Copyright (c) 2012 The Tundra Drums, All rights reserved. http://www.thetundradrums.com/ en-us CAUYAT - "The Beat of the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta" http://www.thetundradrums.com/ http://www.thetundradrums.com/cms/images/.TEMP/companylogoTEMP144x144-6072.jpg 144 73 The Tundra Drums - RSS Feed Mon, 6 Feb 2012 16:29:00 AST http://www.thetundradrums.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=02032012162635849128http://www.thetundradrums.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=02032012162635849128Running against seasoned champions, Rohn Buser, 22, won the 2012 Kuskokwim 300 sled dog race from Bethel to Aniak and back with an elapsed time of 41 hours, 12 minutes and 2 seconds finishing around noon on Jan. 23. Buser, of Big Lake, is the second youngest musher to win the 300-mile race, and with his father, champion musher Martin Buser, makes for the first family to boast two K300 winners....Articles from the February 6, 2012 edition of The Tundra Drumshttp://www.thetundradrums.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=02032012172424319782http://www.thetundradrums.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=02032012172424319782For the safety of students and staff Lower Kuskokwim School Distrct cancelled classes Feb. 1 with temp...Articles from the February 6, 2012 edition of The Tundra Drumshttp://www.thetundradrums.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=020320121732655812310http://www.thetundradrums.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=020320121732655812310On Jan. 28 Alaska State Troopers in Bethel were notified that 74-year-old Andrew Chikoyak of Tununak had departed Nunapitchuk on a snowmachine heading for Tununak but was overdue. Efforts to locate Chikoyak on Jan. 28 were unsuccessful. Chikoyak was spotted on Jan. 29 by aircraft flown by Alaska State Troopers. A trooper, two Life Med paramedics, and three U.S. Army National Guard members...Articles from the February 6, 2012 edition of The Tundra Drumshttp://www.thetundradrums.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=020320121732102115849http://www.thetundradrums.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=020320121732102115849Daniel Sam Kashatok, age 64 of Bethel, is being charged with 22 counts of sexually abusing or trying to sexually abuse minors in Bethel, according to KYUK. A grand jury in Bethel indicted him on Jan. 31, and he was arraigned Feb. 1.,Charges include 17 counts of sexual abuse of a minor, four counts of attempted sexual abuse of a minor, and one count of harassment in the first degree; 20 felony and...Articles from the February 6, 2012 edition of The Tundra Drumshttp://www.thetundradrums.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=020320121733613362818http://www.thetundradrums.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=020320121733613362818The state’s federal subsistence board has discarded seven years of work to determine which rural federal lands in Alaska are eligible for subsistence hunting, according to an Associated Press report. Working off data from the 2000 census, the board in 2007 made such designations. But the “Kodiak Daily Mirror” in January the board instead decided to hold a public review of how areas are...Articles from the February 6, 2012 edition of The Tundra Drumshttp://www.thetundradrums.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=020320121747127887463http://www.thetundradrums.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=020320121747127887463Ring the Bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack in everything That’s how the light gets in — Leonard Cohen, “Anthem” Alaskans seem frozen in place. After a promising beginning 54 years ago, we established a solid foundation for our state. Now, after a pipeline and a new demographic of Lower 48 immigrants we are in the second semester of our first century...Articles from the February 6, 2012 edition of The Tundra Drumshttp://www.thetundradrums.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=020320121804196403676http://www.thetundradrums.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=020320121804196403676The annual Bethel Dog Show is at 2 p.m. Feb. 12. Start teaching your dog tricks, get out a costume, or just bring your dog to show off. There is no entry fee. Categories for dog groups are Sporting, Non-Sporting, Hound, Working, Terrier, Delta Mix Toy, and Herding. The winner in each category will compete for Best of Show medal. Each dog may also enter any two of the following categories: Most...Articles from the February 6, 2012 edition of The Tundra Drumshttp://www.thetundradrums.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=020320121811709027019http://www.thetundradrums.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=020320121811709027019As expected there will be less halibut available for fishermen to catch this year — an 18 percent drop to 33 million pounds, to be split among fisheries along the west coast, British Columbia and Alaska. That follows a 19 percent cut to the catch last year. The announcement was made at the International Pacific Halibut Commission’s annual meeting last week in Anchorage. Alaska always gets the...Articles from the February 6, 2012 edition of The Tundra Drumshttp://www.thetundradrums.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=020320121829184893017http://www.thetundradrums.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=020320121829184893017Patty Murphy has been selected as Nuvista Light And Electric Cooperative’s project administrator. Murphy is responsible for managing Nuvista’s many energy projects and activities for the Yukon-Kuskokwim Region. She will report to Executive Director Elaine Brown. Murphy, a Calista shareholder originally from Kasigluk, previously worked for the Coastal Villages Region Fund and for the state of...Articles from the February 6, 2012 edition of The Tundra Drumshttp://www.thetundradrums.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=020320121838799418956http://www.thetundradrums.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=020320121838799418956The Community Advisory Board (CAB) of American Seafoods Company, one of the nation’s largest seafood harvesters and processors, has announced it is accepting applications for its Alaska community grant program. The deadline to submit applications is Feb. 15. Since its inception in 1997, the American Seafoods CAB has granted over $1,000,000 to organizations and programs in rural Alaska. “Our...Articles from the February 6, 2012 edition of The Tundra Drumshttp://www.thetundradrums.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=020620121615368287328http://www.thetundradrums.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=020620121615368287328Steven Boney and Arthur Laraux of Bethel will team up to run the Iron Dog as Team 19 for the first time this year. Both will ride a , will ride a Yamaha FX Nytro XTX 1049cc. Boney, 31 is a lifelong Alaskan who is a private pilor and big time motocrosser. He enjoys hunting fishing an dmechanics. He is married with three children. Laraux, 29, is also a lifelong Alaskan and is a foreman for Knik...Articles from the February 6, 2012 edition of The Tundra Drumshttp://www.thetundradrums.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=020620121612139070612http://www.thetundradrums.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=020620121612139070612Stories from the early years of the Kuskokwim 300 are often shared at social gatherings, but few ever make it into print. One such tale, the 1983 finish, needs to be recorded while some of the participants can still recall the details. I was one of the participants, and it’s a story I have rarely told. The 1983 race boasted a field of mushing stars, but none more famous than George Attla, the...Articles from the February 6, 2012 edition of The Tundra Drums