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Rescued Hiker: "We Definitely Got More Than We Bargained For"
One of four Juneau hikers rescued off a wind-scoured mountain earlier this month says the group was looking for a bit of an adventure, but may have gotten more than they bargained for.
It's a little more than a week since Matt Callahan and three friends were rescued from a mountain ridge above Thane Road, and he's laid up at his parents' house in West Juneau.
He sits up in bed, wearing glasses and an Alaskan Brewing Co. sweatshirt. A plastic frame keeps the sheet from touching his feet, which are swollen and purple, covered in blisters from frostbite.
Callahan says the group started their adventure up West Peak on Saturday, Jan. 31, the first day in probably three weeks without rain in Juneau. Temperatures at sea level were in the 20s and 30s.
"It was a beautiful day, but it was really windy," Callahan says. "And when we got to the top of the mountain it was calm there, and we decided to just camp there."
The 27-year-old – born and raised in the capital city – says he's been winter camping maybe a dozen times or more. He says the group met as members of Juneau Mountain Rescue, and was prepared for the elements with warm coats, boots and sleeping bags.
"We were kind of looking for a little bit of harsher conditions," says Callahan. "And we definitely got more than we bargained for in that respect."
He says they knew the forecast called for high winds, but didn't consider they'd be stronger on Sunday than on Saturday.
"We'd built a snow wall that was probably about 6 feet tall and 4 feet wide, and the wind ate through it in about an hour," Callahan says.
About 4:30 Sunday morning, Callahan says the wind ripped up their tent and blew away a bunch of gear, including three sleeping bags and one coat.
At that point they decided to get off the mountain as soon as possible. But the wind was blowing 50 to 60 mph, and they only made it as far as a rock outcropping near their camp, where they took shelter until daylight.
When they tried to move again, Callahan says the wind was blowing probably 80 mph, so they figured it would be better to wait for help.
They huddled behind the rock formation, which he says was about 3 feet tall and 10 feet long.
"We hacked out about a foot of ice, down to the moss below it. But it was still windy in there," he says. "The wind would whip around the bottom and blow up into it. But it was out of the full strength of the wind."
Callahan sent their GPS coordinates to Juneau Mountain Rescue by text message, and JMR contacted Alaska State Troopers, the agency in charge of search and rescue.
A U.S. Coast Guard H-60 helicopter crew tried to airlift the hikers Sunday evening, but the wind was so gusty the helicopter was unable to land or get close enough to do a hoist.
A JMR ground team didn't reach the stranded hikers until Monday morning.
"The high winds definitely was a challenge for us in figuring out a way to get a team there safely," says Pat Dryer, JMR's board president, who organized the search.
Dryer says the hikers actually were well prepared and did everything right in planning their trip.
"They left a travel plan with a third party, they were able to communicate to somebody when they did need help, they left with the proper gear, and they knew when to call for help," Dryer says.
Callahan says he felt relief when JMR arrived, bringing extra clothes and ice tools to make crawling on the ridge more secure.
But he says the most important thing the rescuers brought was food and water, which the group had been without for almost 24 hours. Callahan says the extra nourishment gave them the energy to get off the trail safely.
"I was in a great mood coming down the trail," says Callahan. "I basically ran down and got to the bottom and hopped in the ambulance to check out my feet and then realized that they were frozen."
In the rush to gather his gear after the wind blew through their tent, Callahan says he failed to put on his gaiters – waterproof leggings that cover the calf and ankle. His feet got wet after snow got into his boots.
He and fellow hiker Amy Helm were medevaced to Anchorage with frostbite. He says doctors tell him it could be several weeks before he'll know if he gets to keep all his toes.
"Eventually the tissue will turn into either nice, healthy toe again. Or it will shrivel up and kind of mummify, and that will have to be removed," he says.
Callahan says Helm is in similar shape, recovering in Colorado with family. Her husband, Craig, also was on the trip, along with Schuyler Metcalf, neither of whom needed to be medevaced.
If he does lose toes, Callahan says so be it.
"I'm told you don't really need toes," he says. "There's a lot of great mountaineers who don't have toes. The doctor says they're just cosmetic, but I'd still like to keep them if I could."
And even though he got frostbite, Callahan says he's happy no one in the group suffered hypothermia. He says he kept a positive attitude during the ordeal, and is trying to keep the same spirit through recovery.
If they had it to do over again, Callahan says they probably would've camped lower on the mountain. He says he would've made sure to put on gaiters. And he says, yes, they could have done a better job checking the forecast. But he adds people need to be prepared for the worst, no matter what the weatherman says.
"We knew it was going to be windy," he says. "But just having a healthier respect for the wind."
"Emotional Creature" teaches young women to speak
A new play opened this weekend at Cyrano's Playhouse in Anchorage from the author of the Vagina Monologues. On stage, the songs and monologues tell the true stories of traumas faced by young women around the world. But behind the scenes, it's the tale of Anchorage's young women learning what it means to be an "Emotional Creature."
Emotional Creature directly discusses some hard topics – sexual abuse, female genital cutting, child labor. And the cast of seven young women doesn't shy away from discussing the issues.
Mary Rose Rashid plays a Congolese girl who is kidnapped, kept as a sex slave for two years, and escapes. Rashid says playing the role helped her process her own past.
"It really helped me to cope with my trauma to talk about some of the things my character went through because it was like, 'God those words are true!' I can't let anyone take anything away from me unless I give it to them. I'm stronger than that, you know what I mean? It helped me a lot to realize that it is okay. I love being a girl. I am okay with being an emotional creature."
Many of the cast members say that learning about what happens to women in other countries opened their eyes. But they also thought more about the social forces that impact girls here in the United States.
Hazel De Los Santos plays a middle schooler who is ostracized for talking to an unpopular girl and not looking perfect. De Los Santos says it's an experience many girls and women can still relate to.
"I know for a fact that everyone still goes through it. They wish they could be this, they wish they could be that. They wish they had a big butt, they wish they had big boobs. They wish they weren't fat. To be honest, I still go through that," De Los Santos reflects. "I look in the mirror, and like, and sometimes I say I don't like what I see. But after playing this part, eventually, [I realized] we're own beautiful in our own different ways and people need to realize that. I still need to realize that."
So she and others, like Molly Dieni, have started talking to the people around them about the issues in the play.
"My dad was skeptical, initially, about the play. He sees it very much as a very girly thing, and I kinda shut that down."
Dieni says it's not just a girl thing – it's about treating people equally and teaching everyone about the issues that impact young women. And reminding girls that it's okay to be a girl.
"Emotional Creature" by Eve Ensler is playing at Cyrano's until March 8.
Salmon Sisters Meld East Coast Education With Commercial Fishing Roots
Today we meet a pair of Alaskans who run the business Salmon Sisters. Emma and Claire Laukitis were born and raised on the Aleutian Islands near False Pass. Emma says it was quiet and simple upbringing.
"Growing up there was isolated," she said. "It was really all we knew; we had an awesome childhood there."
"We were homeschooled for the first eight or nine years of our life. We played outside a lot."
And when the sisters got a little older their dad started taking them commercial fishing with him in the summers. Claire says they were too young to pull nets, but that didn't matter.
"Going out on the boat was a big deal," Claire said. "We were excited to spend time with my dad, and just spend time outside with one another."
Once they were old enough to go to college Emma traveled to the East Coast and Claire went to Vermont. They studied there until eventually they were accepted into another program; this time in Italy. Claire studied business, while Emma studied art.
"I started designing some screen prints of the fish that we'd catch on the boat," Emma said. "I always really liked the Japanese-style fish prints, so I started with a rockfish."
"That was our first design, and I guess it just started grew from there and grew from our reverence for the ocean and what our family does."
And that was the official beginning of Salmon Sisters. Today the pair sells a large catalog of t-shirts, hoodies, leggings and more. Emma says the Aleutians have always been a rich source of inspiration for her art.
"You know, the quirky people that you find in coastal towns," Emma said. "And some of the creatures you pull up from the water; they're pretty spectacular."
Claire says Salmon Sisters has found success quickly, but it hasn't been easy, and it's not paying the bills just yet. On top of running the business, both Claire and Emma still commercial fish for half of the year.
"It's been tricky," Claire said. "It's like standing on top of the crow's nest holding your cell phone up getting a text to our friend who is running our business in the summer. It's a challenge."
Another challenge for the women is staying true to their values. They want Salmon Sisters to be 100 percent Alaska made, even if it means paying more to print their clothing in state.
Claire: "It's produced in Alaska, designed in Alaska and sold in Alaska. It's the perfect combination. It's much more important for us to support the local screen printer in Anchorage."
Emma: "And I think we've all learned that Alaska is just not cheap."
At the end of the day, both Emma and Claire think Alaskans will also be willing to pay a little more for something close to their hearts. Emma says two sisters who grew up fishing isn't unique to Alaska, but it's genuine.
Emma: "I think people just love to be involved in a story. And if there is one that seems legitimate and real and is something they can wear and celebrate that's a cool thing."
Claire: "It's so wonderful, just driving from our house to the radio station we saw three different people with our apparel on. It's great."
Brent Sass Outduels Allen Moore For Yukon Quest Win
The bells of the historic Immaculate Conception Cathedral in downtown Fairbanks rang in honor of legendary musher George Attla who died this week as Eureka musher Brent Sass cruised across the finish line to win this year's Yukon Quest.
Sass has been trying to win the Quest for years. This year, he gave up a 10-hour lead to two-time defending champion Allen Moore, who refused to give up easily.
When Allen Moore blew through the Mile 101 checkpoint, he claimed the lead and gained nearly a half an hour on Brent Sass. After Sass left the checkpoint, he says his team made up much of that time.
"It was funny the way I gauged it, I was watching the poop in the trail," Sass said. "When I first started, the poop was all frozen and then as I got down the trail a little bit farther, I'd stick my ski pole in the poop every time when I'd go by and it got softer and softer and I knew then I was on his trail before I even saw the headlamp."
After the two crossed over Rosebud Summit, they ran for more than 40 miles within two minutes of each other all the way to the Two Rivers checkpoint, where they bedded down their teams for a mandatory 8-hour layover. Allen Moore says he was positioned right where he wanted to be.
"As I have told you all along, I just wanted to get to Two Rivers and be close and I am close," Moore said. "I couldn't ask for me and now the dogs just have to perform. We're in the perfect position. We're in our home turf. They know where the finish line is. If they feel good, we will win."
With a race as close, both mushers knew they'd have to run behind their sleds and use ski poles to help their teams along. Moore is 57. He joked about what it would be like to race against 35-year-old Sass.
"You'll see an old guy and a young guy and a young guy really running to the finish line. 'I'm going to kick your butt you old guys.' 'No you're not you old guy,'" Moore said.
Joking aside, Moore knew the 70-mile run to Fairbanks would be tough.
"If you stop to untangle a tangle the other person will be a quarter mile ahead of you, just to untangle a tangle, the other person will be a quarter of a mile ahead of you, so that's what it's going to play down to," he said.
The two teams left within two minutes of each other. Twenty miles later, Brent Sass caught Moore's team.
"A plan came together," he said.
Sass says he took advantage of a road crossing, where spectators gathered to cheer on his dogs. Allen Moore's kennel is not too far from the trail, so that also worked to Sass's advantage.
"The dogs, it was just amazing," Sass said. "I called them up and we flew all the way through two rivers and I had to make sure I toned it back a little bit because I realized we still had like 50 miles to go."
Sass credits his lead dog Basin, who ran in lead for all but 25 miles of the race.
"He's an amazing dog, he just defies the odds," he said.
Sass drove a young team of two-, three- and five-year-olds this year.
"Yeah, the future is real bright," Sass said. "I got 25 puppies at home that my handlers are training up, so the future is real bright for Wild and Free."
Allen Moore crossed the finish line just over an hour later. Brent Sass was there to greet him.
"Dogs look good," Sass told Moore. "Nice race. It's always a pleasure racing against you."
Moore seemed a little down his team's performance.
"I thought it could have been just like it was two years ago, where they really rocked, like Brent's team did this year," Moore said. "I thought my team would be that team again, but they just didn't have it this year."
There are still 14 teams spread out across nearly 200 miles of trail. They'll continue to cross the finish line throughout the week.
Jewell, Governor, Delegation Descend on Northwest Arctic Borough
Instead of Juneau or Anchorage. For two days, the Northwest Arctic Borough is suddenly Alaska's seat of power, with the governor, the lieutenant governor, the whole congressional delegation, and 10 legislators all descending on the region.
But the most high-profile visitor is Sally Jewell, Secretary of the Interior and a member of President Barack Obama's cabinet.
While Jewell had long planned to appear at an Alaska Federation of Natives board retreat in Kotzebue, the visit became more political after Obama announced his plan to prohibit drilling in a good swath of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and certain offshore areas.
Many of Alaska's lawmakers were motivated to come up to the region to confront her on these actions, but Jewell had her own agenda for the visit.
At 9:30 in the morning, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell left the Kotzebue airport in a Cessna Grand Caravan bound for Kivalina. She was traveling to the barrier island to learn about the effects of climate change on the community. In her wake were about half a dozen legislators who ended up piggybacking on her itinerary.
As Jewell had a private meeting with members of the village council, legislators like House Majority Leader Charisse Millett toured the local school. With the current building over capacity and in a location where it is vulnerable to storms and erosion, Kivalina is requesting money for a new building that would be built on dry ground miles outside the community.
After visiting classrooms, the legislative delegation was brought to the school gym to meet with members of the community, like Eleanor Swan. She's working a projector that shows violent waves smashing against the town.
"When it flooded here in town in 2004, the water got way high, and they had to move the principal's house," Swan said.
Swan is originally from Noatak, but she's lived in Kivalina for 29 years.
"It changed since I moved. There was more beach when I came here. That's long gone. We hardly have a beach now."
Shortly before noon, the secretary showed up, putting her in the same room as Alaska lawmakers. While legislators had made the trip to talk to Jewell about drilling restrictions on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, they gave her wide berth in the gymnasium. She sat alone until Millie Hawley, the leader of the village council, noted the empty seats next to her.
"Where's her staff?" Hawley asked. "She looks so lonely." "Nobody sits next to me," Jewell said. "I'm used to it."
After a prayer was said in a mix of Inupiat and English that implored for the survival of Kivalina, Jewell spoke.
She kept her comments strictly to climate change. She did not bring up offshore drilling, or any other controversial issue that has made her a target for Alaska lawmakers. Instead, she asked to hear about how changing weather patterns were affecting the community's ability to get caribou, whale, and seal.
"For the elders that are willing to open, I would be very interested in hearing about the changes you've seen on the landscape, how that's impacted your subsistence, where you'd like to see things go for the future."
Jewell then heard from residents who expressed concern about the rate at which village land was disappearing, and how declining sea ice and harsher storms have hurt the community.
There were no big announcements about funding for Kivalina projects or money for relocation costs — just a general commitment that the federal government would work with them.
About halfway through the meeting, the legislative delegation left without approaching Jewell. They had their own plane to catch, and a meeting to finally confront Jewell scheduled for later in the day.
Mushing Legend George Attla Dies
Alaska Native dog mushing great George Attla has died. The sprint champion known as "The Huslia Hustler" died of cancer on Sunday at the Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage. He was 81. Attla's impact spanned from success in racing to helping village kids connect with mushing.
Republican Lawmakers Express Doubts On Medicaid Expansion
House Republicans expressed skepticism over Governor Bill Walker's plan to expand Medicaid in a hearing Monday morning.
The subcommittee hearing of the House Health and Social Services Committee was the first chance for lawmakers to publicly question Health Commissioner Valerie Davidson on the subject.
Medicaid expansion is a complicated topic. Davidson and lawmakers dug into the details, like reimbursement rates in Alaska and efforts to combat Medicaid fraud.
An hour and a half into the hearing, subcommittee chair Dan Saddler, a Republican from Eagle River, was ready to ask a bigger picture question:
"Given the federal government's debt load, that's also projected to increase tremendously over future decades…. does it cause you any concern or to question the wisdom of expanding Medicaid?"
The federal government would cover Medicaid expansion at 100% until the end of next year, then that match gradually decreases to 90% in 2020. The money would pay for health coverage for mostly childless adults who are near or below the federal poverty level.
Davidson said they are mostly the working poor and she told Saddler she didn't have a problem accepting federal funds to give them access to health care.
She pointed out that federal highway funds have a similarly generous match rate.
"We can build roads," she said. "We can build all kinds of opportunities, but if we don't have Alaskans who are healthy enough to participate in that economy, then we have done ourselves a disservice and so I am comfortable moving forward with expansion just as I am comfortable driving on roads that have the potholes replaced at those corresponding matches."
Several other Republican lawmakers on the subcommittee were focused on the opposite argument, that the federal government would pull back on its promise to provide at least 90 percent funding for Medicaid expansion.
They wanted assurances that Davidson would drop Medicaid expansion if the federal match ever fell below 90 percent.
When Davidson told lawmakers that was the plan, Representative Lance Pruitt, a Republican from Anchorage, said ending expansion was unrealistic:
"We'll have to have a discussion about are we also willing to take up the additional 90 or so million [dollars] after 2020 and have an honest discussion, because I don't think we're going to introduce something and ever strip it away whether we make legislation, whether we make law, whether we make regulation, it doesn't matter, you're not going to take away health care from Alaskans."
Representative Bryce Edgmon, a Democrat from Dillingham, was frustrated the hearing didn't focus more on the benefits of expansion- how it could reduce the state's high rate of substance abuse, and help poor Alaskans access preventative medicine.
Edgmon doesn't think it makes sense to spend so much time focused on whether the federal match rate will remain:
"The issue of whether the federal government pulls out and can't hold their end of the bargain – I say this tongue and cheek – we have bigger issues in Alaska given that one third of our spending in this state is dependent of federal spending…on a whole range of programs we depend on the federal government."
The budget Walker sent to lawmakers includes a line approving the receipt of federal Medicaid funds.
Representative Mark Neuman, a Republican from Big Lake, asked the administration to submit a separate bill on Medicaid expansion so it would be subject to the normal legislative process. The Governor's office is not considering that option.
"Justice Not Politics Alaska" Fighting Changes To Alaska's Judge Selection Process
A statewide group is fighting a proposed change in Alaska's judge selection process pushed by a Fairbanks Senator.
"Justice Not Politics Alaska" director Heather Arnett says the group is opposed to Republican Pete Kelly's resolution, which proposes doubling the number of public members appointed by the governor, to the Judicial Council, which selects state judge candidates.
"It introduces a major political influence into how judges become judges in Alaska," she said.
Senator Kelly's resolution proposes increasing the number of governor appointed and legislatively confirmed public members on the judicial council from 3 to 6. Kelly was unavailable to comment, but an opinion piece on his website, points out that the judicial council is also made up of 3 Alaska Bar Association appointed attorneys, who are not subject to gubernatorial or legislative approval. He calls the arrangement "lawyers choosing lawyers to referee other lawyers."
Kelly's SJR 3 requires passage by 2/3 of the House and Senate, and would then have to go before voters.
Members of Justice Not Politics Alaska include former State Chief Justice Walter Carpeneti.
Bill Berry's Works on Display for First Time
Karen Simmons, KUAC-Fairbanks
Works of a famous Fairbanks artist are on display for the first time.
Drawings and paintings by Bill Berry are hanging in the University of Alaska Fairbanks Rasmussen Library.
The long-archived works re-surfaced at the request of the late artist's family.
YK Health Corp Seeks New Center
It's just in the planning stage, but the Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation is working towards a new $250-million health care center.
They say the current facility, which serves people from 58 YK Delta communities, needs to be updated and needs more room to keep up with a growing population.
Upon Filing Settlement Legislation, Walker Drops Point Thomson Lawsuit
Gov. Bill Walker has introduced legislation clarifying the powers of the attorney general when settling litigation related to Alaska's oil and gas resources.
The two-page bill was offered Friday, and it requires the attorney general to confirm that a settlement is narrow in scope and in compliance with existing law.
The catalyst for the bill was a lawsuit that Walker brought as a private citizen. The suit challenged a settlement between the State of Alaska and Exxon to develop natural gas reserves at Point Thomson. Since the start of the legislative session, Republicans in the majority have criticized Walker for keeping the litigation active, instead of offering a legislative remedy. Walker dropped the suit on Friday, in conjunction with the filing of his bill.
House Passes Arctic Policy Bill
The Alaska House of Representatives has passed legislation outlining the state's Arctic policy.
The bill lays out the state's values concerning the Arctic, and provides a general sense of direction for how lawmakers would like to see it developed. It acknowledges the "risks of a changing climate," but also declares that the Legislature is "optimistic" that a "new era of economic and resource development" could benefit Alaska.
The bill offered on Friday also recognized the importance of the state's indigenous cultures and the value of preserving them, but it did not specifically mention the state's Native languages. Sitka Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins and Ketchikan Independent Dan Ortiz offered an amendment to specifically mention language in the bill, noting the declining numbers of speakers.
"They feel that a huge part of their culture is imperiled," said Kreiss-Tomkins. "I think it's very important for us in a policy sense and also as an institution to recognize that the Native language are of an immeasurable cultural value to the state and who we are as a people."
While one objection was raised that the amendment was redundantly, the measure was ultimately adopted unanimously.
An amendment offered by Eagle River Republican Lora Reinbold that would have stripped language supporting ratification of the Law of the Sea Treaty failed 9 to 25. Reinbold argued that participation in that treaty would cede some of the nation's sovereignty.
The Arctic policy bill passed 32 to 2, with North Pole Republican Tammie Wilson and Wasilla Republican Lynn Gattis voting against it.
The legislation will now be considered by the Senate.
Corps. of Engineers Recommend Expanding Nome's Deep-Water Arctic Port
The U.S Army Corps of Engineers is set to unveil its first steps toward expanding deep-water Arctic ports, and Corps officials say the main focus will be expanding the existing Port of Nome.
"The report is making the recommendation for Nome, for construction at Nome at this time, basically due to its highly developed area, having a good runway, good hospital, already strong support that's already there," Bruce Sexauer, chief of the Alaska Army Corps' civil works branch, said.
Sexauer stresses the choice is provisional until public comment and other evaluations are complete.
The Corps eventually hopes a system of deeper ports will be developed throughout Western Alaska.
Sexauer points to increased traffic in the Bering Strait, and growing resource extraction in the Arctic—including potential oil and gas development in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas—as necessitating the Arctic ports, starting with Nome.
"This port will be able to provide support for those types of activities that are going on out there closer up in the Arctic," Sexauer said. "This will provide them with a closer area where they can bring in their resupply ships and offload crews closer up in the Arctic."
The Army Corps of Engineers will be in Nome Tuesday to meet with Nome's Port Commission. The full report will be released to the public by the end of next week.
Haines Police Department Faces Serious Shortfall In State Budget
The Haines Borough Police Department and dispatch services could face a dramatic funding loss under Gov. Bill Walker's proposed budget. It would eliminate funding the state Department of Corrections, or DOC, gives each year to law enforcement in 15 small communities. That funding is meant to help communities run local jails, but in Haines it supports more than that.
The Alaska DOC contracts with Haines police to operate a three-cell, six-bed jail. Under that contract, the DOC gave the Haines Police Department about $392,000 this year.
That money is meant to help run the local jail, where people who are arrested are held for short periods of time. But the state allotment funds more than just the jail. It made up 40 percent of the police department and dispatch's entire budgets this year.
So, if the DOC were to cut the community jails money, the Haines Police Department could lose almost half of its funding. Police Chief Bill Musser says that loss could shut down the jail, and it could also mean downsizing the five-officer, five-dispatcher departments.
"Ultimately the cuts may reduce staffing in both dispatch and in terms of the officers," Musser said.
Department of Corrections Deputy Commissioner Remond Henderson says they're learning that communities might rely on the state funding more than the DOC realized.
"We are not surprised at the fact that communities are coming forward and saying this will have an impact," Henderson said. "We did not know what the extent of the impact would be."
The community jails contracts cost the DOC about $10.5 million this year. Southeast communities that would be affected are Haines, Petersburg, Wrangell, Sitka and Craig. There are two DOC-run corrections facilities in Southeast where inmates can serve out longer sentences – in Juneau and Ketchikan.
Henderson says the governor has charged DOC with a general fund budget reduction of eight percent effective July 1. Zeroing out the community jails funding would take care of about 40 percent of that reduction. Henderson notes they're also looking at how to cut costs at larger corrections facilities.
One reason the DOC is considering this cut is because a number of community jail beds go empty. Henderson says of the about 157 beds in the 15 jails, only half are filled on average each night. In Haines, that number is even lower. Of the six beds in the Haines jail, Henderson says on average only one is used per day.
Chief Musser says that shows that crime is low in Haines. But the jail is still important.
"We may only occupy one bed, that's nice in terms of the community, but we still have to be able to hold them there when we do have a problem."
The Haines jail is classified as a Rural Jail Facility. It serves not only Haines police arrests, but Skagway police, state troopers, federal border agents and Coast Guard.
Musser says the jail held a total of 58 inmates throughout 2014. Inmates can serve up to 14 days in the jail.
"Most of the misdemeanors we get here are usually short, simple sentences," Musser said. "For instance, anywhere for three upwards to 10 days for a DUI depending on the level of the DUI."
Not having a local jail could mean people who are sentenced to serve even a short amount of time would go to Lemon Creek Correctional Center in Juneau.
Walker's proposed budget will likely go through a number of revisions before gaining the state legislature's approval. The final budget will be decided in May. Meanwhile, Henderson says the DOC is reaching out to communities to see what kind of fallout the funding cuts would cause.
Since the funding makes up 40 percent of the Haines Police Department and dispatch's budgets, Musser says he'll work with other police chiefs to voice their opposition to the cuts.
"It's gonna affect operations and it could affect personnel," Musser said. "And it may well impact people's ability to visit or have contact with people in the jail, so they're gonna spend more money to make their visitations by having to travel. I think it's gonna increase cost to the state because of travel. But bottom line for us is it may impact our services because we may have to reduce if we have moneys that we're used to using that are no longer available."
Musser says if they have to let go police officer or dispatchers because of the funding cut, it wouldn't just impact the jail. It would impact the police's community services as whole.
Haines Borough Manager Dave Sosa says this is the largest potential cut to Haines funding he's seen in Walker's proposed budget. If it goes through, Sosa says Haines will either have to lose some police services or figure out a way to make up for the funding loss.
Cuts Could Cost Fairbanks Schools Over 60 Jobs
The Fairbanks North Star Borough Schools superintendent says the district is facing a budget shortfall of up to $11 million in the coming school year. Karen Gaborik says that will require the district to eliminate more than 60 jobs.
Some Yukon Quest Teams Surprised To Find Themselves Among Top-10
There are three Yukon Quest teams currently running among the top-10 that did not plan on racing with the front-runners when they left Whitehorse.
In fact, none of them were able to complete the race last year, so they returned simply to finish what they started.
When Mike Ellis arrived in Dawson City, he had no idea what his place was.
"Art the beginning of the race I said I thought I'd be lucky to be even in the top-15 with the field and the names that this race had," he said.
Ellis has started the Quest six times, but he has only finished three.
"This is the first Quest I've ever run where I didn't' have a schedule written down in my book, where I didn't have definitive plan of what I was going to do," Ellis said. "I really just wanted to put my blinders on and just focus on my dog team and I think that's served me very well so far."
French Canadian Normand Casavant had a similar attitude headed into the race.
"I just want to have a happy run and I let my dogs go and if I'm having a nice race and a competitive one, that's life that's going to give it to me and that's maybe what's happened right now," Casavant said.
Last year, a case of shingles cut Casavant's race short. He says the experience changed his perspective, but there are some things that never change.
Casavant is known as the singing musher, and that's what he did when he realized he was running right on the heels of Cody Strathe.
"As we climbed up King Solomon's Dome, the snow got deeper and deeper and my leaders got really excited to break trail and were just flying," he said.
Strathe also came to finish what he started last year. In 2014, he had to scratch from the race with just over 100 miles to go. He says the early part of the race was tough, but he was encouraged when what started as a slow slog just outside Dawson City turned into a high point for his team.
"We got up on top and they were busting into drifts and bouncing through and we'd stop and the whole team's tails would be wagging," Strathe said.
The top-10 teams are likely to cross the Canada-Alaska border today. They've come just over halfway, but there's still 400 miles of rough trail ahead before they reach the finish in Fairbanks.
From Frozen To Cover Girl, Drag Queen Style Hinges On Hair
James Hoagland is in the business of wigs. Not just your ordinary costume and fashion wigs – his are specifically for drag queens. He spends hours styling hair and stitching it into wig caps. Last year, he sold 300 mostly to clients in the Lower 48 and internationally.
Hoagland does it all from a little studio in Juneau.
"I've got Buxom and Cover Girl," Hoagland said. "I've got the Vanilla Raspberry Swirl."
This is a small sample of the wigs James Hoagland offers.
"The best wig name is Sandy Pecan Avalanche, which is exactly what you'd imagine it to look like," Hoagland said.
Despite such enticing names, most of Hoagland's business is custom.
On this day he's re-creating Elsa's hair from the Disney movie "Frozen." Usually, for character wigs, Hoagland has a picture to work off of, but he doesn't need one in this case. He's already made eight other Elsa wigs.
"One thing with drag queens is they're very tied to pop culture and their shows are better when they are doing the latest song or the latest character from the hit movie," he said.
Hoagland starts off with a manufactured blond wig about three feet long. It cost him about $30 and when he's done styling it, he'll sell it for $120.
Of everything it takes to be a drag queen – the makeup, shoes, costume, music…
"The wig will make or break you. It really will," he said, laughing.
People watching drag queens are drawn to the face. The next focal point, Hoagland says, is the hair.
"If your wig looks horrible, people really won't be able to focus on anything else, they'll be staring at your ugly wig," he said.
The reason that Hoagland knows so much about the drag queen business is because he is a drag queen. He's not performing now but he spent 8 years touring the county singing in night clubs, casinos and theaters. He found stable work as a Liza Minelli impersonator. His drag name is Gigi Monroe, which is also the name of his wig business.
Hoagland says the very nature of being a drag queen is a paradox.
"You're in a wig, you're in pounds of makeup and heavy lashes and shoes and costumes that probably aren't breathable fabrics," Hoagland said. "All of those things make it incredibly uncomfortable and part of your job is to look like you are the most comfortable and the most at ease and you feel beautiful and glamorous when you might feel like a monster."
Hoagland started his wig business the summer of 2013 on a cruise ship. He was a costume designer for Norwegian Cruise Lines on the Alaska route. He was interested in earning extra money and experimented with making a wig, something he'd gotten adept at as a queen. After he made one, he put it online.
"It sold in, like, three minutes," Hoagland said.
So he kept at it, trying different styles and putting all the wigs on Facebook.
"I had a network of 5,000 drag queen friends from all over the world," Hoagland said.
Because of cruise ship employee rules, like not taking things off the ship, Hoagland kept his wig business under the radar; he didn't want people to think he was stealing. He received packages of hair in Seattle and mailed wigs out in Skagway.
"I would sneak them off the ship in these bags and I would have my friends who were dancers on the ship carry some of them and it was just hilarious and it was so much fun," he said.
Hoagland ended up making 50 wigs. As he was doing that on the ship, off the ship, he was falling in love. He met his partner while in port in Juneau and had a date every time he returned. They would meet up for dinner, have coffee.
"We went on hikes, we went to the ice caves, just kind of got to know each other and he was really what I was looking for in a lot of ways," he said.
Hoagland says his wig business allowed him to take some risks – on a relationship and on Juneau. So far, they're both working out.
The secret to good drag queen hair is height, and more height. Hoagland says wigs for men just have to be bigger. Makeup and body curves should also be emphasized.
"Whereas you down play things like shoulders and hands and feet or height, things that make people look more masculine," Hoagland said.
Making big hair takes teasing and lots of hairspray – Extra Super Hold Aqua Net.
"This is like my light hairspray. The real stuff is the freezing spray. That stuff is like cement in an aerosol format," he said.
The teasing creates a nest of knots that you can't see. Hoagland says it's hidden under the pretty part, which in the character Elsa's case is a long loose braid that falls down around her shoulder.
"It's one of those styles that's, like, 'Oh, it's supposed to look messy,' but it can't be messy. It has to look perfect," he said.
For Hoagland, Juneau is perfect. He gets a lot of support from fellow small business owners who are also artists. And the post office treats his packages with extra care.
"In some ways, Juneau is the last place on earth you would ever expect a drag queen to be making wigs, but it's also kind of the perfect place," he said.
Hoagland doesn't know how long he'll be making wigs. But he does know, in one way or another, he'll always be in the business of drag.
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The Haines Borough Police Department and dispatch services could face a dramatic funding loss under Gov. Bill Walker's proposed budget. It would eliminate funding the state Department of Corrections, or DOC, gives each year to law enforcement in 15 small communities. That funding is meant to help towns run local jails, but in Haines, it supports more than that.
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Gov. Bill Walker has introduced legislation clarifying the powers of the attorney general when settling litigation related to Alaska's oil and gas resources.
AVTEC Nursing Programs Cut
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AVTEC, the state's vocational and technical school with campuses in Seward and Anchorage, will be losing programs due to the budget cuts.
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Sec. of State John Kerry's agenda these days is dominated by the world's hot spots: Iran, Syria, Ukraine, Yemen. U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski met with him this week to move his focus to a cold spot: the Arctic.
The senator says Kerry isn't entirely engaged in the far North, which Murkowski says is understandable.
"The secretary is very focused on issues as they relate to climate, so that aspect of the Arctic, I think it's fair to say, he is engaged, " she said after the meeting. "I don't think that he has the bigger Arctic picture, the other Arctic pictures."
Murkowski says she had about 40 minutes to draw his attention to the Arctic as a place where people live and need to make a living. She says she raised several issues related to commercial activity.
"One was the national security imperative for this country to make sure the trans-Alaska oil pipeline doesn't get shut down because we lose throughput," she said.
She also brought up transboundary mine concerns — the fear that Southeast Alaska salmon habitat could be damaged by large mines under development upriver in British Columbia. Murkowski says she and the rest of the Alaska delegation wrote Kerry's department about it last year.
"And quite honestly, we've gotten nothing from the state department on this," she said.
Kerry told her that, as a Massachusettsan, he was familiar with environmental problems drifting across the Canadian border. Murkowski says it seemed to register.
"He said, 'I know full well what we're talking about here and what the concerns would be from the residents of Alaska,' so he said he would make sure that there was a new eye placed to it," Murkowski recounted.
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Obama is to meet Friday with Republican House Speaker John Boehner and the top Republican in the Senate, Mitch McConnell. They are expected to designate aides to begin the search for a compromise on the budget.
Boehner and McConnell have said they won't agree to raise tax rates for the wealthy. They have said they are willing to support raising overall tax revenue as part of a deal that also makes changes to the government's largest benefit programs.
There are ways to increase tax revenue from the wealthy without raising rates, including limiting tax deductions, but the path to compromise is unclear. Obama sidestepped a question about insisting on higher rates for the wealthy. "I just want to emphasize I am open to new ideas if the Republican counterparts or some Democrats have a great idea for us to raise revenue, maintain progressivity, make sure the middle class isn't getting hit, reduces our deficit," he said. On Wednesday, the Dow dropped 185.23 points, or 1.5 percent, to 12,570.95. The S&P fell 19.04 points, or 1.4 percent, to 1,355.49, and the Nasdaq composite declined 37.08 points, or 1.29 percent, to 2,846.81. Indexes are still up on the year, though they have pared gains since reaching four-year highs. The S&P has fallen 7.5 percent since its Sept. 14 peak, and the Dow has fallen 7.6 percent, more than 1,000 points, since its Oct. 5 peak. Among individual stocks, Abercrombie & Fitch, which sells teen clothes, bucked the trend of a declining market and was by far the best-performing stock in the S&P 500.Check Out Our Best Services for Investors
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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Ahead of a confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA) today met with Sylvia Mathews Burwell, who has been nominated to serve as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
"Sylvia Mathews Burwell has proven herself as a strong and effective manager in her current role as Director of the Office of Management and Budget and I know she has the experience necessary to continue the great work led by HHS," Harkin said. "In addition to strengthening the ongoing implementation of the Affordable Care Act, I know she will be ready on day one to take up the work of HHS – across a broad range of agencies, including the CDC, the NIH, FDA, and SAMHSA – to continue to ensure that children, families, and seniors stay healthy and get the care they need. I look forward to having her before the HELP Committee, and urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support her nomination."
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SULPHUR, LA — On March 27 at approximately 3:00 p.m., a Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office deputy noticed a suspicious car occupied by three men, later identified as Harold W. Sarver, III, 17, a 14 year old boy and 15 year old boy, while patrolling the area of Park Road and Shellie Lane in Moss Bluff. When the deputy turned his car around to investigate, they had abandoned the car and were walking down the road.
After running the license plate of the car through NCIC, the deputy discovered the car had been reported stolen from a Sulphur car dealership the prior day. The deputy arrested Sarver and the 2 juveniles, and they were transported to the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office for further questioning.
Further investigation by detectives with the CPSO Vehicle Crimes Unit revealed the 14 year old juvenile stole the car keys from the Sulphur car dealership on March 24. The next day the juvenile returned to the dealership, entered the car and drove off.
The 14 year old boy was charged with theft of a vehicle. The 15 year old juvenile and Sarver were charged with accessory after the fact for the stolen vehicle. Sarver was booked into Calcasieu Correctional Center and released on a $3,000 bond set by Judge Wilford Carter. The juveniles were booked into the Juvenile Detention Center.
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Anthony Davis: A BIG TIME Talent! I said it before, Anthony Davis is the most talented offensive tackle in a very talented offensive tackle class. He was the top rated offensive lineman coming out of High School and was recruited by everyone, USC, Ohio State, Florida, Miami, they all wanted him very badly but he was the first big time recruit coming out of New Jersey who stayed in state and signed with Rutgers. Came in as an 18 year old true freshman and started the last 8 games at right guard. Started 12 games at left tackle as a true sophomore in 2008 and another 12 at LT in 2009. Now he did report overweight every season at Rutgers starting with his freshmen season and was suspended for a game last year for being late to a team meeting. He was also overweight for the combine, so yes he has some flaws but he is only 20yrs old and he really does not have many weaknesses in his game. Go watch the game vs Pitt this past year; He dominated Pittsburgh DE Greg Romeus who is projected as a top 5 pick for the 2011 draft. He handled both George Selvie and Jason Pierre-Paul when USF played Rutgers. This kid when he is focused, he is a big time player. He was projected as a top 2-4 pick next year had he came back for his Senior season at Rutgers. At 6'5" 323pds he is obviously a big kid but he also has a wide frame with long arms. He can just slide and mirror defensive ends. He has good feet, esspecially for someone his size. I trust Singletary will keep this kid motivated and in shape and with Solari coaching him up along with Ray Brown, I think he is in good hands in San Francisco. I think he can come right in and compete for starting RT job and in 2011 and beyond I think he will be a big time NFL offensive tackle.
Mike Iupati: A big, nasty, physical 6'5" 332pd Samoan who helped make Idaho a relevant football program for the first time in a long time. Still a little raw as I believe he did not start playing football until the 8th grade. Started 33 games the last three seasons at Idaho and was team captain the last season. Can be flat out dominating in the running game. He just bowls over defenders with his size, power and massive hands. Could use work in pass protection and tends to do a lot of holding and his footwork can be sloppy but all that is coachable. He struggled in the Senior Bowl game but in the practices he was really solid, at times dominating. Really got the better of Penn State DT Jared Odrick in one on one drills. Still learning to play football and has a huge upside. I do think he can be a factor as a run blocker as a rookie and eventually turning into a very good all-around guard. The type of player you can run behind when you need a yard, someone we don't have.
I feel a lot better about our offensive line with Anthony Davis and Mike Iupati as 49ers. Potentially our left side could be as good as any in the NFL. The only question is where and how much will they play as rookies?


text: You laugh when you are nervous – why? Someone else says something embarrassing and you try to smooth it over with a joke. Why? You think you're sure about something, but you say 'maybe'. Why? LO: o To understand what is meant by the term 'face' (D) o To be able to give explanations and examples of some face saving behaviours and politeness features (C) o To be able to give explanations and examples of a full range of face saving behaviours and politeness features (B) FACE and POLITENESS FACE is the image people portray. You want to appeal to others, be liked, respected, included. FACE THREATENING ACTS are behaviours and happenings which damage your public image. One aspect of POLITENESS is 'face saving'. So, "Face" (as in "lose face") refers to a speaker's sense of linguistic and social identity. Any speech act may impose on this sense, and is therefore face threatening. And speakers have strategies for lessening the threat. Positive politeness means being complimentary and gracious to the addressee (but if this is overdone, the speaker may alienate the other party). Negative politeness is found in ways of mitigating the imposition: Hedging: Er, could you, er, perhaps, close the, um , window? Pessimism: I don't suppose you could close the window, could you? Indicating deference: Excuse me, sir, would you mind if I asked you to close the window? Apologizing: I'm terribly sorry to put you out, but could you close the window? Impersonalizing: The management requires all windows to be closed. Brown and Levinson sum up human politeness behaviour in four strategies: bald on record, negative politeness, positive politeness, and off-record-indirect strategy. The bald on-record strategy does nothing to minimize threats to the hearer's "face" The positive politeness strategy shows you recognize that your hearer has a desire to be respected. It also confirms that the relationship is friendly and expresses group reciprocity. The negative politeness strategy also recognizes the hearer's face. But it also recognizes that you are in some way imposing on them. Some other examples would be to say, "I don't want to bother you but..." or "I was wondering if..." Off-record indirect strategies take some of the pressure off of you. You are trying to avoid the direct FTA of asking for a beer. Instead you would rather it be offered to you once your hearer sees that you want one. Bald on-record An emergency: Help! Task oriented: Give me those! Request: Put your jacket away. Alerting: Turn your lights on! (while driving) Positive Politeness Attend to the hearer: You must be hungry, it's a long time since breakfast. How about some lunch? Avoid disagreement: A: What is she, small? B: Yes, yes, she's small, smallish, um, not really small but certainly not very big. Assume agreement: So when are you coming to see us? Hedge opinion: You really should sort of try harder. Negative Politeness Be indirect: I'm looking for a pen. Request forgiveness: You must forgive me but.... Minimize imposition: I just want to ask you if I could use your computer? Pluralize the person responsible: We forgot to tell you that you needed to by your plane ticket by yesterday. Off-record (indirect) Give hints: It's a bit cold in here. Be vague: Perhaps someone should have been more responsible. Be sarcastic, or joking: Yeah, he's a real Einstein (rocket scientist, Stephen Hawking, genius and so on)! Phatic tokens These are ways of showing status by orienting comments to oneself, to the other, or to the general or prevailing situation (in England this is usually the weather). Self-oriented phatic tokens are personal to the speaker: "I'm not up to this" or "My feet are killing me". Other-oriented tokens are related to the hearer: "Do you work here?" or "You seem to know what you're doing". A neutral token refers to the context or general state of affairs: "Cold, isn't it?" or "Lovely flowers". Task: Create a mindmap summarizing the information you have been given about Face and Politeness. Include as many ORIGINAL examples as you can.


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If you need an "app" to tell you what district you live in vs the county you reside in...there is a problem. The old map & the current one make no sense what so ever. I think the whole thing stinks like corruption from all sides. It needs to be based on counties not based on these crazy lines. Looks as if someone played connect the dots and paint by numbers after a bottle of Jack Daniels. »
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text: How to Trap a trap-shy or trap-savvy Cat Trap-shy When a cat is afraid to go near or go into a trap, try one of these suggestions: 1. Try to desensitize the cat to the trap; leave the trap open but not set; feed the cat in the back if it has a removable back door or at the front but outside if the trap has no back door. Remove other food. The idea is to get the cat used to going near the trap. If you remove the back door or tie the trap open, gradually move the food closer to inside, then closer to the back of the trap. 2. Try using a larger trap; some cats feel too confined going into a small trap. 3. Try changing the appearance of the trap by covering it with a dark cloth or evergreens, leaves or branches. 4. Move the trap to a more secluded, quiet area. 5. Withhold other food for 1-2 days. 6. Try different types of bait. We have good luck with canned "Mealtime". Sometime human tuna in oil works well. Sprinkle powdered lysine on the food. Bits of jarred chicken baby food are enticing. Whatever you use, do not place it in sharp edged cans; plastic lids are safer. 7. Alley Cat Allies suggest making a broth of Valerian Root boiled in water and dousing the trap with it! Trap savvy The trap-savvy cat is the PhD of feral cats. They can enter the trap, get the food and not be caught! 1. Try hanging the bait over the trigger plate. 2. Try a larger trap. The cat then will need to go deeper into the trap to get the food. 3. Again, Alley Cat Allies (a great source for all types of information about feral cats) suggests using a laser pointer as a distraction to guide the cat onto the trigger plate. The pointer can be used from a great distance away.


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TV Info
Episode Premiere
January 19, 2009Distributor
Drama, Teen, ComedyShow Period
2007 - 2012Production Company
College Hill, The WB, Alloy EntertainmentCast and Crew
Janice CookeScreenwriter
Joshua SafranMain Cast
- Blake Lively as Serena van der Woodsen
- Leighton Meester as Blair Waldorf
- Penn Badgley as Dan Humphrey
- Chace Crawford as Nate Archibald
- Taylor Momsen as Jenny Humphrey
- Ed Westwick as Chuck Bass
- Kelly Rutherford as Lily van der Woodsen
- Matthew Settle as Rufus Humphrey
- Kristen Bell as Gossip Girl
- Kaylee Defer
- Andrea Gabriel
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- Laura Breckenridge
- Desmond Harrington as Jack Bass
- Jessalyn Wanlim
It's that stressful time of year when Constance Billard and St. Jude's students find out who is and isn't worthy of early admission to Yale University. Serena (Blake Lively) bonds with her new Shakespeare teacher, Rachel (guest star Laura Breckenridge), who has no clue the wrath she is about to suffer after giving Blair (Leighton Meester) the first B of her prep school career. Chuck (Ed Westwick) pairs up with an unlikely ally in his war with Jack (guest star Desmond Harrington) over Bass Industries. Nate (Chace Crawford) and Vanessa (Jessica Szohr) spend a romantic evening at the opera.


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My mom told me the kids were trying to teach her and my father Spanish this past weekend.
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Edward B. Overton is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of environmental Sciences, School of Coast and the Environment at LSU
He received his B.S.(1965) and Ph.D.(1970) degrees from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
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Cookin' Butts and Taking Names
so i just got a letter from some lawyer about a tag line on our website. Apparently it's trademarked. WTF?? interesting that in the letter its stated that Cookin' Butts and Takin' Names is the trade mark and our is Cooking and Taking. this is crap. I just emailed a lawyer friend of mine to see how to trademark any 2-3 word combinations that i can find on their website.
And of course the lawyer isn't in... go figure. maybe he's eating lunch at ******* Bar-B-Que. Funny too, that in the docket it has our website listed incorrectly. this is what America is all about these days.. Stupid health reforms and useless lawsuits. great. :tape: |
From the looks of it the trademark was filed in 2008 and it looks like your site came into being in 2011. Yes, your use of the mark is confusingly similar. As much as you're not going to like the news, they beat you to it and they are just protecting their rights.
So it was a slogan you were using, not a Business name?
What is the name of the BBQ business that is currently using the slogan? Usually in the BBQ world there are slogans that are shared. A quick look at the name Bubba will show dozens of businesses, just separated by a letter or a hyphen if they aren't the same. |
Yep..just a slogan.. and as much as i can tell, they aren't using it anywhere.. but that really doesn't matter.. sounds more like some lawyer chasing smoke to drum up biz. the place that has it TM'd is DexterBBQ.com don't know anything about it. and i bet if i contacted the owner, he may or may not even be aware. its all good. i've spoken with my guy and he's looking into a couple things.. he did advise taking it off the website.. but guess where it will be...on my shirts at the comp this weekend.. Take that... ha.
now i need to figure out how to put my new logo up... and GoLive 5 folks out there? can't figure out the How To.. i should have just put the new logo in as the old file name then hit save..instead of deleting it. oh well..
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Sofia Vergara at the Machete Kills Premiere
Que Fuego: Sofia Vergara Shows Love For Latinos During Her Big Premiere
Sofia Vergara heated up the red carpet at the Machete Kills premiere in LA last night. While she didn't show off her dance moves, like she did at the Emmys, the actress looked like she was having fun at the event, chatting with director Robert Rodriguez and costars Alexa Vega, Mel Gibson, and Danny Trejo. While the cast list for Machete Kills, which hits theaters on Oct. 11, reads like a who's who of Hispanic-American stars (Jessica Alba, Michelle Rodriguez, Antonio Banderas, and Charlie Sheen also star in the flick) Sofia, Danny, Alexa, and Mel were the only main actors from the film to show up to the premiere last night. However, Robert's frequent collaborator Jessica was on hand over the weekend to honor the director at the 2013 ALMA Awards.
Earlier this week, Sofia discussed the portrayal of Latinas in TV and films and defended her Modern Family character Gloria against criticism that she paints Hispanic women in a poor light. She said, "Whoever said that all Latin women are the same? It's impossible to caricature millions of women from 20 countries. There are many kinds of Latinas, just like there are many types and styles of women all over the world." She added that she created her character to be a mix of her mother and sister and views her as being very family-oriented and hard-working.
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