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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  Marnie Rasmussen (34) is high scorer at the last girls home game There was a lot of talk around the 3A schools in Southeast about the strength of the Mt. Edgecumbe boys basketball team and that strength was evident in how they easily handled the Haines boys over the weekend. But it would remain to be seen how strong the girls team was when they came to Haines for the season’s last home game stand. The Lady Glacier Bears were not intimidated at all and cruised to easy victories. At one point in Friday night’s game they had a 32 point lead before turning the court over to the subs who finished it out in the 4th quarter with a 64-52 final score. As is often the case, Abby Jones was the high scorer with 24 points. Amy Messerschmidt and Marnie Rasmussen each had 10. Read more-> 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.  Edgar Hetteen by Stephen J. Lee | Grand Forks Herald Beginning in the mid-1950s, Hetteen founded, with his brother, Allan, and brother-in-law, David Johnson, what became Polaris, in their hometown of Roseau. Only a few years later, the self-driven Hetteen walked away and soon in nearby Thief River Falls, co-founded what became Arctic Cat Inc. Read full article in the Grand Forks Herald.  Celia Bower wins battle and passes ball to teammate HAINES–On Friday Feb. 11, 2011, Haines kicked off the 4th annual Triple Threat Basketball Tournament. There were 248 total students playing, represented by 7 teams from Haines, 4 teams from Whitehorse, 1 team from Skagway, and 15 from Juneau. Considering the number students playing, with coaching staff and other people involved with the teams support, one can only imagine the planning and coordination it took to house and feed them. Except for the main hallways, floor space was at a premium at the school–the majority being occupied by sleeping bags and back packs. Haines School helped with the some of the feeding logistics by having an open concession stand Friday and Saturday and a spaghetti feed on Saturday evening. Read more-> Dan Bross | KUAC The trail from Central to the Mile 101 Dog Drop is only 28 miles long, but includes overflow plagued lowlands followed by seriously steep climbing. Severe overflow and extreme cold are slowing down the mushers speed, as they just try to survive. Read story at APRN.org.
 BCHL Player Jeff Earnest This just in from Mark Earnest: “Please go to the British Columbia Hockey League website at bchl.ca and vote for Jeff Earnest in the Subway Poll (lower right column).” B.C. CANADA–It seems that Subway regularly sponsors a poll about the hockey players or the teams. Usually the poll relates to something like who will score the most points or get the most penalties, but this time the question is, “From their player profiles, who has the most unique hairdo?” Read more->  Official Ray Chapin is ready to get the game started Friday and Saturday belonged to the Lady Glacier Bears at the hometown gym. The visiting Metlakatla Miss Chiefs brought only a varsity team to town and did not present too much of a challenge for Haines on their home court. Haines outscored Metlakatla 66-24 on Friday night and 59-40 on Saturday.  Devin Braaten (22) sings the national anthem Friday night HAINES–Fourth quarters in basketball can be exciting when your team is slightly ahead but by no means has the game put away. Such was the case in Friday night’s Varsity game pitting the Glacier Bear boys against the Craig Panthers. In a game that was never a run-away by either team, the score was 55-53 in Haines favor with 48 seconds remaining. The troublesome thing for Haines fans was that Craig had been hitting three-pointers all evening including six in the fourth quarter. In desperation, as the clock wound down, Craig committed fouls to get possession but they fouled Glacier Bear players who started to hit free throws when most needed. In the final seconds Tyler Swinton hit three from the line and Devin Braaten two, to finally put it away. The final score was Haines 61-56 over Craig. Read more->  Although the Lady Bears lost the previous weekend against a much larger school in Sitka, they gave a good showing and fans knew that the team was strong. But it was a bit of a surprise as to how strong they would be at the Haines home-opener this past weekend when both the Jr.Varsity (JV) and Varsity literally cruised to easy victories over the Wrangell Lady Wolves.In Friday’s action, the JV game ended with Haines victorious 40-21 and the Varsity score was Haines 61, Wrangell 30. Read more->  Jarrid Davy, 1st Place Overall Winner Jarrid Davy of Whitehorse raced to victory under adverse conditions including extreme cold temperatures and light snow conditions, to claim the 1st place overall winner spot. Davy rode a 2008 Yamaha Apex from the 41 mile start to Dezadeash, and return in 1:33:28, for an average speed to 99.5 miles per hour.  Ice covered Aurora finally reaches quieter waters on its 7 1/2 hour trip through high seas from Juneau with the Sitka basketball team The Sitka Wolves boys basketball team arrived in Haines last Friday after a ferry ride from Juneau that took almost twice as long as normal. The ferry was slowed by 50 knot winds and 12 ft. seas making for a roller coaster ride that caused some to lose their breakfast and all to endure an uncomfortable trip. But if the Glacier Bears were hoping unsteady sea legs would slow the Wolves on the court, they were badly mistaken. Sitka handily won the series in both varsity and junior varsity play. In varsity play, the Glacier Bears seemed plagued by turn-overs both nights. Each night Haines started strong only to lose momentum from the second quarter on. Read more->  A racer crosses the line at Dezadeash, the halfway point in the race. On Saturday, January 15th, racers from Alaska and Canada will gather for another snowmachine road rally on the Haines Highway. For 42 years the Canada, BC and Yukon governments have allowed the Alcan 200 to take place on the Haines Highway from 42 mile to Dezadeash Lake and back—a distance of 80 miles each way. The road will be closed to traffic for the duration of the race, from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Alaska time (9 am to 4pm Yukon time.) The race begins at 42 mile, just north of the Canadian Border station with the racers starting 30 seconds apart, two at a time from the largest machines to the smallest by the engine size. Read more-> HOMER–In January 2010, NOAA announced the new regulations capping the guided- sport halibut charter fleet and requiring federal permits. To qualify, captains had to have logged a specified number of boat trips in either 2004 or 2005 and in 2008. Applicants can submit evidence to support their claims of being qualified. If denied, they can take their case to NOAA’s Office of Administrative Appeal.  Tyler Swinton, with 21 points, led the scoring. It was evident from the first minute of play that Saturday night’s varsity basketball game at Karl Ward Gymnasium was going to be different than Friday night’s contest. Haines took the opening tip-off and scored within the first 15 seconds of play, never to trail again. Although it was not a high scoring game, the pace from the start was much quicker than the game on Friday as the Glacier Bear boys out-scored and out-rebounded their Viking opponents throughout the evening.  Snow and clouds envelope Mt. Ripinski on the north side of Haines Update: 11:50 a.m. HAINES–Alaska State Troopers, searchers from Haines and Skagway, and the U.S. Coast Guard are working to rescue a hiker that fell while hiking the Mt. Ripinsky trail just north of the Haines city center. Poor weather conditions, darkness and high-angle terrain have hampered rescue efforts so far. Keith Hutchins, age 40 of Haines used his cell phone to call for help about 2 pm yesterday. He reported that he was hiking on Mt. Ripinsky when the weather changed. He tried to descend the trail in whiteout conditions but became disoriented, slipping on a steep slope and falling over a cliff. Hutchins reported that he has back pain, limited mobility in his legs, and cannot climb or descend from this present location. He used his hand-held GPS to give coordinates to the dispatcher. Read more-> OPINION: Wayne Heimer, Fairbanks Daily News Miner Read more: News Miner: Parnell’s choice threatens anti management legacy James Alborough took advantage of Saturday’s cool, breezy conditions to get in some kite-surfing on the lower Chilkat River.  Katey and her mother celebrate the end of the journey. by Lori Stepansky HAINES – Just shy of her 27th birthday Katey Clautice, along with partner Doug Clawson and canine companion Lil’ Bit paddled into the Haines Boat Harbor, having completed a 1300 mile journey up the Inside Passage.  Preflight deicing by Roger Maynard Once again, the heli-skiing issue is rearing it’s ugly head. In a town with an economy on the verge of collapse, a heli-skiing industry with potential to carry local business through the late-winter and spring doldrums is being sabotaged by a small group who consider it their place to stop any activity that does not meet their approval. Incredibly, we have a borough Assembly that is willing to listen to this handful of naysayers, rather than consider the needs and economic health of the majority of Haines residents. Read more->
SEARHC Press release HAINES — The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) WISEWOMAN Women’s Health Program is teaming up with Valley of the Eagles Golf Links and Driving Range in Haines to host the “Rally For The Cure” Summer Scramble Golf Outing in August. Read more-> |
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