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 Mary Londero and Megan Prawdzik on the home stretch, encouraged by race officials (foreground) Chandler Kemp, Heather Lende, Annie Boyce and Paul Swift. Mt. Ripinsky lower slope visible in background. HAINES–Fourteen year old Marcus Deuling was the overall winner of the Ripinsky Run, completing the course in 30 minutes and 26 seconds. Ryan Rice came in a close second overall at 30 minutes 36 seconds, and Scott Didpridge held third place at 30 minutes, 57 seconds.  Piper raft and Shove raft on the home stretch HAINES–Dozens of people lined the Chilkoot River bridge Saturday afternoon as a home-made raft paddled by Doug Leonhart, Corey Piper and Bob Piper hove into view, pursued by a second raft paddled by Ed Davis, Brad Winge and Kevin Shove. Although paddlers on the second raft worked hard to overtake the Piper raft in the home stretch, it soon became apparent they would not be able to close the 30-yard distance, and the Piper raft easily won. Robert Woolsey | KCAW Read/Listen to full story at KRBD.org By Klas Stolpe | JUNEAU EMPIRE According to reports from Malaspina Capt. Nick Kollars and Second Mate Leif Short-Forrer the rescue of Joey Nowiki, 33, occurred at approximately 10:40 p.m. approximately one mile south of the Skagway harbor. Alaska DPS Press Release  Cyclists are a common sight on the Haines Highway -- this group pedals for a cause... Greater than Graves, a 3000 mile bicycle ride from Anchorage to San Francisco, California to raise awareness of Graves disease will come through Haines later this week. Michaela Cui, a recent graduate of the University of Colorado at boulder is one of the organizers of the ride. Recently diagnosed with Graves disease, a disease that attacks the thyroid, she wanted to do something to raise awareness about Graves disease. “Many of my activities are now on hold while I undergo treatment for this condition,” writes Cue. ”With all my activities suddenly taken from me, I began to feel alone and uncertain of my future, Read more->
AP Story Read more in the ADN.  Kim Larson weighs a King Salmon while Hannah Wing records the numbers Robert Piper won the Haines King Salmon Derby with a 39 pound King Salmon, the largest of 41 turned in during the derby. After a week of slow fishing, the derby count more than doubled today. “As of yesterday, we only had 27 fish,” said Kim Larson, co-chair of the Haines King Salmon Derby and President of the Haines Sportsmen’s Association, in an interview earlier today. ”Today we already have 28 — and we still have another half hour left in the derby.” As Larson spoke, two more boats arrived with more fish. Read more->  USCG Crew transfers patient to a waiting ambulance JUNEAU–A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew medevaced a 65-year-old man from St. James Bay to Juneau, after he reportedly suffered back and head injuries from a fall on June 3, 2011. The helicopter crew arrived in Juneau at 12 p.m. and safely transferred the man to awaiting emergency medical services personnel, who took him for further medical care to Bartlett Regional Hospital. ### YUKON–For travelers in the Yukon and Alaska, the wildfire season has been quite active, with a few campgrounds in the Yukon closed as a result. The Steward-Cassiar Highway remains closed near the BC border. Twenty-four BC firefighters have been called up to the territory, with six stationed at Dawson, Mayo, Carmacks and in Whitehorse. BC hasn’t seen too much activity so far this season, which is unusual, so they have been available to help out in the Yukon and Alaska. Despite the size of these fires, things are under-control, said Maratos, explaining the recent, and predicted, cooler temperatures are helping. But all the resources available are being put towards these lightening-started fires, and fire management would like to keep it that way. “The last thing we want to do is take those resources and go fight a fire that’s in a community and was human-cased,” said Maratos. “We’re pretty lucky, most people have common sense and we ask that that continues.” Read more in the Yukon News.  Fishing Vessels Fools Gold, Pelican, and Mickey V, Haines, sport fresh bottom paint as they wait for the Monday evening high tide at the Haines Small Boat Harbor HAINES–Spring weather arrived just in time to take advantage of spring tides for boat maintenance late last week. The boat harbor is filled with the sounds of power tools and other activity as Haines residents prepare for a busy summer season. Forecast for the rest of the week is continued warmer (mid-60′s) temperatures with a little rain. A look at the long-range forecast from the National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center shows a probability of warmer than usual summer months in most of Alaska to the north of Haines. The same prediction for southeast Alaska shows equal chances of more or less rain, and equal chances of higher or lower temperatures. In plain English, that means the weatherman isn’t betting either way. HAINES–The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) recently approved a series of new bicycle routes in several states, including the Haines Highway and the Klondike Highway near Skagway, according to Haines Borough manager Mark Earnest. These were the first new such designations by AASHTO in 29 years. By Jeff DeLong | USA TODAY  A SEABA helicopter from the deck of the home of Bud and Shirley Stewart at 17 1/2 mile Haines Highway HAINES–Imagine a dozen or more people from all over the world speaking various languages and feeding snacks to the landowner’s dogs, who love the attention they are getting. This is the way Bud and Shirley Stewart, property owners at 17 ½ mile, Haines Highway, described the heli-skiers who wait on their property for the next helicopter to take them to the alpine area for their downhill adventures.  Big Mountain snowboarders survey the descent ahead of them. “You try to scare yourself at least once a day!” said Jason Bach, 35 from Eagle River, Wisconsin, as he re-flected on his 40th run in just over two weeks in the Haines heli-skiing, snow-boarding back country. Tuesday was a blue bird day for Bach who had worked for over two years at his Wisconsin landscaping business just to make the Haines trip a reality. Read more-> by Lisa Demer | ADN By Kyle Hopkins and Beth Bragg | ADN Sixty-four minutes later, Ramey Smyth of Willow arrived with a team of eight dogs for his best finish in 17 races. He also broke the previous race record. Read the full story in the ADN. by Joe Runyan | ALASKA DISPATCH These two have separated from the following pack, including last years second-place finisher, Hans Gatt from Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada, who arrived in White Mountain at 7:33 p.m. Baker and Ramey Smyth are in a race “too close to call” by my group of Iditarod experts. Read Joe Runyan’s full story in the Alaska Dispatch. ### Beth Bragg | ADN Bob Janes | JUNEAU EMPIRE  The ice-encrusted Perseverance lies in Haines Harbor last Sunday, after setting her crab pots in high winds and heavy freezing spray. HAINES–The good news is that the U.S. Weather Service Climate Prediction center was right. We wrote about it last November, when they predicted a colder than average winter and spring this year, based on the persistent La Nina event in the Pacific Ocean. But that’s also the bad news — it seems colder and windier this winter, and we can hardly wait for summer to come. Read more-> Staff | JUNEAU EMPIRE By Kyle Hopkins | ADN In one of the first episodes of “Gold Rush: Alaska,” the new Discovery Channel series about six men transplanted from Oregon to Southeast Alaska in hopes of striking gold, a brown bear wanders into camp. Sure enough, a bear is killed by the end of the episode. “The team has made the camp secure,” the narrator concludes. What viewers aren’t told is that no one had to shoot the bear to save a life or protect property at the mining claim on Porcupine Creek, according to a review by the state Department of Natural Resources. Read the state Department of Natural Resources letter to the reality show miners here. Yukon Quest Press Release: Ken Anderson arrived in third position at 1:36 a.m. Wednesday. In fourth position, Brent Sass arrived at 6:14 a.m. Mushers Kelley Griffin and Allen Moore left Two Rivers this morning and are en route to the Finish Line. Read more at the Yukon Quest website. |
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