PRINCE OF WALES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Chamber POWer
228 Members Strong

Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2012

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President-Jan Bush
B-3 Contractors, Inc. belle@aptalaska.net

From the Presidents Desk:

It is May and Prince of Wales Island is ready to welcome visitors to its shores! The small tour ships will be arriving for a weekly visit from mid May until September. Artisans will display their POWmade wares, and visitors will leave with treasured souvenirs to remember their time among us. Our island itself is a treasure, recognized by the knowing as one of the rarest ecosystems on the Earth. We forget sometimes that our abundant rain feeds this treasure and keeps the temperate rainforest alive and well! The Chamber of Commerce chose to recognize this unique quality on the banners that will soon hang in six portals on Prince of Wales Island. Memorial Day weekend will bring many to the area to take part in the 13th Annual Marathon, inaugural Half Marathon and relay options. We welcome Alabamas Will Wright and hope that many will be at the CTA on Friday evening, May 25th, to hear this 75 year-olds amazing running saga! He will begin his story about 7:15 PM after the ferry arrives with the last of the participants. The Visitor Committee will meet on May 16th and then take the summer months off. More details are inside! Its time to lay out the welcome mats! Lets also make sure our visitors know how very special is the island we call home! Rebecca Chester took on the editing tasks for the May Newsletter. I am so grateful to have some hours back in my time bank for other pursuits, and for our two grandchildren! Rebecca and Sharon scour all sources for news to share, and for the dates to put on the last page calendar. Help make their search easier by sending your news and dates to the office! I think she has done an awesome job! Congratulations, Rebecca!

Past President- John Bruns

Forest Products Task Force john.bruns.ak@gmail.com

Vice President-Budd Burnett

Hollis Community Council dbld@aptalaska.net

Secretary- Sharilyn Zellhuber

Arrowhead LP Gas/Arrowhead Transfer szell@ati.lynden.com

Treasurer- Kim Swainson

Individual lilginch@hotmail.com

Director- Lynnette Logan

First Bank-Craig Branch Lynnette.Logan@firstbankak.com

Director Janice Lund

Columbine Inn jlund@aptalaska.net

Director- Jeannie McFarland

McFarlands Floatel/Baskets & Bullets floatel@starband.com

Director- John Moots

Alaska Power and Telephone john.m@aptalaska.com Newsletter Editor: Rebecca Chester Office Managers: Rebecca Chester And Sharon Brosamle

Weekday Office Hours: 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM Saturdays: 8:30AM to 12:30PM PO Box 490 Klawock, Alaska 99925 Phone: 907-755-2626 Fax: 907-755-2627 info@princeofwalescoc.org www.princeofwalescoc.org

CHAMBER PO Wer SPO NSO RS

MAY EDIT I ON
This left hand column of the reformatted newsletter is dedicated to our sponsors who have paid for advertising and help the Chamber cover the costs of mailing and maintaining our email account and website. To become a sponsor and have your information 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.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
MAY OFFICE HOURS.............PAGE 2 MAY CHAMBER MEETING......................PAGE 2 13th ANNUAL PRINCE OF WALES INTERNATIONAL MARATHON .PAGE 3 & 4 CHAMBER OFFICE WORKS! ....PAGE 5 SE CONFERENCE FUNDING NEWS............PAGE 6 IFA COMINGS AND GOINGS FOR APRIL:2012, 2011, 2010 PAGE 6 POW HATCHERY UPDATE... ... PAGE 7 BY THE SEA ARTS AND SEAFOOD FESTIVAL .....PAGE 8 CHAMBER SEEKS TO SELL CARNIVAL INVENTORY .. PAGE 8 SOUTHEAST CONFERENCE PLANNING MEETING. .. PAGE 9 POWCAC MEETING FOR MAY PAGE 9 THE POW ISLAND-WIDE MINING SYMPOSIUM II AGENDA.. ..PAGE 10 FARMERS MARKET EVENTS BEGIN IN MAY ...PAGE 11 A LETTER FROM COFFMAN COVE IN THE CHAMBER MAILBAG .. PAGE 11 ISLAND WIDE VISITORS COMMITTEE ..PAGE 12 POW VOC TEC CENTER UPDATE.. PAGE 12 CHAMBER SCHOLARSHIPS ... PAGE 13 FOREST PRODUCTS TASK FORCE MEETING NOTES .... PAGE 13 MAY EVENTS CALENDAR.........PAGE 14

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General contractor specializing in remodeling, disaster restoration and new construction of both residential and commercial structures. 30 years-plus of experience with detail-focused approach to all aspects of work. Douglass also offers carpet and upholstery cleaning on all of Prince of Wales Island Boats and RVs too. Call for a free quote. 24 hour fire and flood service. Cell phone 907-2540672.

M AY O F F I C E H O U R S
The Chamber office in the Klawock Mall will be open during the month of MAY from 8:30AM to 3:30 PM on WEEKDAYS and 8:30AM until 12:30 PM on SATURDAY (except Memorial Day-Marathon Weekend-the office will be closed that weekend). Call Rebecca or Sharon if you need service at a different time!

CHAMBER BOARD MAY MEETING

The Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors will meet for its May meeting on Wednesday, May 9th @12:001:15pm during the mining symposium, at the CTA Building in Craig.
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2012 MARATHON SPONSORS GOLD LEVEL

First Bank Alaska Power & Telephone Tongass Trading Co. B-3 Contractors The Nature Conservancy

SILVER LEVEL
Silver Bay Seafood City of Craig Petro Marine SEACC Southeast Road Builders IFA Outer Otter Sport Fishing Whale Tail Pharmacy Tyler Rental Island Air Express Road ID Prince of Wales Chamber of Commerce

Our Marathon Mile Clean-up (May 11-25th) Committee Update

From Sheila Jacobson
When you clean up your mile, please be sure to take your garbage with you, as to not leave it on the side of the road. The City of Klawock is donating a dumpster again this year for this purpose, and it will be located in the back of the Klawock Heenya Mall (same place as last year). The checkout locations remain the same this year! A huge thanks to: Black Bear Store-Klawock Log Cabin Sporting Goods-Craig Inter-Island Ferry Authority-Hollis
You can pick up all your supplies there

BRONZE LEVEL
A Bed and Breakfast Black Bear Store Cleary Computers Diversified Investments Papas Pizza R&M Engineering Alaska Marine Lines Skinny Raven Thorne Bay Market (Williams Inc) Mitsy Enterprises

***PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU FILL OUT THE APPROPRIATE PAPERWORK WHEN YOU CHECK YOUR ITEMS INTO EACH CHECKOUT LOCATION*** Sunday May 20th- MARATHON COMMITTEE AND VOLUNTEERS
ASSEMBLE MARATHON PACKETS, MEDALS AND LANYARDS, SORT AND PACKAGE SHIRTS: 1PM AT ST. JOHNS IN KLAWOCK

SUPPORTERS
Hill Bar and Liquor Store Klawock PTSA

Friday May 25th- MARATHON RACE HEADQUARTERS OPEN AT

CTA FROM 2PM TO 8PM. REGISTRATION, PACKET PICKUP AND SIGN IN. GUEST SPEAKER WILL WRIGHT PRESENTATION AT 7:15PM This new safety sign and construction cone for the 2012 Marathon Course are just ONE of the many improvements that will be seen this year. The many sponsors who have supported this years event have made these improvements possible!
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NEXT MEETING: WEDNESDAY, MAY 2ND AT 6PM KLAWOCK HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY

MARATHON PLANNING INCREASES ITS PACE The Marathon Planning committee has begun weekly meetings as the final preparations are undertaken to present a successful event on Saturday, May 26th! You will recognize sponsors in their long sleeve turquoise shirts that have been printed at the Camo Shop in Craig. They display the new logo on the front and recognize all the 2012 Sponsors on the back! Race Headquarters is at the CTA in Craig and Registration and packet pick up will be available from 2PM until 8PM on Friday, May 25th. A Pasta meal is available from 6PM to 7:30PM at this same location, followed by the Opening Ceremonies and guest speaker Will Wright. 6AM on Saturday May 26th is the starting time for those walking their events. 9AM will find the runners on the same line near the large paved viewing area between 26 and 27 Mile of the Klawock Hollis Highway. Among those on the line will be Will Wright, our 75 year old Guest who will challenge the 26. 2 mile course that ends at the Craig Ballpark. At 10AM, the inaugural half marathon will begin for both walkers and runners at the 13.1 Mile mark. From this point on, all participants will have the benefit of the MILES TO GO signs that are just one of several race improvement this year, thanks to the many sponsors who have made this event possible. A potato bar will be available from 4:30 to 5:30 on Marathon Day back at the CTA. Awards ceremony will start at 5:30, followed by the ever popular drawings. Hollis Adventure Rentals 907-530-7040 cell 425-766-8969 fax 907-309-6483
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Tongass Business Center

907-225-9015 Fax 907-225-9014 1-800-478-9015 tbcktn@tbccenter.com www.tbcenter.com

Call for catalog. Office equipment and supplies, Sharp Copiers and faxes, printing and binding, newsletters, office furniture.

The Marathon banner has been hung over the highway in Craig, refreshed with the newly copyrighted Raven and Shoe logo! We thank our AP&T line crew for hanging the banner and for the design on the posters and participant shirts. AP&Ts Mark McCready is once again the creative force behind the new logo. A huge thanks to Alaska Marine Lines for contributing the freight for the numerous items that have been ordered to improve the event. All the pieces are coming together and our friends at Alaska Marine Lines have made it possible!
..That a MARATHON is 26.2 miles and 385 yards. The word and that oddly specific distance date back to the 490 BC battle of Marathon, Greece, in which the Greeks defeated the Persians. A messenger carried news of the victory to Athens across some 26 miles. Centuries later, in the 1896 Olympics, the footrace debuted and adopted the name marathon in honor of the runner. 4

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.

OFFICE WORKS REPORT FROM REBECCA Coffman Cove Charters, LLC

907-329-2044 / 503-377-2505 lee@coffmancovecharters.com www.coffmancovecharters.com
Sharon and I have completed taking inventory and the back room has been cleaned and organized! We have been experiencing some computer problems in the office and with that, this month has seen some real challenges for us. While doing inventory of the items in the back room we came across many vintage items that we are selling. We have Alaska Logger red suspenders for $10.00 each, they are a hot item and going very fast! Vintage logging show T-shirts and other vintage shirts-adult sizes are $6.00 each or 2 for $10.00, children sizes (logging show only) are $4.00 each. We have some vintage logging show volunteer hats$4.50 each. Please stop in and take a look at these and pick up an item for your relative that already has one of everything! Check out the website CLASSIFIED ADS page for sale to see these items.

Fish halibut, salmon and bottom fish with Capt. Lee Harper. Walk-ons welcome, reservations encouraged. Call now to guarantee your spot in the Silver Talon. We'll see you in Coffman Cove this summer! In efforts to help out our President Janice Bush, I have taken over the POWer News-

letter. WOW, thank you Jan for doing that for all these years. Many hours go into this, and it is much more than throwing some pretty words on a piece of paper. It is not to say that she has completely handed this project off. It is with her continued assistance and guidance that this newsletter is possible! Please send me your dates, meeting updates, and any other information you would like to go into the newsletter. Send this information to the office at info@princeofwalescoc.org. For the month of April 2012, Guides went to Michigan, Illinois, Montana, Washington, Arizona, Oregon, Idaho, and Colorado; in Alaska to Juneau and Anchorage. We still have 116 boxes of guides for a total of 8,700, and that is 1,275 less than last month! USFS maps of POW went to California, Idaho, Washington, and Utah. Featured photographer this month is Don Busse!

Thorne Bay Market Alaska and Proud

Rob Williams, Manager
907-828-3306 anp@kpunet.net www.alaskandproud.com

We had 2 new individual members join: Bailey & Larry Watson from Thorne Bay; and one new business: No Frills Cooking in Southeast Alaska, a cookbook by Donna Williams of Klawock! The Chamber Office will have new hours for the month of May. We will be open daily Monday through Friday from 8:30am to 3:30pm, and open on Saturday from 8:30am to 12:30pm (except Saturday May 26th-Marathon Day-the office will be closed that day). I recently completed 11 miles in my training for the 2012 Prince of Wales International Marathon! I ran all the way from Hemlock Street in Klawock to JT Brown Street in Craig and back! If I can do that then I know I can run the marathon, but the challenge will be running it after I work 8 hours! Also for the month of April I have a personal best of a total of 75.6 miles completed! If you see me out there running PLEASE give me a honk or a wave, you will never know how much this encourages me when I dont think I can go on anymore! Anyone with dates or photos please forward them to me as I will be constantly updating the web with new submissions that I receive: info@princeofwalescoc.org

An independent full service grocery store. We feature fresh meat and produce and a full line of groceries.

Dont forget to like us on Facebook at

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Tongass Federal Credit Union

907-755-2800 Fax: 907-755-2810 Toll Free: 800-960-8328 Heidi Williams, Branch Manager/ tfcu@aptalaska.net www.tongassfcu.com

Hot off the presses from the Southeast Conference News!. ..this is only an excerpt from this newsletter..
Copied with permission

SOUTHEAST ALASKA CHINOOK SALMON FISHERY MITIGATION PROGRAM SALMON ENHANCEMENT

The panel sent solicitations to the Southeast Alaska hatchery operators for Coho and/or Chinook related enhancement project concepts. Proposals received were reviewed by the panel and funding recommendations provided. The following salmon enhancement related projects were approved for funding: (Listed are only the projects for Prince of Wales Island)
Prince of Wales Hatchery Association: Port St. Nicholas Chinook Net Pens-$86,336 Port St. Nicholas Hatchery Operations-$30,000 Klawock Hatchery Saltwater Coho Net Pens-$186,300 Klawock Hatchery Wood Heat System-$40,000 Klawock Hatchery Drum Filter System-$140,000

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 10AM5:30PM Tuesday-Friday, noon3PM Saturday. Public use ATMs are at Thorne Bay Market, Klawock-Heenya Mall branch and 6 locations in Ketchikan

FOURTEEN SALMON FISHERY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS WERE SELECTED FOR FUNDING: (Listed are only the projects for Prince of Wales Island)
City of Craig-Craig Public Ice House Upgrades-$300,000 E. C. Phillips & Sons, Inc.-Equipment purchases-$42,095 City of Coffman Cove-Coffman Cove Chinook Float Access-$62,164 City of Craig-South Cove Harbor Upgrade-$50,000

IFA COMINGS AND GOINGS: APRIL 2012 VS 2011 VS 2010

The IFA carried 1463 passengers and 340 vehicles off the island during the APRIL morning runs to Ketchikan. The 2011 figures were 1352 and 321, and the 2010 totals were 1510 and 413. During the evening return runs, 1545 passengers and 423 vehicles arrived on POW through the Hollis port. The 2011 figures were 1432 and 408, and the 2010 totals were 1698 and 498. THE APRIL SAILINGS TOOK PLACE ON 30 DAYS. During the month of APRIL, the car deck was never 100% full.. The average percentage of deck used during APRIL was 46% in the morning and 58% in the evenings, up slightly from last month. The Chamber thanks Carolyn Chapman of the IFA for providing the monthly stats.
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PROGRESS THROUGH UNITY!

Prince of Wales Hatchery Association Update

Reprinted with permission

PeaceHealth Medical Group-Prince of Wales

Patricia Smith, RN RN Clinical Supervisor PeaceHealth Medical Group-POW 907-826-3257 Ext. 2219
www.peacehealth.org/SoutheastAlaska

This has been a busy spring so far. Last week, a floating netpen complex was towed from a dock in Port Saint Nick Bay all the way to the Klawock River estuary, and 6 anchors were set to position this unit. Thanks go out to Ken Quigley for allowing us to store the complex at his dock this past year! As well, thanks go out to Karl Demmert, and his use of the F/V Christopher David, for towing the complex, and setting the anchors! Many of you who live in the Craig/Klawock area have already seen this netpen complex, I'm sure! As you drive across the Klawock River bridge, you will be able to see this new system in the estuary. There is a red buoy that marks the position of each of the 6 anchors. In addition, we have deployed a transfer pipeline, 400 feet long, that runs from the shoreline out to the complex. (This pipeline is actually 8 sections of pipe, each 50 feet long, that are bolted together via flanges.) We will bring transfer truckloads of coho smolts from Klawock Lake to this pipeline (located at the Boom City Fireworks site) and deliver these fish to the netpens. Each net is 40 feet by 40 feet, and 18 feet deep. There are a total of 6 pens, so there's room for close to 1 million fish.

Primary care clinic serving residents and visitors of Prince of Wales. State of art medical, diagnostic and x-ray equipment; telemedicine; visiting specialists; During the month of May, we intend to feed these fish well, in order to attain home healthcare. extra growth. The estuary water should be warmer than Klawock Lake, so the
fish are expected to put on extra weight during this time. When the fish are released on June 1st, they will be heaver and larger than their cohorts, which stayed in the lake.

The transfer pipeline will only be in the water for as long as it takes to move the fish into the netpens, perhaps a couple of weeks. There will be a red buoy marking the location of each pipeline flange, every 50 feet. I wanted to inform as many boaters as possible of this situation. Boating will still be possible between this complex and Klawock Island (Klawock Island is west of the complex) but due to the presence of this pipeline, boating will be obstructed east of the complex.

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The complex will be equipped with several small flashing lights, which will come on automatically from dusk to dawn, making the location of the complex obvious for anyone boating at night. Rearing cohos in saltwater netpens during their final weeks has resulted in increased survival of smolts, and greater production of coho adults. Our goal with the coho program is to maximize the production of coho adults, for the common property fishery, as well as for hatchery cost recovery opportunity.

Water Street Apartments is Under New Management! Short-term and Extended stay apartment rentals For Reservations and more information please call

907-826-2298
Or visit our website by following the link on the accommodations page of the Chamber Website!

I have a permit from the Department of Natural Resources, as well as the Army Corps of Engineers, to use this complex every spring, for the purpose described above. I wanted everyone to understand that this use is for only two months each spring. After the cohos are released on June 1st, the nets will be removed, washed, and stored, and all the anchors will be pulled, and the entire complex will be towed out of the estuary, and stored on a beach. The coho complex will therefore be long gone by the time the sockeye return, and subsistence fishing gets underway. If anyone has questions about this new coho rearing strategy, give us a call, or stop by the hatchery. Or you can email me, and I'll do my best to address everyone's concerns. Daniel F. Goodness, Manager Prince of Wales Hatchery Association 907-755-2231 dgoodness@hotmail.com 7

FIRST BANK
Craig Branch
907-826-3254 Fax 907-826-3910
Lynnette.logan@firstbankak.com

News from Coffman Cove...by Heather Hedges

www.firstbankak.com Full service community bank Offering checking, savings And time deposit accounts; Consumer, commercial, construction and home loans; And online banking services. Two ATM locations on Prince of Wales Island.

This years Arts and Seafood Festival will take place August 11th and 12th in Coffman Cove. Coffmans 3rd Annual Silver Salmon Tournament and awards will take place on July 3rd. We are incorporating the awards presentations for our 7th Annual King Salmon Derby to be held May 1st thru Aug. 1st, along with our 2nd Annual Arts and Seafood Festival raffle for prizes, during the weekend of our festival Aug 11th & 12th. This festival is a great opportunity to showcase your business products and services so we are inviting you to participate by generously donating either monetarily or by contributing items/gift certificates. All are tax deductible donations! Go to our website to find a sponsorship form! Or find it on the Chamber website under the Classified Ads button! CHAMBER SEEKS TO SELL CARNIVAL INVENTORY The Chamber of Commerce would like to sell the carnival game inventory that was acquired in the last years of the Fair and Logging Show. This inventory plus an array of assorted prizes will be offered by the Chamber of Commerce in a Request for Proposals that is now available to all interested groups. If you are interested in purchasing this inventory, please contact the Chamber office, leaving name, organization, contact number and email to whom the RFP can be sent. The RFP will be for the entire inventory, and will not be sold piece by piece. Known costs for the inventory will be made a part of the RFP to aid the proposer in its offer. The Chamber reserves the right to reject any and all bids if a minimum bid is not received.

DIVERSIFIED INVESTMENTS & INSURANCE

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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 Insurance. In business over 30 years.

Submit your bids now!

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SOUTHEAST CONFERENCE PLANNING CONTINUES

The planning committee meets at 1PM on Monday, May 7th. This meeting has been changed to the Klawock City Hall in order to accommodate another meeting of the POW Voc Tec Center committee which has been scheduled at 2PM. More involvement is needed from a larger body of interested persons in order to cover all the details that make a successful event that attendees will go home and talk about in positive terms! The dates once again are September 25-26-27th, 2012. The Community Reception will take place on the evening of September 25th at the Island Air Hangar at the Klawock Airport. The Chamber of Commerce will host a Chamber of Chambers breakfast at the Fireweed Lodge in Klawock on the morning of September 26th. All those attendees who are involved with their local Chambers throughout Southeast Alaska are invited to attend this networking event. The very popular Annual banquet and Scholarship auction will take place on the evening of September 26th at the CTA facility in Craig. Meetings will take place at Craig High School throughout the day on September 25th and 26th. One task of the local committee is to put together the SE Conference GOODY BAG for all participants. Island Business are invited to participate by providing 250 items for these bags, which will be portfolios or totes (to be decided yet.) They can be coupons to bring attendees through your doors, flyers about your business. They can be advertising giveaway items that put your business name in the hands of the attendees. Contact Craig City Hall if you are interested in being contacted for an item by someone on the committee.
Bailey & Larry Watson Thorne Bay

The Healing Touch Massage Therapy

Craig and Klawock 907-530-7080 Massages including therapeutic massage, Swedish, Healing Stone, Bellanina Facial Massage, Deep Tissue and therapeutic by Appointment. Outcall to local lodges is available with notice. Gift certificates available

Numerous subcommittees are in need of members to handle focused tasks. Come and take on a task! We will see you Monday, May 7th at 1PM at Klawock City Hall. The meeting can only last an hour!!

No Frills Cooking in Southeast Alaska Donna Williams

POWCAC MEETING
The May meeting of the Prince of Wales Advisory Council will take place on Tuesday, May 22, 2012. in Kasaan. Lunch is available at noon with the meeting to start at 1PM.

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Save The Dates: May 8th-10th 2012 The Prince of Wales Island-Wide Mining Symposium II
Craig Tribal Association Tribal Hall Hosted by :The Organized Village of Kasaan

Tuesday, May 8th, 2012

9:00-9:15am: 9:15-9:30am: 9:30-10:30am: 10:30-10:45am: 10:45-11:45am: Richard Peterson, President of the Organized Village of KasaanIntroduction Break/Setup Anne Marie Palmieri, Environmental Specialist with the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation- Abandoned mines and the clean up process Break/Setup Michael Wilcox, Alaska On-Scene Coordinator, USDA Forest Service- Abandoned Mine sites on Prince of Wales Island. Scott Miller, Newmont Mining Corporation-Engineering Evaluation and Human Health/Ecological Risk Assessment at the former Ross Adams Mine Site Lunch provided for $10.00 a plate Senator Mark Begich, U.S. Senator Break/Setup Kyle Mosell, Project Manager for the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, process for mining in Alaska Break/Setup Mike Bell, UAS Mining Education

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11:45am-1:00pm: 1:00-2:00pm: 2:00-2:15pm: 2:15-3:15pm: 3:15-3:30pm: 3:30-4:30pm:

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012

9:00 9:15am: 9:15-9:45am 9:45-10:00am: 10:00-10:15am 10:15-10:30am Richard Peterson, President of the Organized Village of Kasaan-Introduction Patrick Smith and Drew Takahashi, NiBlack Project LLC, Overview of Project, Current Activities Michael Hjeden, Geologist, POWTEC Solutions Break/Setup Jim Lipinski, Fairweather/Clearstream-providing remote medical services to mining camp Break/Setup Ken Collison, Chief Operating officer, Ucore Lunch provided for $10.00 a plate Rick Harris, SEALASKA Break/Setup Greg Mickelson, AP&T Break/Setup Alvin Edenshaw, Haida Energy/Reynolds Creek Break/Setup Jason Custer, Development Coordinator, City of Saxman, Mahoney Lake Hydro partnership

Alaskan Star Fishing Rentals

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10:30-10:45am 10:45-11:45am 11:45am-1:15pm 1:15-2:15pm 2:15-2:25pm 2:25-3:10pm 3:10-3:20pm 3:20-4:05pm 4:05-4:15pm 4:15-4:45pm

Self guided Hewescraft fishing boat rental. Also Toyota Landcruiser rentals. 4x4 Dodge/Bigfoot and RV Rental. Delivered Island-wide (Thorne Bay based) Offers cost effective, self reliance. Owneroperator: James Embry.

Thursday, May 10th, 2012

9:00-9:15am: 9:15-9:30am: 9:30-10:30am: 10:30-10:45am: 10:45-11:45am: 11:45am-1:15pm: 1:15-2:15pm 2:15-2:30pm 2:30-4:15pm: Richard Peterson, President of the Organized Village of KasaanIntroduction Break/Setup Guy Archibald, Water Quality/Mining Organizer for Southeast Alaska Conservation Council- The Conservation side of Mining Break/Setup Paul Robinson, Research Director at the Southwest Research and Development Center Lunch provided for $10.00 a plate Chaz Edwardson, Ketchikan Indian Community, Mining Training Break Setup Round Table discussion between all presenters and the residents of Prince of Wales Island Break/Setup Heinyaa Kwaan Dancers

TO KEEP UP TO DATE ON THE TSUNAMI DEBRIS AS IT REACHES OUR SHORES, SUBSCRIBE TO BEACHCOMBERS ALERT: Join the Beachcombers and Oceanographers International Association by sending your $20 annual donation to 6306 21st Ave. NE, Seattle WA 98115 -6916

4:15-4:30pm: 4:30-5:30pm:

For questions contact: Neli Nelson at neli@kasaan.org, Paula Peterson at paula@kasaan.org, or call the OVK office at (907 )5422230

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FARMERS MARKET EVENTS BEGIN IN MAY

Submitted by Budd Burnett

ISLAND TO ISLAND VETERINARY SERVICE

907-617-8389
QUALITY AND COMPASSIONATE CARE FOR YOUR PETS

Island to Island Veterinary Service would like to remind you this is a great time to schedule a physical exam for your four legged buddy!

The Farmers Market Advisory Committee hired Brenda Sinclair as its manager to organize an oversee market events that will be held across the Island from May through September. The hiring took place at the Advisory Committees last meeting April 6 in Thorne Bay. Brenda is from Coffman Cove and is a very energetic person and she hit the ground running so to speak. She is doing a terrific job and is presently working on this years first Farmer's Market event that will be held in Craig on May 26 during the POW Marathon. One key to making the Farmers Market events a success is attracting vendors. There is a misconception out there that only specialty foods and produce are sold at the markets. Actually, vendors can sell games, crafts, arts, veggies, home made bread, cookies, etc. Vendors do have to a pay $10 per day fee for a table in a tent, or if they want to rent the whole tent, the fee is $30 per day and that includes two tables. A vendor can bring his/her own tent, but will still have to pay a $10 per day fee. Vendor applications, policies and procedures are available on the website. The Advisory Committees next meeting will be held in Craig on May 4 at the Community Connections Conference Room from 10 am to 12 noon. The public is invited and encouraged to attend. The Farmers Market now has its own website: www.powfarmersmarket.com and Brenda has a new email: manager@powfarmersmarket.com.

PRINCE OF WALES
FARMERS MARKET ASSOCATION
2012 DATES
Craig--during the POW Marathon, May 26th, 2012

In the Chamber Mailbag: a letter from the City of Coffman Cove

April 18th, 2012 Dear Board Members, Sometimes a Great Notion is just that! Hats off to all of you whove asked the What Klawock--during the Sockeye Festiwould we do without you? question, perhaps as many times as we have this year. val in June It takes a village, alright, and most every church, school, organization and indiKasaan--Crab Festival on June 16 vidual in Coffman Cove has helped shoulder an extra load here lately, but some folks Hydaburg--Cultural Camp on July 27, carry all of us most of the time. That would be our EMT squad and volunteer Fire De28 partment. Coffman Cove is so grateful for your encouragement and financial help. Its a Thorne Bay--August 4th great notion to celebrate and remember those who never forget the rest of us, no matter Coffman Cove--during the Arts Festi- how tired, stressed or busy they are! val August 10-12 As were thanking all of our EMT Squad and Fire Department Volunteers this Hollis--Volunteer Fire Department week, well be remembering and thanking the POW Chamber of Commerce for remindAnnual Fund Drive, Raffle and Yard ing us how much we owe them! Sale on September 8; Sincerely, Carolyn Duncan, Mayor
Craig--during the Southeast Conference, September 25, 26 and 27.

Note: The Chamber appreciates this feedback from the POW HEROES IN ACTION project that delivered $600 to each of eight Community Emergency Response organizations on Prince of Wales. The Chamber Board has targeted our 2013 recipients...more on that next time. 11

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ISLAND WIDE VISITORS COMMITTEE

Submitted by Jeannie McFarland
Advertising for Island Events Heather Hedges reported that she was contacted by Alaska Magazine and offered a free full page ad for the Rainforest Island Ferry in the June/July issue. The ad space would have cost $5,770.00. In the ad she included the schedule of the Farmers Markets on the Island which gave our whole Island the visibility it needs. The Summer Tour Boat Traffic to Prince of Wales Island has increased with the addition of the Alaskan Dream from Allen Marine. The InnerSeas Discovery Boats will be stopping in Klawock and at the El Cap Caves again this year. The first date for the Discovery boats will be May 7th in Klawock and the Alaskan Dream May 18th in Thorne Bay and Kassan. US Forest Service Upcoming Activities and plans Maeve Taylor, Recreation & New Thorne Bay Ranger, Kent Nicholson Many projects will be moving forward this summer, they include; Construction of 3 sided shelters at Memorial Beach and Winter Harbor, A recycling program in partnership with the Craig Tribal Association at the day use sites of Gravely Creek and Sandy Beach, Historical restoration on a maintenance level for the Salmon Bay Lake Cabin while more studies are done, replacement of the outhouse at the Balls Lake picnic area and work on phase 2 of the Sunnahae Trail mainly by the 3 crews of YCC workers. El Cap Cave Tours are available 6 days a week this summer and the interpretive guide will be at Dog Salmon Creek in Polk Inlet in July and August. Please be aware there is a detour that begins at the Staney Creek turn off for those wanting to go to Naukati and North due to road construction. You can still get to the Coffman Cove turn off but the road is closed beyond there to Sarkar. Melissa Cady gave a presentation the Nature of Bird Watching on April the 21st, at the Craig Ranger District. The program is for interested birders over 15 years of age or anyone wanting to add bird watching to their lodge offerings. Melissa is available to make presentations at other times and can be contacted at the Craig Ranger District to set up a schedule. The Rainforest Islander is the name of the ferry purchased by the North end Port Authority to start operation in late July of this year. A Refit proposal will be accepted soon for the vessel that will handle 275 tons of freight and has a capacity of 70 passengers and 14 vehicles. Top speed of the vessel is 23knots. Information on the vessel and the progress to meet the July sailing date is available on the website www.rainforestislandferry.com. Updates from the IFA No one was available to attend the meeting. Discussion about the project Dennis Watson, interim manager had started to clear and reorganize the parking area were positive. All agreed he is the right person to get some much needed work done. Work on the DVD will begin again with the opportunity to take the final helicopter flights for the rest of the Island. A script is needed to give Fred an outline of what video footage and still photos to use for each community. Communities can send that information to Jim McFarland, alpfhafloatel@starband.net. . The committee is planning to have the DVD ready for presentation at the Southeast Conference in September. Funds are still needed to pay for production. Next Meeting: Wednesday, May 16th at St. Johns in Klawock. Meeting starts at 11AM to 2PM. Contact Jeannie: floatel@starband.net, 907-828-3335 for an Agenda prior to the meeting.

POW VOC TEC CENTER UPDATE

Submitted by Karen Cleary, Project Director

Joann Lott of Jensen Yorba Lott presented the proposed building schematic design via GoToMeeting to the POW V&T Advisory Committee at the April 16th meeting. At the April 23rd meeting, the design subcontractors (civil, mechanical, and structural engineers) presented their specific parts of the schematic design which were discussed by all. The groups suggestions will be incorporated into the final schematic design which JYL will provide by May 1, and the V&T Advisory group will consider at the next meeting on May 7. The project is on schedule to have the site prep work bid out on June 1 and the site prep work completed by the end of September 2012. The needs assessment survey collection is complete and will be collated and analyzed through May with the final report scheduled for June. The results of this survey will drive the curriculum design and will enable us to focus our efforts on the training most needed for POW. The next POW V&T Advisory Committee meeting is Monday, May 7 at 2:00 pm in the Klawock City Council Chambers. Joann Lott of JYL will present the final schematic design of the facility via GoToMeeting.

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2012 CHAMBER SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION DEADLINE MAY 5, 2012

Since 1994, the Chamber of Commerce has awarded over 200 Scholarships to graduates of Prince of Wales Island High Schools. These $500 awards are made possible through the generous underwriting of businesses and individuals. Please contact the Chamber office if you wish to participate in this long running Chamber project. We thank the following businesses and individuals who have already sent in or pledged full or partial underwriting for the 2012 Scholarship awards: Full Underwriters Alaska Marine Lines Alaska Power & Telephone Petro Marine Services Silver Bay Seafoods Southeast Road Builders Viking Lumber Whale Tail Pharmacy Partial Underwriters B-3 Contractors, Inc. Catch a King Charters Cleary Computer Services Mark & Sheila Beardsley Changing Tides Inn Trophy Inn Awards will be made at 2012 Graduation ceremonies!

FOREST PRODUCTS TASK FORCE

Submitted by Karen Peterson The POW Forest Products Task Force met on Friday the 27th of April. We had 16 attendees, including 3 people on the phone. One of the phone attendees was Sue Tyler from Hoonah. Our task force is attracting the interest of others around the State! We had two agenda items: Pat Palcovic talked about the State Forestry plan. She said that they are focusing only on large sales right now since the Forest Service seems to be handling the small sales. They have two larger sales right now - to Viking and Harrison. They plan on putting 15 million board feet up for sale on POW next year (more than the 8mmbf from the USFS). Questions were posed by some small operators about "micro" style sales, and Pat said she could do those on an individual basis. Pat did say that as soon as Viking is done logging Indian Creek, they would be pulling the bridges. We had some discussion about fire wood cutters, and she said because of fish windows they did not have much time. She would try and contact the community of Hollis to let them know this - although she is trying to work out something to let people go in while Papac is still logging. Wade Zammit from Sealaska gave a presentation on what he was calling the "SE Working Forest Initiatives". This was a powerpoint that went pretty fast, but his point was that there was not much Old Growth left, and the Young Growth that would be available was still too young to harvest. This inventory has come out of the JEDC Cluster work, and he hopped back and forth between total acres available and Forest Service acres available so I am not really comfortable with the numbers for these notes. I do have a print out of his powerpoint if anyone is interested. There were two other topics that came up. One was that Linda Snow from Juneau Economic Development was looking for suggestions for scientific research to be done. If you have any suggestions send her an e-mail at lsnow@jedc.org The other topic was that Ted Sandoffer from the Forest Service said that the next three Forest Service small sales would be Stewardship Contracts. There will be two workshops to educate people on how to apply for these Stewardship Contracts. Our next meeting will take place after these meetings are held.

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MAY 2012 EVENTS!

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CRAIG HIGH SCHOOL AWARDS CEREMONY-5:15PM in the Commons POW MARATHON PLANNING MEETING-Klawock High School Library-6pm ANNUAL KLAWOCK HIGH SCHOOL AWARDS CELEBRATION-Dessert potluck-6pm FARMERS MARKET MEETING CRAIG Health Building 10am to 12noon NATIVE ARTS SHOW, 6PM KLAWOCK HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY CHAMBER SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS DEADLINE SPRING BAZAAR Craig City Gym 10am to 4pm ISLAND GRIND 7PM Craig High School Special feature Gymnastics Recital HOLLIS PUBLIC LIBRARY ANNUAL POTLUCK AND AUCTION FUNDRAISER-Hollis Library 5pm TO 7pm-potluck to start at 5pm SE CONFERENCE MEETING-Klawock City Hall-1PM POW VOC Tec Meeting-Klawock City Hall-2PM KLAWOCK SPRING CONCERT6PM in the Gym POW ISLAND WIDE MINING SYMPOSIUM-CTA Building in Craig CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BOARD MEETING-During Mining Symposium-Noon KLAWOCK GRADUATION-6PM in the gym HOPE HOSTING COACHES CLINIC-Craig High School ANNUAL MOTHERS DAY EVENT IN KASAAN Lunch and fund raiser for the Fire Dept. CRAIG HIGH SCHOOL PROM HAPPY MOTHERS DAY KLAWOCK SCHOOL GYMNASIUM WILL BE CLOSED FOR THE SUMMER THORNE BAY CITY COUNCIL MEETING-Thorne Bay City Council Chambers-6:30pm CRAIG HIGH SCHOOL SPRING CONCERT-7PM ISLAND WIDE VISITORS COMMITTEE MEETING 11am to 2pm St Johns Social Hall Klawock SCENIC BYWAYS MEETING following the Visitors Committee Meeting at St Johns 1ST Stop for the ALASKAN DREAM TOUR BOAT on POW in Thorne Bay and Kasaan MARATHON COMMITTEE AND VOLUNTEERS ASSEMBLE MARATHON PACKETS, MEDALS AND LANYARDS, SORT AND PACKAGE SHIRTS: 1PM AT ST. JOHNS IN KLAWOCK ALASKAN DREAM TOUR BOAT in Thorne Bay and Kasaan POWCAC IN KASAAN Noon for Lunch the meeting starts at 1pm CRAIG HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION-7PM MARATHON RACE HEADQUARTERS OPEN AT CTA FROM 2PM TO 8PM. REGISTRATION, PACKET PICKUP AND SIGN IN. GUEST SPEAKER WILL WRIGHT PRESENTATION AT 7:15PM POW MARATHON and the First 2012 FARMERS MARKET 14