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Environmental Activists Forming Fairbanks Chapter of Climate Change Organization
Fairbanks-area environmental activists say they're building on the momentum they generated two weeks ago during the local observance of the global People's Climate March. They're forming a local chapter of the national organization to help reduce the impact of climate change.
Andrew McDonnell says there's a reason that he and about 75 others turned out for the Sept. 21 People's Climate Marchhere in Fairbanks, along with hundreds of thousands of others worldwide. That is, Alaska is among the places that will be most affected by climate change.
"It's very important to have one here in Alaska" he said, "because we're very exposed to the problem of climate change and the dangers that it is imposing on us."
Another marcher, Kristin Timm, says despite the fact that Alaska's economy is based on extraction of oil, the state's future economic health depends on diversifying away from dependence on such climate-changing fossil fuels.
"As an Alaskan and somebody who wants to stay in Alaska, I really want to see Alaska prosper," Timm said. "I want to see our economy be vibrant. I want to see our livelihood be protected from the changes that climate change will give us here in Alaska."
Timm says even though Fairbanks is far away from the huge marches that were held around the world, she linked-up with others by live-tweeting the local observance.
"I can only hope that people from other marches around the world were seeing what we were doing in Fairbanks and realizing that even our relatively small community has something to say and contribute about this bigger discussion," she said.
McDonnell says he and Timm and other local organizers are determined to keep that discussion going – and then to follow those words with action.
"Being out there and waving our signs – it's good, but it doesn't really solve the problem," he said. "So that's why we're looking into other solutions and really making a sustained effort to address the climate change problem."
McDonnell says that sustained effort will take many forms, but it'll be based on grassroots organizing and action. And it'll begin with formation of local chapter of the Citizens Climate Lobby, which will be the third in the state and among more than 150 worldwide.
Timm says the chapters will lobby lawmakers in their states to enact legislation to establish a revenue-neutral carbon tax, one that won't end up costing consumers more but that will help move the United States away from dependence on fossil fuels.
Alaska News Nightly: October 9, 2014
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Shageluk Man Arraigned On Murder Charges In Bethel
Daysha Eaton, KYUK – Bethel
Everett Semone of Shageluk was arraigned on murder charges at the Bethel court this afternoon. He is accused of killing his parents with an axe in the village of Shageluk earlier this week.
Alaska National Guard Officer Recommended For 'Other Than Honorable' Discharge
Lori Townsend, APRN – Anchorage
A Lieutenant Colonel in the Alaska National Guard was recommended for an "other than honorable" discharge earlier this year, according to a story in this week's Anchorage Press. Joseph Lawendowski is the guard's Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Training.
Reporter David Holthouse says he started looking into Lawendowski after reading the National Guard Bureau's Office of Complex Investigations report that came out last month.
AEA: Fisheries Service Criticism of Susitna Dam Studies 'Untenable, Bordering On The Absurd'
Phillip Manning, KTNA – Talkeetna
The Alaska Energy Authority has responded to letters from the National Marine Fisheries Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that questioned research being done on the Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric Project.
Officials Say Violence Against Foster Parents Extremely Rare
Anne Hillman, KSKA – Anchorage
KSKA DJ Marvell Johnson was killed this week by his foster son. But state officials with the foster care system stress that events like this are extremely rare and they have systems in place to keep foster parents and children safe.
As Part Of Investigation, Feds Will Hear From UAS Students About Sexual Assault
Lisa Phu, KTOO – Juneau
Students at the University of Alaska Southeast will get a chance to talk to federal auditors about sexual assault on campus.
The Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights will be at the UAS Juneau campus Friday as part of an examination of the university's handling of complaints and reports of sexual harassment and violence.
Governor's Race Brings Walker To Unalaska
Lauren Rosenthal, KUCB – Unalaska
With less than a month until Election Day, the race to become Alaska's next governor is heating up. Independent candidate Bill Walker and his Democrat running mate are canvassing the state for votes – all the way out to the Aleutians.
KSM Mine Project Wins Key Permits
Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska – Juneau
A controversial British Columbia mine northeast of Ketchikan has gained some key permits needed for construction.
But the KSM project still needs other government approvals – and large investments – before mining can begin. Also, a company with nearby claims says it must also grant approval.
Subsistence Panel Looks Toward Future of Salmon Management
Ben Matheson, KYUK – Bethel
Tribal co-management and Chinook bycatch took center stage Tuesday at a subsistence panel at the Association of Village Council Presidents conference.
Environments Activists Forming Fairbanks Chapter of Climate Change Organization
Tim Ellis, KUAC – Fairbanks
Fairbanks-area environmental activists say they're building on the momentum they generated two weeks ago during the local observance of the global People's Climate March. They're forming a local chapter of the national organization to help reduce the impact of climate change.
AK Public Media, ADN sue Parnell over records requests
Alaska Public Media and Alaska Dispatch News are suing Governor Sean Parnell over access to documents related to the National Guard Scandal. APRN's Alexandra Gutierrez submitted her request in May. Both organizations were denied the records by Parnell's office in late September.
The complaint says that Parnell's office is not complying with the Public Records Act. The office also failed to provide a log of records related to the scandal and the reasons why they weren't provided.
Attorney John McKay filed the suit on Wednesday on behalf of both organizations. He said they're asking the court to expedite the process because it's important for voters to have access to the facts about Parnell's actions before the gubernatorial election next month.
The governor's office "offered explanations for what he did or didn't do. Voters may find that reasonable or they may not. But we need to have facts so people can decide if he acted appropriately or is being criticized unfairly," McKay said.
It's up to the court to decide when to respond to the complaint.
A federal government investigation of the scandal has revealed incidents of sexual assault, sexual harassment, misuse of government funds, and ethical misconduct.
Retired Colonel Implicated In Guard Scandal
A recent federal investigation documented a whole host of abuses in the Alaska National Guard, ranging from mishandling of sexual assault to embezzlement. While the report largely focused on structural problems and took a broad look at the crisis of confidence in Guard leadership, it made a few references to some particularly egregious examples. Now, some of the alleged perpetrators of those abuses are being called out.
TOWNSEND: Since the National Guard Bureau report came out, Parnell has asked for the resignations of his Adjutant General Thomas Katkus and Deputy Commissioner McHugh Pierre. But the abuses weren't limited to those two men. Can you tell us a bit about the new players in the Guard crisis?
GUTIERREZ: The federal investigation really raised more questions than it answered, and one of the most attention-grabbing sections refers to a senior officer who retired with high military honors. The report says this officer, who was awarded the Legion of Merit, improperly interrogated a sexual assault victim. The report also says that he took helicopters out for personal reasons and that the Department of the Army Inspector General was able to substantiate this. While the National Guard Bureau wasn't able to confirm that this section of the report refers to Col. Timothy DeHaas, the details are identifying enough that they single him out, and whistleblowers have corroborated that he's the man in question.
TOWNSEND: What allegations have these whistleblowers made about DeHaas?
GUTIERREZ: It's some pretty shocking stuff. I spoke with Sgt. Melissa Jones, who is now serving in Illinois but who says she was raped while in the National Guard, about Dehaas and she had harsh words for him. While Jones is now publicly identifying herself as a sexual assault survivor, she says she was trying to keep the matter private when it happened to her and that DeHaas violated her confidentiality.
She also says that DeHaas wanted victims to come to him instead of going to law enforcement first.
A flight chief I spoke to, who doesn't want to be named for fear of reprisal, said that he inappropriately used aircraft on more than one occasion and gave an account of DeHaas taking a Black Hawk helicopter out on a bear hunt.
Ken Blaylock, who was a lieutenant colonel with the National Guard and one of the original whistleblowers who went to Sean Parnell, also suggested that DeHaas may have been involved in the illegal smuggling of AK47s from Iraq, and that he tipped off soldiers when investigators were going to catch them.
It the sort of stuff that would sound completely crazy if the Office of Complex Investigations Report didn't suggest there was merit to these claims.
TOWNSEND: Today, there was a press conference that was specifically focused on DeHaas. Who was involved and what are they asking for?
GUTIERREZ: The press conference was called by three people with Guard experience, but none of them had actually interacted with DeHaas. Bruce Dougherty retired from the Guard four years ago, but he said he only learned of the abuses after his retirement because he was in the medical section and not really involved with what happened at headquarters. Kevin McGee, who also heads up the NAACP served in the Guard for eight years, but retired long before any of the current leadership came into power. And the third person, Shaina Kilcoyne, was with the National Guard in Wisconsin. Because none of them really had any personal connections with the stuff documented in the OCI report and because this issue has become so politically charged, there were a lot of questions about their motives, and if they had any connections to the Democratic Party or the Bill Walker campaign. They said they didn't but that they do want to take the Governor to task for his response to this. They basically want him to acknowledge he was wrong to award the Legion of Merit to DeHaas. For its part, the Governor's office is saying that's it's pretty routine for that award to be giving to someone of DeHaas' rank at retirement.
TOWNSEND: And you talked to DeHaas today. What is he doing now and what is his response to these allegations?
GUTIERREZ: He's still working for the federal government. He's with the Forest Service in Idaho, and working with the smokejumpers program. He denies all of the allegations.
TOWNSEND: Do we know if any further investigations of him are being done?
GUTIERREZ: I didn't get an answer from the Guard on that, and usually when investigations are happening, they won't confirm they're happening even if they are. And that's actually one of the big challenges with all of this. There are so many questions that are in the public interest to answer, but it's also important that justice be served deliberately and responsibly. Because it's taken so long for it to happen, people are angry and making these claims public.
Troopers Investigate 2 Deaths in Shageluk
The Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation in Bethel has deployed health care workers to the village of Shageluk where Alaska State Troopers are investigating two deaths. Dan Winkelman is the President and CEO of YKHC and a Shageluk tribal member.
"What we did is we put together a crisis response team that is en route to Shageluk right now. And, we have two masters level behavioral health technicians that are on their way there. And we will maintain behavioral health staff there for a number of weeks as well, after the incident."
KTUU cites a report from the principal of the Shageluk School saying that a young man killed his parents yesterday and that residents in the village had to tie the suspect to a chair at a city building until troopers arrived late this morning.
Winkelman, who is a Shageluk tribal member, says he spent a lot of today speaking with tribal leaders who were shaken up after the incident and outraged about the slow response of law enforcement.
Parnell, Walker Spar At Soldotna Gubernatorial Debate
Four gubernatorial candidates took questions at a Chamber of Commerce forum Wednesday in Soldotna. It quickly turned into a debate between the two bigger names on the ballot, Gov. Sean Parnell and Bill Walker.
Wednesday's forum at the Soldotna Sports Center was mostly an opportunity to lay out broad visions for the state. Especially from the race's lesser known candidates, like J.R. Meyers, running with the Alaska Constitution party.
Meyers: "We're hoping to gain more than 3% of the vote in this election, which will then give us political party status going into the future. We think the political marketplace in Alaska could benefit from freer exchange of diverse ideas."
Libertarian party candidate Carolyn Clift was the other quote unquote fringe candidate.
Clift: "At this time when we are facing fiscal crises for the next few years, you need someone who is libertarian. That's going to go in there and minimize government, look for the efficiencies and we are going to go in there and lean this government down."
Most of the answers came in the form of similar platitudes, based on each candidate's agenda. For Walker and Parnell, Wednesday's agenda was mostly filled with responses to each other's thinly veiled attacks.
Parnell: "I'm not sure it's being under attack when I point out that Bill Walker plan for cutting the budget is about cutting 16% in one year and then asking him for the plan on how that gets allocated. I call it a fiscal plan; spending less and taxing less, which is the direction we've headed and we'll continue to head."
Walker said his plan to reduce the state's budget would be put in place over the course of years, if at all. He hopes to improve revenues so those cuts won't be necessary in the first place.
Walker: "Governor Parnell's administration created the largest deficits we've ever had. Every year is deficit spending for the next ten years. That's his plan. If that's a plan that works for you at 7 million dollars a day, this is your guy right here."
Budgets and natural gas lines got the lion's share of attention from the two leading candidates. But less thoroughly examined was the state's record on domestic abuse and charges of misconduct and abuse within the upper ranks of the Alaska National Guard. After the forum, Parnell said he trusted the National Guard Bureau in its findings that misconduct reporting since 2012 has greatly improved, and he sees more changes in Guard leadership in the future.
Parnell: "Certainly those (sexual assault issues) still exist, but we have to restore trust and confidence so people are willing to report. We're interviewing people for the new adjutant general position, and that person will use their leadership role to bring about full scale change in the guard in conjunction with the National Guard Bureau."
Parnell has been criticized for delaying action after reports of sexual assault were made known to his office and allowing top Guard officers to be re-hired in the wake of misconduct investigations.
Alaska News Nightly: October 8, 2014
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Retired Colonel Implicated In Guard Scandal
Lori Townsend and Alexandra Gutierrez, APRN – Anchorage
A recent federal investigation documented a whole host of abuses in the Alaska National Guard, ranging from mishandling of sexual assault to embezzlement. While the report largely focused on structural problems and took a broad look at the crisis of confidence in Guard leadership, it made a few references to some particularly egregious examples. Now, some of the alleged perpetrators of those abuses are being called out.
Troopers Investigate 2 Deaths in Shageluk
Daysha Eaton, KYUK – Bethel
The Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation in Bethel has deployed health care workers to the village of Shageluk where Alaska State Troopers are investigating two deaths.
KSKA DJ Shot, Killed In Home; 16-Year-Old Foster Son Charged With Murder
Anne Hillman, KSKA – Anchorage
Longtime KSKA DJ Marvell Johnson was shot and killed on Tuesday. His foster son has admitted to the crime and is being charged with murder.
Parnell, Walker Spar At Soldotna Gubernatorial Debate
Shaylon Cochran, KDLL – Dillingham
Four gubernatorial candidates took questions at a Chamber of Commerce forum Wednesday in Soldotna. It quickly turned into a debate between the two bigger names on the ballot, Governor Sean Parnell and Bill Walker.
It's Cold Out, But Bethel Shelter Won't Open Until December
Charles Enoch, KYUK – Bethel
The Bethel Winter House, a non-profit homeless shelter, won't open its doors again until December. But winter's come early this year and that leaves the community's homeless population, out in the cold.
Ordinance to Add Prayer In Ketchikan Schools Passes First Vote
Leila Kheiry, KRBD – Ketchikan
An ordinance that would add a prayer to the regular Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly meeting agenda passed in first reading Monday night. The vote was split 4-3, with some on the Assembly expressing concern about inadvertently excluding some people with different beliefs.
UAF Exhibit to Feature Work from Autistic Artist
The Associated Press
University of Alaska Fairbanks officials say a new art exhibit opening next week will feature the work of an artist with autism.
New Exhibit Puts An Alaska Twist on A Familiar Building Block
Zach Hughes, KSKA – Anchorage
Legos—the small, colorful plastic blocks—have grown into the most common place toy in the world, with more than 5.2 million manufactured every hour. And they are not purely for toy-stores and playroom carpets anymore. A new exhibit at the Anchorage Museum focuses on Lego fine arts, and how the building blocks fit in with Alaska's own artistic traditions.
Ordinance to Add Prayer In Ketchikan Schools Passes First Vote
An ordinance that would add a prayer to the regular Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly meeting agenda passed in first reading Monday night. The vote was split 4-3, with some on the Assembly expressing concern about inadvertently excluding some people with different beliefs.
Six people testified during the Borough Assembly's public comment period about the proposed prayer ordinance. Five of them favor the proposal. Of those five, three are local pastors.
Gary Souza is with the Ketchikan Church of Christ and is president of the Ketchikan Ministerial Association. That organization is, understandably, happy to endorse the proposal. Souza adds that legislative prayer is not a new thing.
"As our forefathers were strong believers in the Judeo-Christian ethic and belief. The current Congress and Senate both have chaplains in D.C. and these invocations are something that's been carried on in Juneau for many years. We strongly support this and encourage you to embrace this and make this law."
Dave Spokely says the country was founded by people who believed in religion. He says the Constitution makes church free of state, but doesn't make the state free of church, and that prayer sets a moral foundation for a community.
Pastor Bill White of the Lighthouse Church of God says he's been praying for local government for many years already.
"But it would sure be a notch in our faith if we saw that you were receiving and asking for this," White says.
Pastor Fred Adams also spoke in favor of the ordinance. He says he has served overseas as a missionary, and that people elsewhere are observing a moral breakdown in the United States. Adams says prayer would honor what God has done for this country.
Eric Muench provided the only public comment against the proposal. He says the Assembly meetings shouldn't be turned into quasi-religious gatherings.
"Private prayer and reflection might be useful and helpful for some, but subjecting the entire public to a unified prayer performance is coercive and objectionable to many, including me," Muench says.
During Assembly discussion of the proposal, which was submitted by members Glen Thompson and Agnes Moran, one Assembly member tried to expand the definition of who could offer invocations.
Bill Rotecki says he's not opposed to the concept, but he doesn't want anyone to feel left out.
"Many people came here, not just the Founding Fathers, for religious freedom. And to institute anything as the prior religion or invocation is I think contrary to the principles on which this country was founded and has continued to be governed."
Rotecki suggested adding atheists to the list, which already provides for any religious group that wants to offer a prayer.
Thompson objected to that.
"Atheism means not god, and that completely guts the whole intention of this ordinance and I think it's inappropriate," Thomspon says. "I don't have a problem with having an inclusive denominations, be they Hindu, Islam, Bahai faith, Christian, what have you. I will draw the line on Satanists or atheists."
The day after the Assembly meeting, Thompson recanted that comment. He now says he would be willing to hear a prayer from anyone interested in presenting one.
Rotecki's amendment failed with only Rotecki voting in favor.
When it came to the main motion, Assembly Members Todd Phillips and Alan Bailey spoke against establishing prayer at Assembly meetings. Phillips notes that religion is personal. Bailey says he's worried about excluding people.
Assembly Member Mike Painter, while voting in favor of introducing the ordinance, didn't seem convinced that it's been fully thought out. He notes that it's not clear who will administer the invocation list, and that there's no time limit for prayers.
Borough Clerk Kacie Paxton says it was suggested that requests to give invocations go through the clerk's office, and Mayor Dave Kiffer says 30 to 40 seconds should be adequate for prayers.
Borough Attorney Scott Brandt-Erichsen weighed in on the legality of the language. He says the ordinance is worded well, but the borough will have to be careful about it's administered.
"The ordinance itself simply puts a location on the agenda for an invocation, but if, in the administration of that the clerk or the mayor or whoever is charged with scheduling those is not being even-handed, then that action could create a problem."
The ordinance passed in first reading 4-3, with Rotecki, Bailey and Phillips voting no. A public hearing and second reading of the measure are scheduled for the Assembly's Oct. 20 regular meeting.
UAF Exhibit to Feature Artist With Autism
University of Alaska Fairbanks officials say a new art exhibit opening next week will feature the work of an artist with autism.
The exhibit, called "From Thomas The Tank Engine To The White Pass," is scheduled to open Monday at the UAF art department gallery in the Fine Arts Building.
The exhibit will run through Oct. 25.
Officials say the opening will include a reception and premiere screening of "Basically Me," a 10 minute film about artist and UAF employee Ryan Matthews.
Officials say both Matthews and the maker of the film, Leonard Kamerling, are scheduled to attend the opening and will be available for discussion after the film premiere.
It's Cold Out, But Bethel Shelter Won't Open Until Dec.
The Bethel Winter House, a nonprofit homeless shelter, won't open its doors again until December. But winter's come early this year and that leaves the community's homeless population, out in the cold.
The weather is getting chillier by the day and the brown-green tundra has turned brown-yellow. A few snowflakes even fell over the weekend. Although the mercury is dropping, the Bethel Winter House, is not scheduled to open until December 1st.
Rick Robb worked with the original founders of the homeless shelter. He says there aren't many opportunities for the homeless here, to stay warm.
"There's very few to know, resources in Bethel for folks that are homeless. Whether it's a temporary homeless or a chronic homeless. I mean we get a lot of people that come through here without a place to live. People tend to float from house to house sleeping on floors and couches. A lot of people stay in abandoned buildings, and that's proved a problem with some crime and we've even had some deaths in the past," said Robb
Bethel Winter House, relies completely on donations and is run by volunteers. The group formed a Lions Club and started the homeless shelter last December, after six outdoor deaths in the winter before. A January 2013 point-in-time survey of the homeless population said there were approximately 100 homeless people that were sleeping either in a shelter, such as TWC, or on someone's couch, out in the woods or in an unheated home. Thirty-six of them were kids.
Ross Boring is the secretary for the Winter House Board. He says organizers are overwhelmed by the work involved in running the shelter and it's been hard to find volunteers to work overnight, especially on weekdays.
"Last year we were very worn out at the end of the three months and all of this depends on us. You know if we don' have volunteers one night we'll have to turn guests away and won't be able to run the shelter," said Boring.
Boring says that is something they hope they won't ever have to do. Organizers have applied for grants, including one with the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority, that would allow them to hire someone to run the shelter, but they have not yet received a response. Last winter the shelter moved from church to church throughout the cold season. Organizers say, along with hiring a manager, they would eventually like to find a more permanent location for the shelter … but for now…
"What people have to realize is that this is a Lions Club, everyone there is volunteers. There's nobody that's paid for anything that we're doing. This is strictly a volunteer organization, it is very difficult for us at times to get volunteers to do the Sunday night up to Friday morning because everyone is working," said Boring.
This week, overnight temperatures are expected to drop down into the 20's and 30's. The Bethel Winter House has spoken to a few entities around the community about the possibility of hosting the winter house, but at the time this story was filed, they haven't gotten any responses.
50th Annual AVCP Convention Kicks Off in Bethel
Leaders from around the state gathered in Bethel Tuesday for the 50th Annual Association of Village Council Presidents Convention. Dignitaries and political leaders form across the state attended.
The Association of Village Council Presidents Convention opened at the cultural center in Bethel Tuesday. Julie Kitka, President of the Alaska Federation of Natives was the keynote speaker. She reported on two major wins in the courts for Alaska Natives this year, highlighting a federal judge's order that the State of Alaska translate voting materials into Gwich'in and Yup'ik for Alaska Natives with limited English.
"When we talk about that we have major fights that are going on with the State of Alaska and that we are trying to protect our peoples' rights on that, it's very real. It's sad that we have to do that but we're very proud of these Native Individuals that testified as witnesses and that the judge listened and saw the truth of what they were saying," said Kitka.
Kitka also noted a U.S. Supreme Court decision to end the Katie John Subsistence Case after 19 years of litigation as another victory.
AVCP is a non-profit organization representing the 56 federally recognized tribes of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. During the Convention tribal representatives meet in Bethel to work on critical issues.
Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski and Republican Representative Don Young also addressed the Convention. Senator Murkowski said the federal and state governments need to respect Native rights.
"There's so much tension as we talk about things like jurisdiction as we talk about our ability, your ability to govern yourselves. And I think the tension comes because we're missing that respect, that respect from the federal government and the state government respecting you and your tribal institutions and you as a people," said Murkowski.
Representative Don Young also encouraged Native communities to take initiative to improve their own communities, especially when it comes to drugs. He said improving economic opportunities for young people is one important part of fighting the regions drug problems, but he also said it will take confronting people they know who are selling drugs.
"If someone's screwing up in your village, he should be asked to leave. You don't want to do that. It can't just be enforcement from the outside cause very frankly, that's a foreigner. It has to come from here. And you know who the drug dealer is in that town. You all know who it is. You say I can't do it. Bull Shavy you can't do something, it's darn cold without a cabin. I'm saying there has to be a little bit of control in those villages, especially with this black tar heroin – it's destroying our young people," said Young.
The AVCP Convention runs through Thursday afternoon.
New Exhibit Puts An Alaska Twist On A Familiar Building Block
Legos—the small, colorful plastic blocks—have grown into the most common place toy in the world, with more than 5.2 million manufactured every hour.
And they are not purely for toy-stores and playroom carpets anymore.
A new exhibit at the Anchorage Museum focuses on Lego fine arts, and how the building blocks fit in with Alaska's own artistic traditions.
"The impetus for the exhibition came from seeing that architects were using Legos to create scale models of buildings," explains Julie Decker, director of the museum and curator for the Brick-by-Brick exhibit, which was in the works for more than two years.
The multiroom show on the building's third floor features installations by globe-trotting Lego impresario Nathan Sawaya, one of the very few "Lego master builders" recognized by the brand's governing body.
Sawaya uses the rectangular blocks to make towering monochromatic humanoids and mesmerizing faux-fabric dresses the same way a sculptor manipulates marble or bronze.
There are also works by Mike Stimpson, a U.K. artist who recreates iconic photographs like the moon landing and V-J Day kiss from the cover of Newsweek–but using little yellow Lego figurines.
"These photographs have important stories to tell," Decker says. "So while they seem playful I think they're actually quite rich in content."
The exhibit does away with distinctions between an artist and an amateur, though. A few feet from Sawaya's self-portrait (rendered, of course, in Lego) is a hall designated for community submissions, which rotate every two weeks. These pieces run the gamut—from plans to show off works only by those age five-and-under, to a detailed replica of the museum itself by a ConcoPhillips contractor—and avid Lego collector—on display now.
And the commitment to breaking down barriers goes a step further: just one door away is a large, loud playroom filled with containers of building blocks, and half-a-dozen highly engaged patrons. Most of them supervised or in strollers.
"Museums are typically hands off, but we thought it was important with this one to be hands on," Decker said, struggling to speak above crescendos of cries and crashes.
The playroom is hardly a gimicky diversion. Brick-by-Brick wants to erase lines between play and work, kid and grown-up, high art and utilitarian tool. Lego's first premiered in Denmark in 1949, and fit politely under the umbrella of Scandanavian design trends, melding form and function all the way from eco-friendly urban planning to resplendent can-openers. Decker tied the exhibit to the museum's ongoing efforts to shift its focus back to Alaska and communities of the far North.
"I think it's safe to say we're rethinking all of our gallery space," she said standing near an abstract Lego rendering of birch-trees. "We know that no longer are there these distinct boundaries between disciplines—between art, science, and history. We know that our job is really to just talk about Alaska as part of the North, to talk about place and the environment. And I don't think you can do that in boxes."
The tendency to mix art with utility, Decker insists, has always been part of the Northern tradition. Whether it's intricate ivory tools, baskets woven with grass and baleen, or perhaps someday a Lego-based dogsled.
Unofficial Mat-Su Borough Election Results
Matanuska - Susitna Borough voters elected two Borough Assembly representatives on Tuesday. The unofficial results of the Valley elections show that only 11 percent of the Borough's registered voters turned out at the polls on election day. They passed both ballot propositions by an overwhelming margin. Prop. One approved a reapportionment of Borough districts, while Prop. Two increased the amount to tax exemption offered to Borough seniors and disabled veterans.
Borough District Five's Assembly seat was won by Big Lake's Dan Mayfield. Reached by phone Tuesday evening, Mayfield thanked his supporters.
"I want to thank the crew that supported me. I had an absolutely fantastic campaign committee. And all the people in the district who really took the time to talk to me and let me know what was important to them. That was an awesome experience and I really want to thank them all. "
Mayfield ran against Knik/ Goose Bay's Bill Kendig. Steve Colligan, running unopposed, kept the District 4 Assembly seat.
Two Borough school board seats were won by Tiffany Scott and Ole Larson, both running unopposed.
Mat Su Borough officials still need to count close to 1500 absentee ballots, and more than 300 questioned ballots. The election results remain unofficial until certified on October 21.
Two Valley cities also held elections on Tuesday. In Wasilla, Bert Cottle took almost 75 percent of the vote to win the mayor's race over Loren Means.
Wasilla's Colleen Sullivan – Leonard and Stuart Graham won city council seats.
In Palmer, Linda Combs and Brad Hanson won Palmer city council seats. Wasilla and Palmer election results are unofficial until certified.
Long-time KSKA DJ Marvell Johnson murdered
Long-time KSKA DJ Marvell Johnson was shot and killed on Tuesday. His foster son, Peter John Henry, is being charged with murder.http://www.alaskapublic.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/07-Marvell.mp3
According to a police department release, a student reported the shooting to a school police officer early Tuesday morning. When officers arrived at Johnson's house, they found him dead in his bedroom from several gunshot wounds.
Henry, Johnson's 16-year-old foster child, was asleep in another room. When questioning Henry, the police learned the boy was angry with Johnson for grounding him because he used the drug Spice and because Johnson took his vapor cigarette charger. Henry allegedly tried to make the shooting look like a robbery. He emptied Johnson's wallet and left it in front of the house and stole other items. Henry also allegedly threatened to kill another boy if he didn't help him destroy evidence.
Henry has been charged as an adult and is being held without bail.
64-year-old Johnson hosted Soul to Soul on KSKA for 35 years. On the show, Johnson seemlessly flowed between new and old soul music. Between sets he helped connect inmates in Alaska's prisons with their loved ones by sharing dedications and requests.
"You know, back in the day, people couldn't wait until Saturday night to call Marvell Johnson to make a request or a dedication," recalled Reggie Ward, Johnson's long-time friend and fellow DJ. "It was so special for a lot of people. And it's helped so many people, in terms of people maybe having relationship problems or just the fact that they get to hear their names mentioned on the radio. It was a huge deal."
Ward said Soul to Soul helped start urban radio in Alaska. Johnson trained and mentored many of the DJs at KSKA, KNBA, and around Anchorage.
"He set the tone. He set the example, not so much in his words but in his actions. He was so professional and he loved what he did. We all basically just took his lead."
When Johnson wasn't mixing music, he was out fishing, working at UAA in the facilities department, or caring for his foster children.
Federal Court Strikes Down Gay Marriage Ban in Idaho, Nevada
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down gay marriage bans in Idaho and Nevada on Tuesday. The federal court also has jurisdiction over Alaska, where five same sex couples are suing to overturn the state's ban on same sex marriage.
Joshua Decker is executive director for the American Civil Liberties Union in Alaska. He says the arguments Alaska's making to defend its ban are the same ones Idaho and Nevada made:
"I don't see how anyone could read today's opinion by the 9th circuit and see how Alaska could have any leg to stand on to try to defend it's unconstitutional ban."
A state spokesperson says the Department of Law is reviewing the decision and declined to make someone available for an interview.
Caitlin Shortell is an attorney in Anchorage who is representing the Alaskan couples who are plaintiffs in the lawsuit against the state. Oral arguments in the case are scheduled for Friday afternoon. But Shortell says the 9th circuit has given the Alaska court its marching orders:
"The district court in our case is bound to follow the decision of the 9th circuit striking down pretty much identical laws banning equal marriage."
Shortell says she expects marriage equality to be a reality in Alaska soon. Alaska's gay marriage ban has been in place since 1998.
Arctic Summit Tackles A Diverse Spread of Issues
The Institute of the North is bringing together policy makers and local shareholders to discuss short- and long-term goals for America's presence in the far north during it's "Week of the Arctic" in Nome, Kotzebue, and Barrow.
Balancing larger Arctic ambitions with more local, immediate needs—like running water and affordable energy—dominated the discussion Monday. Nils Andreassen, executive director of the Institute of the North, says the conversation was wide-ranging … and admittedly ambitious.
"For as much as the long list of infrastructure and needs is, it's not all going to get addressed, through the work that we are doing."
Andreassen struck a realistic tone—that the scope of issues in the Arctic far outweigh the money and political will needed to accomplish them.
And those needs are many: after an early-morning meeting with Mayor Denise Michels and the heads of Kawerak, Sitnasuaq, and other regional leaders, Andreassen opened up the floor of Nome's City Council chambers to public input.
Nome's Chuck Wheeler was the first to the podium—lambasting recent assessments that a deep-water harbor at Port Clarence near Brevig Mission and Teller wouldn't affect fish, wildlife, or other subsistence resources.
"We own this land. The government is just a trustee. Number one priority is to protect the land, preserve it, and enhance it. But when economic development comes, and big money, they forget about that money. Case in point, the Port Clarence facility for the deep draft port. There's 600 plus native tribal entities that live in these three villages, and they're going to be impacted. Where's their consideration? That should be a priority. I've got a granddaughter who lives in Brevig [Mission]. She's going to be impacted on it. My son's a full shareholder of Teller Native. He's going to be impacted. To say there's no impact is asinine," Wheeler says.
Focusing on energy security, Gwenn Holdman with the Alaska Center for Power at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks says, for all the talk of Arctic ambitions—and the very real concerns for preparedness as more ships transit Arctic waters—the central problem of affordable, sustainable energy is what will ultimately decide the fate of many Arctic communities.
"Energy is an issue that's going to underlie any of the goals you seek to accomplish here. When you're looking at infrastructure build-out, when you're looking at oil spill response, all of that, I think that the role of affordable energy has been underplayed in a lot of these conversations. I'd like you to consider thinking about energy a little more broadly," Holdman says.
Art Ivanoff with the Bering Sea Alliance spoke to needs for education and job experience for youth in rural communities. Ivanoff says kids in those communities need exposure to the jobs and careers of people working in the Arctic—citing a recent visit to Gambell by the U.S. Coast Guard as an example.
"And for me it was like germinating a seed, and it's really important that we give those kids that insight to career opportunities that they've never seen before. But these types of efforts are necessary, and critical, to build our economy but to safeguard our resources that we depend on as well," Ivanoff says.
And Washington state senator Kevin Ranker, attending as part of the Joint Oceans Commission, urged Alaska law- and policy makers to expand the conversation about the U.S. Arctic beyond Alaska—and to other Pacific states like Washington.
"There are similar economic drivers that connect the Arctic to Washington state," Ranker says. "What's the port route system between the Arctic and increased vessel traffic to the ports of Tacoma and Seattle? I think its very important that we not only, in Washington, D.C., elevate the importance in the Arctic, but also in the state connections. The Arctic needs a larger congressional delegation representing the Arctic. If we can get Washington congressional delegates and Washington state legislators to start thinking why the Arctic matters, for a local reason, those are really interesting drivers that start to elevate this dialogue beyond why Alaska is the only Arctic connection."
After the open house, the Week of the Arctic moved to Nome's Mini Convention Center for a series of presentations and panel discussions. Norton Sound Economic Development Corporation representatives gave visitors a run-down of the Community Development Quota, or CDQ program, used to manage marine resources and community investment in the region.
Larry Cotter, CEO of APICDA —the CDQ for the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands—says the success of Alaska's CDQ groups can be translated to other Arctic nations—an issue of heightened significance as the U.S. prepares to take over the international Arctic Council in April.
"I'd say, absolutely. What you're talking about doing is taking a portion of a common-property resource and in essence providing that resource to the communities, to determine how to use it to the best benefit to the communities. And the same thing can be done in other arctic countries around the world," Cotter says.
Meanwhile a separate roundtable was held late in the day involving young leaders from the Bering Strait region. Andreasson and other young professionals discussed a shared vision for a health Arctic future—involving "adaptation" and "balancing" traditional knowledge with contemporary technologies and education.
During a panel discussing maritime navigation and forecasting, Amy Holman with the National Oceania and Atmospheric Administration shared a five-year plan building more accurate forecasts for ice formation and breakup in the Bering Strait.
At another panel on oil spill response, Dennis Young—representing North Star Stevedore—urged local leaders to take an active part in long-discussed Arctic port development, and to prepare for growth. He emphasized a need to communicate with state and federal organizations to hold "foreign flagged" vessels accountable as Bering Sea traffic increases.
The Week of the Arctic conference continues in Nome on Tuesday with several workshops and a federal listening session. The conference moves to Kotzebue on Wednesday and Thursday before concluding in Barrow Friday and Saturday.
Kuskokwim River May Meet Its Chinook Escapement Goal
Unprecedented closures kept fishermen this summer from targeting king salmon in an effort to bring more fish to spawning grounds after several poor runs. The drainage-wide results showing how well the management worked are now beginning arrive, and the state says the Kuskokwim may have achieved its critical Chinook escapement goal.
John Linderman is Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Regional Supervisor with the Division of commercial fisheries. He says the fisherman deserve a thanks for their sacrifices this summer.
"The result this year is that we saw escapements overall compared to 2013 well, about double, or a little bit higher than that. So, much improved escapement this year compared to 2013, with many more escapement goals being achieved, however, two primary tributaries: the Kogrukluk river at the headwaters of the Holitna river and the Kwethluk in the lower river, their escapement goals were not achieved this year," said Linderman.
A preliminary report published last week says the drainage wide escapement goal was likely met. Managers however are not committing until they've worked through all of the data in the coming weeks.
"There's a chance that yes we could have achieved the goal this year. But the big wild card in that equation is the fact that two signification tributaries did not meet their escapement goals. It makes it that much more difficult. If it was a bit more black and white, if a minority of goals were reached or all goals were reached it'd be easier to try and draw conclusions at this point," said Linderman.
Lisa Olson, the deputy director for State's Subsistence Division says work is underway for next year's planning.
"Now is the time to starting thinking what would work for 2015, what did not work well in 2014, and I hope that people in the area get involved," said Olson.
Federal managers were in control of the Chinook fishery last summer after the federal subsistence board took action to federalize the management. No one knows yet what will be happen next year in terms of management, but Linderman says fishermen will likely see restrictions on par with this year.
"It's an unfortunate reality of the current situation and the current poor abundance that the Kuskokwim Chinook run finds itself in, there just isn't enough to provide for the demand that's out there with respect to chinook salmon. That is the current expectation that we would expect the season to start with similar restrictions to what we saw in 2014," said Linderman.
Subsistence fishing will likely be at the forefront at the Association of Village Council Presidents Convention, which hosts a subsistence panel Tuesday afternoon. The forum will include Fish and Game Commissioner Cora Campbell, AVCP Attorney Sky Starkey, and Federal Manager Gene Peltola Junior, plus Victor Joseph, the CEO of the Tanana Chiefs Conference.
In New Ad, Begich Embraces Health Care Law While Pledging to Fix
For those who want to unseat U.S. Sen. Mark Begich, one strategy has prevailed from the start: Bind him to President Obama and the Affordable Care Act. A new ad from Republican challenger Dan Sullivan is typical of that approach.
"….Mark Begich votes with Obama 97 percent of the time. For ObamaCare…."
But Begich, in a new radio ad running statewide, is taking the politically risky tactic of embracing the unpopular law.
"Before the healthcare law was passed one third of Alaskans who tried to get individual policies were denied for preexisting conditions and other reasons."
The ad says Begich is working to fix the law and make coverage more affordable. Obama is especially unpopular in Alaska. A national polling firm last month found 56 percent of Alaskans disapprove of the job the president's doing, while a Dittman poll put the figure at 65 percent. The minute-long Begich ad never uses the words "Obama," "ObamaCare" or the "Affordable Care Act."
Southeast Ballot Issues Cover Taxes, Infrastructure and More
Communities across Alaska are voting in municipal elections today. They are electing city council and assembly members and weighing in on local ballot measures. Some Southeast Alaska voters will consider how to raise revenues and what to spend them on.
At least a dozen ballot measures are going before Southeast's voters.
The city of Ketchikan, for example, wants the OK to raise money to replace aging water and sewer lines.
That could sound boring. But it won't be if lines up to 50 years old break and spill their contents.
"It's not a question of if that system's going to fail. It's a question of it will fail."
That's Ketchikan City Manager Karl Amylon answering a council question during a meeting last summer.
A pair of ballot measures would raise $10 million for the projects. Officials say the state will reimburse 70 percent of the total cost.
Council member KJ Harris usually opposes bond issues, but not this time.
"To me, this is a need, not a want. We've got to have infrastructure."
Critics say the city already has too much bond debt.
Petersburg voters face seven ballot issues, most addressing taxes.
Four would change different aspects of the local senior citizen sales tax exemption. Two would limit the break to locals, while one would exempt only food and heating fuel.
Another would make plans to phase out the break.
Municipal Clerk Kathy O'Rear says if that measure passes, only those 65 and older by the end of 2019 would be eligible.
"So eventually, the senior citizens' sale tax exemption will sunset or go away," O'Rear says.
Petersburg sales tax committee member Lee Corrao is OK with residency requirements. But he's not fond of the overall approach, which will increase municipal revenues.
"They'll just spend it. I don't want to give it to them. And I don't think most taxpayers want to just give them money unless there's justification for it. This is not the way to do it. We have bond measures if we have projects we need to fund."
In Skagway, voters will be asked to approve a bond measure funding a new, $12 million public safety facility.
Skagway Mayor Mark Schaefer, at an August meeting, said it's an important need for the community's tourism economy.
"The buildings were use now are totally inadequate for the industry we serve. They're quite shameful, in fact," Schaefer says.
A companion measure would increase Skagway's seasonal sales tax from 5 percent to 6 percent.
That's expected to raise enough money to pay back the bonds, which are a type of loan.
Critics are mostly concerned about the sales tax increase, because it would raise prices for residents, not just tourists.
Juneau has one ballot proposition in this election.
It would create what's called an empowered board that could set budgets and raise revenues for the capital city's two swimming pools.
Supporters say a stronger board could attract more swimmers and other users, and help pay for needed repairs.
Critics say the measure would put too much emphasis on one part of the community's recreation programs.
'Blood Moon' Forecast Strong in Alaska Tonight
People here in Alaska and in much of this part of the Northern Hemisphere will get a chance tonight to see a total lunar eclipse, weather permitting. It'll be another appearance of the so-called "Blood Moon."
Fairbanks National Weather Service meteorologist Ben Bartos says there's a pretty good chance for skywatchers to see the eclipse here in the Interior.
"Tonight we'll have partly cloudy skies," Bartos said. "Looks like (it will be) pretty crisp out, so if you're going to step outside to see it, dress warm. We're looking at lows between 5 and 15 above overnight."
But you'll either have to stay up late or get up very early to see it. Fairbanks amateur astronomer Martin Gutoski says it'll begin around 1:15 Wednesday morning, but the "totality" of the Earth's shadow darkening the moon won't begin until about 2:25 a.m. The moon should be darkest just before 3, and the event will be over around 4:30.
Gutoski says the moon's position in the sky will be about the same as the lunar eclipse that occurred earlier this year.
"It'll be low on the horizon, like it was in April," he said.
And like that earlier eclipse, Gutoski says the moon will again be orange or reddish, which is why it's called the Blood Moon.
It appears that way because of the Earth's atmosphere, says Peter Delamere. He's an associate professor of space physics with the UAF physics department and Geophysical Institute.
"Because of the Earth's atmosphere, the green and the ultraviolet light is filtered out," Delamere said. "And the red is the least affected as it moves through the atmosphere. So not only is it the least affected, it also bends or it's refracted towards the Earth's surface. So, as the light from the sun moves through the atmosphere, and it is bent, it gets bent toward the location of the moon behind Earth."
Gutoski says the appearance of the Blood Moon has throughout history often been interpreted as an omen of bad things to come.
Planting his tongue firmly in his cheek, Gutoski offers another theory – a decidedly less-cosmic explanation…
"The one is April was right during your tax-submittal deadline for the IRS," he said. "And Oct. 15 is the deadline for extensions of time from the April 15th IRS reporting. So maybe it's tied to the IRS."
If so, Gutoski suggests the Blood Moon may mean a fate worse than the fire, floods and plagues of biblical times.
"If you postpone your income tax, like I did in April, 'til Oct. 15th, this should be a harbinger to get your taxes done," he said. "Otherwise, they're going to draw blood out of you."


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Deaths among 10- to 19-year-olds increase by 50 per cent
Millions of young people are at risk of HIV infection because governments are not providing appropriate health services, according to the World Health Organisation.
The failure to adequately support 10- to 19-year-olds has resulted in a 50 per cent increase in reported Aids-related deaths among this age group between 2005 and 2012, bucking the global trend among the general population that saw deaths fall by 30 per cent.
Most of the new infections occur in young women, who are up to three times more likely to get infected than young men — due in part to their lower social status in some countries.
The WHO said the increase was largely down to the failure of governments to prioritise adolescents in national HIV plans or provide teen-friendly testing services and counselling.
Another, more specific, reason for the high number of deaths is because many young people who were born HIV-positive either did not receive antiretroviral treatment straight away, or, if they did, failed to receive adequate follow-up care but managed to survive into adolescence.
In the runup to World Aids Day on 1 December, the WHO on Monday issued new guidelines on HIV support and care for adolescents.
"Adolescents face difficult and often confusing emotional and social pressures as they grow from children into adults," said Dr Gottfried Hirnschall, director of the WHO's HIV and Aids department.
"Adolescents need health services and support, tailored to their needs. They are less likely than adults to be tested for HIV, and often need more support than adults to help them maintain care and to stick to treatment."
The agency found that while there was a good level of knowledge on the benefits of using a condom, there was still reluctance on the part of young people to ask partners to be tested. They did not want such a request to infer their partner had a promiscuous past.
Young men were also less likely to seek testing or services than women. Many young people also avoid seeking services because the consent of a parent or guardian was required.— © Guardian Newspapers Limited, 2013


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Are you seriously questioning how Luke could have his knowledge of films at such an age in a show where ten year olds are allowed to travel entire regions on their own by foot for the purpose of capturing Pokémon and making them fight for sport?. We know nothing of Luke's history - maybe he has a parent or older relative in the industry? You never know. We also know nothing of the Pokémon World's education system.
Also, it was never stated when Ash saw "The Dirty Herdier". It could have been during his Unova adventures, but off screen. As for Ash not caring at first - he's always been that way. If he's in a town or city with a gym, he's always wanted to go there right away. He relented because both Cilan and Iris wanted to go to Pokéwood; he's also thinking of his friends as well as himself.
I think you need to take a step back and stop over-analysing the show. It's light entertainment for children - and the added knowledge about green screens and acting techniques that were demonstrated in it are pretty educational (and the green screens are also a reference to the feature in Black 2/White 2, which has you battling a green screen during Pokéwood).


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"What about health care reform!?" his fans invariably respond.
Well, what about it? Sure, it passed. But the Affordable Care Act didn't become law because Obama ignited a populist prairie fire in favor of it. He dedicated vast, vast swaths of his time and energy trying to sell the American people on Obamacare. He never made the sale (and still hasn't). The misbegotten law's passage is attributable entirely to the fact that Democrats rammed it through Congress - with a 60-vote majority in the Senate - using the sorts of backroom deals and corporate giveaways the American people despise.
Ironically, the only populist mass movement on domestic policy issues Obama can claim credit for creating is the Tea Party, which I think we can all agree isn't what he had in mind.
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In 2012, after scoring an impressive reelection win, Obama apparently thought he solved the puzzle. He needed more organization, like he had in the election. Obviously everyone loves what he has to say, Obama reasoned, but he needed to translate that love into action. And so he rebranded his presidential campaign into his own personal grassroots operation, Organizing for Action. Action item No. 1? Gun control.
It's worth remembering that when Obama took up gun control in his State of the Union address, he set the bar at shin level for himself and for Senate Democrats. He didn't demand victory; he demanded a mere vote on the issue.
Running through a list of victims he was all too eager to politicize - "The families of Newtown deserve a vote. The families of Aurora deserve a vote," etc. - he brought the Democrats in the audience to their feet. Many in the press hailed it as one of the most moving moments of his presidency.
With the sort of willingness to politicize tragedy that is always denounced as the vilest cynicism when Republicans do anything of the sort, Obama and his paid OFA subalterns took to the streets and the airwaves waving the figurative bloody shirt of Newtown for months (with nary a peep of complaint from the same press corps that routinely denounced President Bush for politicizing 9/11).
But when it came time to clear the shin-level hurdle he set for himself and OFA, they face-planted in ground well short of the target.
And now, the President is going to run the same play, again. "If this Congress refuses to listen to the American people and pass common-sense gun legislation, then the real impact is going to have to come from the voters," he said in one of several bitter promises to turn gun control into an issue to win back Congress in 2014.
As Josh Kraushaar of National Journal noted, Obama couldn't misread the political environment heading into 2014 any worse. Why? Because the places where the Democrats need to win to take back the House - the South and Mountain West - are precisely those areas where even many Democrats disagree with the President on gun control. Making it a central issue in 2014 is a boon to Republicans.
The upshot of this is that we will now endure nearly another two years of Obama haranguing us about how it's him and "the people" against special interests and other evil forces who don't care about murdered children. Washington will become more shrill and get even less done, all because Obama's only play is a populist charade made possible by the fact he still believes his own bull----.
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You eyed Fluttershy's tight pussy and curvy flank, drooling with pleasure, face flushed with arousal. With your cock throbbing like no other, you immediately place your hands and grab Fluttershy's hind legs and without hesitation or care, you ram your raging boner into her nice, delicate vagina. She lets out a small welp as you started going in and out slowly, but picked up the pace and starting ramming her with all your strength. Her sweet, tender pussy lips felt so good on your hard dick that it made her insides feel all the more satisfying. You love every second of it. Her velvety inner walls felt like heaven and you let out a few small moans to signify the immense pleasure you were receiving off of the hotness that was Fluttershy. You then suddenly pulled out, your hard cock still excited after the nice thrashing it gave to the yellow pegasus. Flipping Fluttershy on her back and without hesitation or care, you plunged deep inside her again, Fluttershy's whelps and moans never ceasing. Your cock shoved into her hard, you felt your climax approaching as you braced for the real pleasure. After a few minutes of continuous ramming and pounding her velvety vagina, you finally let it all out as you ejaculated hot seed deep inside her, filling her up with each blast of semen you could let out, all with Fluttershy letting out a loving moan from the hot session just enacted.
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