-9’s stored incorrectly.

What you need to do before an audit. (INS continues to do more audits and it coul-

save your business hundreds, if not thousands of dollars to review your I-9 proce-

dures.)

Salaried employees that are not exempt from overtime.

“White Collar” Executive Exempt.

Overtime on “tips”

Employee verses Private Contractor? Are you apt to be charged workers comp, State unemployment

tax or FICA and Medicare on a contractor that is working for you?

Fringe benefits, taxable or non-taxable?

I still, after all these years have problems myself with the Salaried employees that get overtime. It can be a real

pain to keep track of, especially if they get commissions. The same thing in including overtime for tipped em-

ployees. It is a pain to manually calculate each one but I have yet to see a system that does it correctly.

I’m hoping there are some members that would like more detailed

information on the above topics and other information I picked up at

the class.

Please call or email, if you are, and we can set up a convenient time

to get together and look at the topics you are most interested in for

more detail.

Sharon Brosamle

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End of 2012 Inter-Island Ferry Authority Tidings

The Inter-Island Ferry carried 44,793 passengers and 10,018 vehicles be-tween our Hollis and Ketchikan ports during 2012. Driver free begins Janu-

ary 1, 2013 and continues through April 30, 2013. There are no sailings Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. The Inter-Island Ferry will cover the

Lituya’s sailings between Metlakatla and Ketchikan January 10, 2013 through January 25, 2013. The Metlakatla sailings will not change our

8:00am departures out of Hollis or our 3:30pm departures out of Ketchikan.

Icy and slippery winter conditions are still here 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 time to our Hollis terminal due to the

Klawock Hollis Highway road construction and winter road conditions. Drive Safely!!

Commercial retail rental space available in

Ketchikan

Judy Zenge Manager 907-225-7000

Email: [email protected]

CLEARY Computer

Services

Klawock — 907-755-2963

cell 907-401-0200

fax 907-755-2121

[email protected]

www.clearycomputerservices.com

Repairs, installations,

Internet, networks and serv-

ers, Windows, navigation

software. Security software

and most replacement parts

in stock. Custom orders. Pick

-up, drop-off, or on-site ser-

vice available. 25 years’

experience; work guaranteed.

TO KEEP UP TO DATE ON THE TSUNAMI

DEBRIS AS IT REACHES OUR SHORES, SUB-

SCRIBE TO BEACHCOMBER’S ALERT:

Join the Beachcombers’ and

Oceanographers’ International Associa-

tion by sending your $20 annual donation

to 6306 21st Ave. NE, Seattle WA

98115-6916

P.O.W. Runners/Walkers Club

is having a "Get-off-the-Rock" Travel Package Raffle!! Travel

package includes one round-trip Promech ticket and one round-trip Alaska Airlines ticket! The drawing is May 25 at the Marathon Awards

Ceremony!! Tickets $5.00 EACH.

Tickets on sale at the CHAMBER OFFICE

Farmer’s Market Committee to Hire Seasonal Manager

The POW Farmer’s Market committee met November 2 in Thorne Bay and decided to advertise for a manager to organize and over-see Farmers Market events for 2013. The salary will be $20 an hour plus travel allowances. The manager would likely work 40-hour weeks during March, April and May, and then 20 hour weeks through October. The committee would like to have a manager on board in early March and trained in time for the first Farmer’s Mar-ket event of the year on May 25, to be held in Craig in conjunction with the POW International Marathon.

The next committee meeting is Feb. 1, 10 am, Thorne Bay, City Hall.

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P.O.W. Runners and Walkers Club Declares 2012 a Winning Year

As we gaze back on our activities from 2012, we would like to take this opportuni-

ty to express our gratitude for all of the walkers and runners who took part in our fun runs

and walks during this past year. We are equally appreciative of those individuals, business-

es, and organizations which helped us with these events in various ways. We have seen

our participation in these events increase overall and are extremely pleased with that

trend.

Our most recent fun event was on December 15, when we staged our annual Jin-

gle Bell Fun Run and Walk, starting at the Klawock AC Market. Toeing the start line were

participants from ages 6 ½ months (one of our stroller hitch hik-

ers) to an 80-year old jubilant walker. Some participants even had

their tail-wagging canines along with them to provide good cheer.

It was a festive and happy time for all 30-plus participants. Espe-

cially decorated bells were given out along with other goodies for

all to enjoy.

This is also an opportune time to look ahead to 2013 and

note that we have the following fun events scheduled for the first six months of 2013:

February’s Cupid Chase; March’s Shamrock Shuffle; and May’s Totem-to-Totem Tune-up.

These events are meant to encourage and provide opportunities for active lifestyles for all

ages and abilities. Keep watch in local publications, bulletin boards, and online for more

information on each of these events.

Of course, what we really are now focused on is our May 25, 2013, Prince of Wales Island Marathon and Half Marathon. We have treasured the participation and sup-port of our island for the staging for this event for 13 consecutive years: We believe the 14th staging of our marathon (and 2nd staging of our half marathon) will be equally support-ed and valued. Much work remains to be done by the marathon committee with more funding to be sought in a second round of sponsorship invitations going out during the first weeks of January. If any business or individual is interested in becoming a sponsor, please contact Ann James at [email protected]. Please do check the sidebar to see who is already onboard! The P.O.W. Runners and Walkers Club is also selling reasonably priced raffle tick-

ets for the Get-Off-the-Rock Raffle Travel Package. The May 25 winner of this combo pack-

age will be able to fly off the island on ProMech Air and then catch an Alaska Airlines flight.

Both tickets are round trip, are good for one year from the May 25 date, and one raffle

ticket is only $5.00. Rebecca Chester came up with the wonderful idea of buying a raffle

ticket for friends and relatives far away and slipping a ticket in with a birthday card or oth-

er greeting. What better way to show them you’d really like them to visit P.O.W. Tickets

are on sale at the Chamber Office and the drawing is the evening of the Marathon Awards

Ceremony.

One last item: registration! Registration for our 14th Annual P.O.W. Island Mara-thon and Half Marathon is open. The New Year is an opportune time to set your new fit-ness goals and start working toward them. Go to www.powmarathon.org to register and for more information regarding marathon, half marathon, and relay options. Perhaps your business or organization would even like to sponsor a relay team. You will note that there is an Early Bird Special Rate available until April 15. Individuals preferring to do a paper registration may do so through Ann James at [email protected].

Finally, the P.O.W. Runners and Walkers Club and marathon committee would like

to wish all a Happy New Year! We hope to see YOU at our events!

Submitted by Jean Jackson and Ann James

P.O.W. Marathon Race Co-Directors

Harris Aircraft Services, Inc.

based in Sitka, offers scheduled service into Klawock with our twin-engine IFR equipped aircraft with connections throughout South-

east. Ask about shipping freight/groceries. Now operating 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 Marathon

Sponsors and Supporters

As of November 30, 2012

Silver Level

AP&T

Island Air

Inter-Island Ferry Authority

Alaska Airlines

Silver Bay Seafoods

R&M Engineering

Southeast Road Builders

POW Health Network

City of Craig

Outer Otter Sportfishing

B-3 Contractors, Inc.

The Nature Conservancy

POW Chamber of Commerce

Silver Seas Adventures

Bronze Level

Mitsy Enterprises

Diversified Investments

Papa’s Pizza

SEACC

Southeast Alaska Conservation Council

Cleary Computers

Supporters

ProMech Air

Best Western + Landing Hotel

Hill Bar

McFarland’s FLOATEL

Shaan-Seet

Wesley Rentals

NAPA

Alaska Marine Lines

Klawock PTSA

Out in the Rain 2013 Schedule

The schedule is subject to change.

Out in the Rain is an outdoors recreational program in Craig sponsored by SEACC and the US Forest Service. Out in the Rain encourages people to get out in the woods and waters sur-rounding our communities to have fun, learn something new, and get some physical exercise. Everyone is welcome. Participants will share gear and expertise, and the program is offered free. Families and youth are encouraged to come out and try something new! Subscribe to the Out in the Rain Newsletter at http://tinyletter.com/Out-in-the-Rain to get up to the minute details about all events. All events are free, and all are welcome!

Contact Bob at SEACC, 401-0270, [email protected], Ashley, [email protected], or Tori at 826-1614, [email protected] with questions or suggestions.

January 1 Snow Day-Ski/Snowshoe/Winter Hike

January 19 Snow Day- Ski/Snowshoe/Winter Hike

February 9 Big Tree/Winter River Tour

February 23 Kayak Safety Day-pool

March 9 Sea and shore survival demo/practice

March 29-30 Beachcomber Fun Fair and Whalefest

April 13 Archeology Tour

April 27 Kayak Tour

May 11 Karst Tour including El Capitan Cave

May 25 POW Marathon-OITR Relay Team

June 8 Kids Fishing Day

June 15 Up the Thorne Kayak Tour

June 19 Ocean Swimming/Snorkeling

July 3 Kayaking under the Fireworks

July 4 4th of July Parade-Craig

July 13 Outdoors Fitness Training

July 27 Canoe Point Kayak/boat adventure

August 10 Mountain Biking

August 24 Traditional Foods Gathering

September 7 Hunter Education/Gun Safety Intro

September 14 Mushroom Identification and Foraging

September 21 International Coastal Cleanup Day

October 5 Hill Hike-Black Bear Creek

October 27 Kasaan Culture Walk-Longhouse tour

November 9 Balls Lake Trail Celebration

November 23 GPS/Geocache

December 21 Christmas Bird Count

The schedule is subject to change.

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ISLAND-WIDE VISITORS COMMITTEE MEETING (Jeannie McFarland)

Important projects are in store for the Visitor Committee in 2013. We will begin the planning with our first meeting on Thursday, January 10th in the Conference room of the Klawock Heenya Corporation office from 11am to 2pm. The agenda will include: 1. A presentation by Mac Demmert on the proposal for a Visitors Center

in Klawock, the crossroads of the Island. 2. The Visitor Committee, as the recognized source of many of the contri-

butions to the annual Island Guide, will have the opportunity of the critical ‘first look’ at the 2013 Island Guide. This first look, coupled with each viewer’s first reactions, is an important starting point for the pro-duction of the 2014 Island Guide. What errors escaped the hours of proofreading? What new features would be valuable additions to this publication? What work can be done immediately so the “rush” is spread out? What do you really like about the 2013 that we want to continue?

3. Another important activity for the committee is planning a third bienni-al Visitor Summit in early September.

4. Other topics will include the continuation of work on the Island Wide DVD, USFS & Island wide winter activities, Ferry Transportation and Scenic Byway updates.

Bring a lunch and join us for as long as you can. If you have any additions to the agenda please contact jeannie McFarland at 907-828-3335 or [email protected].

Prince of Wales Vocational & Technical Education Center Report

Sitework for the POW Voc Tech Center has been completed. The

location at the top and west side of Boundary Road in Klawock is ready for

the building.

The Bid Opening for the construction of the Prince of Wales Voca-

tion and Technical Education building has been temporarily suspended.

The City of Klawock secured more time to complete the project and the

committee elected to make some design changes in the mechanical por-

tion of the project.

It is intended for the bid process to be resumed for a March 2013

bid opening, and a project completion in early 2014.

DHB RESTORATION, LLC

Coffman Cove

907-329-2018

fax 907-329-2019

[email protected]

www.douglasshomebuilders.com

General contractor new con-

struction, remodeling, disaster

restoration, 24-hour fire & flood

service/full service carpet & up-

holstery cleaning, applied struc-

tural drying, water restoration,

odor control of both residential

and commercial structures. 35

years of experience with detail-

focused approach to all aspects

of work. Licensed, bonded and

insured.

Cell phone 907-254-0672.

Coffman Cove

Charters, LLC

907-329-2044 / 503-377-2505

[email protected]

www.coffmancovecharters.com

Fish halibut, salmon and bottom fish

with Capt. Lee Harper. Walk-ons wel-

come, reservations encouraged. Call

now to guarantee your spot in the Sil-

ver Talon. We'll see you in Coffman

Cove this summer!

Nothing happens unless first a dream-Carl Sandburg

You should be the change that you want to see in the world-Mahatma Ghandi

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JANUARY 2013 EVENTS!

PLEASE SEND YOUR FEBRUARY 2013 EVENTS TO

[email protected]

BY JANUARY 28

TO SEE THEM HERE NEXT MONTH!

TUESDAY, JANUARY 1ST OUT IN THE RAIN SKI/SNOWSHOE/WINTER HIKE

REMINDER ….... Check out the Craig Ranger District Twelvemile Creek Restoration - Phase II, com-

ments invited: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/fs-usda-pop.?project=3991 Send com-

ments to [email protected] with “Twelvemile P2” in subject line.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2ND NO ISLAND NEWS-OFFICE CLOSED FOR HOLIDAY

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9TH NO ISLAND NEWS-OFFICE CLOSED FOR HOLIDAY

THURSDAY, JANUARY 10TH VISITOR COMMITTEE MEETING 11AM TO 2PM-KLAWOCK HEENYA BUILDING

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16TH CHAMBER BOARD OF DIRECTORS REGULAR MEETING AT NOON AT APT CONFERENCE ROOM

THURSDAY, JANUARY 17TH THORNE BAY BUSINESS ASSOCIATION MEETING 12 NOON-THORNE BAY PUBLIC LIBRARY

SATURDAY, JANUARY 19TH OUT IN THE RAIN SKI/SNOWSHOE/WINTER HIKE

TUESDAY, JANUARY 22ND POWCAC MEETING AT CTA IN CRAIG: BOROUGH STUDY REPORT 1PM

THURSDAY, JANUARY 24TH PRINCE OF WALES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE “AFTER HOURS”-5-7PM AT THE CHAMBER OFFICE

LOOKING AHEAD TO FEBRUARY

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1ST FARMERS MARKET MEETING-THORNE BAY CITY HALL 10AM

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9TH CUPID’S CHASE-10AM REGISTRATION AT CRAIG HIGH SCHOOL

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12TH FAT TUESDAY, WINE AND BEER TASTING AT HILL BAR

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23RD OUT IN THE RAIN-KAYAK SAFETY DAY-CITY POOL

REMEMBER - SUPPORT CHAMBER MEMBERS THAT SUPPORT ISLAND ECONOMY!

Photo by Bailey Watson

Pictured below is the open house that Sharon and Rebecca held on the 21st of December.

Rebecca speaking with local artist

June Krowlikowski about a Chamber

membership.

Michael Kampnich and new USFS

Ranger Matt Anderson. Teresa Busse, Kathy and Mark Kruse