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_data/dfault/images/.TEMP/companylogoTEMP144x144-1146.jpg 144 73 The Tundra Drums - RSS Feed http://www.thetundradrums.com/story/2012/05/14/local/local-organizations-assist-with-kindergarten-roundup/101.htmlhttp://www.thetundradrums.com/story/2012/05/14/local/local-organizations-assist-with-kindergarten-roundup/101.htmlOver 70 future kindergarteners and their parents took advantage of kindergarten round up free medical screenings in April. Bethel Schools are expecting at least 100 new kindergarteners in the 2012-13 school year. After registering for Ayaprun and Migelnguut Elitnaurviat (ME) the night before parents were able to bring their children to the Bethel Public Health Center where local providers were on...Mon, 14 May 2012 19:45:00 ASTArticles from the May 14, 2012 edition of The Tundra Drumshttp://www.thetundradrums.com/story/2012/05/14/local/theater-new-swansons-planned/103.htmlhttp://www.thetundradrums.com/story/2012/05/14/local/theater-new-swansons-planned/103.htmlA new two-screen theater and new Swanson’s grocery store are planned for Bethel, according to KYUK. Bethel Native Corporation and...Mon, 14 May 2012 19:45:00 ASTArticles from the May 14, 2012 edition of The Tundra Drumshttp://www.thetundradrums.com/story/2012/05/14/local/naneng-to-serve-as-intern-for-senator/104.htmlhttp://www.thetundradrums.com/story/2012/05/14/local/naneng-to-serve-as-intern-for-senator/104.htmlAshley Naneng of Bethel will serve as an intern to Senator Lisa Murkowski in Washington, D.C. for the Senate’s first summer session. After high school graduation Naneng will join nine other interns in D.C. to assist with clerical and administrative tasks, and shadow t...Mon, 14 May 2012 19:45:00 ASTArticles from the May 14, 2012 edition of The Tundra Drumshttp://www.thetundradrums.com/story/2012/05/14/local/redistricting-closer-to-settlement/105.htmlhttp://www.thetundradrums.com/story/2012/05/14/local/redistricting-closer-to-settlement/105.htmlThe Alaska Supreme Court issued a decision May 10 ordering that the Alaska Redistricting Board’s Amended Proclamation Plan be adopted as an interim plan for the 2012 state legislative elections, so long as the plans Southeast Alaska districts are reformulated based solely o...Mon, 14 May 2012 19:45:00 ASTArticles from the May 14, 2012 edition of The Tundra Drumshttp://www.thetundradrums.com/story/2012/05/14/local/senate-committee-to-examine-energy-cost-containment/106.htmlhttp://www.thetundradrums.com/story/2012/05/14/local/senate-committee-to-examine-energy-cost-containment/106.htmlThe Alaska Senate Finance Committee agreed April 27 to spend up to $150,000 to hire experts to recommend ways to contain and reverse Alaska’s skyrocketing energy costs. Following the Senate’s April 26 adjournment, the committee held a special meeting to hear a proposal by Senator Bill Wielechowski to investigate steps to lower energy costs for Alaskans. Senator Joe Thomas (D- Fairbanks) will...Mon, 14 May 2012 19:45:00 ASTArticles from the May 14, 2012 edition of The Tundra Drumshttp://www.thetundradrums.com/story/2012/05/14/local/phillips-tops-world-toe-kick-record/107.htmlhttp://www.thetundradrums.com/story/2012/05/14/local/phillips-tops-world-toe-kick-record/107.htmlRaven Phillips of Aniak broke the world record in the Toe Kick at the state Native Youth Olympics at the end of April, according to the Delta Discovery. Phillips leapt 76 inches to top the standing record of 69 inch...Mon, 14 May 2012 19:45:00 ASTArticles from the May 14, 2012 edition of The Tundra Drumshttp://www.thetundradrums.com/story/2012/05/14/local/guardsmen-play-pivotal-role-in-afghanistan/108.htmlhttp://www.thetundradrums.com/story/2012/05/14/local/guardsmen-play-pivotal-role-in-afghanistan/108.htmlAlaska Army National Guardsmen from B Company, 1st Battalion (Airborne), 143rd Infantry Regiment are settling in to their roles as Security Forces for Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) in Afghanistan. More than 126 Soldiers departed Camp Atterbury, Ind., in late February after finalizing their pre-deployment training, and according to their commander, Capt. Jason Caldwell, they are proudly...Mon, 14 May 2012 19:45:00 ASTArticles from the May 14, 2012 edition of The Tundra Drumshttp://www.thetundradrums.com/story/2012/05/14/opinion/beware-of-pebble-and-oil-propaganda/109.htmlhttp://www.thetundradrums.com/story/2012/05/14/opinion/beware-of-pebble-and-oil-propaganda/109.htmlAlaskans dodged the bullet of moving revenues from our treasury to the bonus checks of Big Oil’s lawyers and lobbyists this year, but you had better believe they will be back. The Alaska Oil and Gas Association’s Executive Director Kara Moriarty promised that they would be back after the collapse of the governor’s special session. Big Oil — and by this term I mean the legacy companies...Mon, 14 May 2012 19:45:00 ASTArticles from the May 14, 2012 edition of The Tundra Drumshttp://www.thetundradrums.com/story/2012/05/14/opinion/blessed-is-the-one-who-stays-awake-and-keeps-his-clothes/110.htmlhttp://www.thetundradrums.com/story/2012/05/14/opinion/blessed-is-the-one-who-stays-awake-and-keeps-his-clothes/110.html“Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who stays awake and keeps his clothes, so that he will not walk about naked and men will not see his shame.” (Revelation 16:15 NASB) Sound wisdom has two sides to it. Know therefore that God forgets a part of our sin (Job 11:6). There is the literal side (Jn 16:29) and there is the figure of speech (16:25). Spiritually appraised matters...Mon, 14 May 2012 19:45:00 ASTArticles from the May 14, 2012 edition of The Tundra Drumshttp://www.thetundradrums.com/story/2012/05/14/announcements/veterans-could-receive-care-at-native-clinics/111.htmlhttp://www.thetundradrums.com/story/2012/05/14/announcements/veterans-could-receive-care-at-native-clinics/111.htmlAn agreement that could allow rural Alaska veterans to receive healthcare benefits at Native health clinics for the first time was commended last week by Senators Lisa Murkowski and Mark Begich. The signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between 14 Alaska Native tribal health programs and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will allow Alaska veterans to receive health care services in...Mon, 14 May 2012 19:45:00 ASTArticles from the May 14, 2012 edition of The Tundra Drumshttp://www.thetundradrums.com/story/2012/05/14/obituaries/daisy-olrun/112.htmlhttp://www.thetundradrums.com/story/2012/05/14/obituaries/daisy-olrun/112.htmlDaisy Olrun passed away peacefully at the MacInnes House in Anchorage with her caretaker, Doris Scott at her side. She passed away on May 3, 2012 which is the “National Day of Prayer.” Daisy “Nussa’an” Olrun was born to Mellaar and Nussaalar on Oct. 9, 1919 at Nash Harbor, Nunivak Island. She was 92 when she passed away. Daisy was raised in Nash Harbor where she met her future husband,...Mon, 14 May 2012 19:45:00 ASTArticles from the May 14, 2012 edition of The Tundra Drumshttp://www.thetundradrums.com/story/2012/05/14/local/green-machine-may-lower-power-costs/113.htmlhttp://www.thetundradrums.com/story/2012/05/14/local/green-machine-may-lower-power-costs/113.htmlTanana Chiefs Conference and the University of Alaska Fairbanks have completed testing of the Green Machine, a heat-to-power generating system that can reduce diesel fuel consumption and lower energy costs for rural Alaska communities. The Green Machine captures excess heat from small, distributed hot water sources, such as diesel engine jacket water, biomass boilers and geothermal sources, to...Mon, 14 May 2012 19:45:00 ASTArticles from the May 14, 2012 edition of The Tundra Drumshttp://www.thetundradrums.com/story/2012/05/14/announcements/rac-nominations-sought/114.htmlhttp://www.thetundradrums.com/story/2012/05/14/announcements/rac-nominations-sought/114.htmlThe Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is extending the deadline to June 4 for nominations for five open positions on its Alaska Resource Advisory Council (RAC). “Citizen-based recommendations from the Resource Advisory Councils enhance our ability to manage public lands and achieve multiple-use goals,” said BLM Director Bob Abbey. “The people who live, work, and recreate near or on...Mon, 14 May 2012 19:45:00 ASTArticles from the May 14, 2012 edition of The Tundra Drumshttp://www.thetundradrums.com/story/2012/05/14/fishing/tohoku-tsunami-debris-hits-alaska-coast/115.htmlhttp://www.thetundradrums.com/story/2012/05/14/fishing/tohoku-tsunami-debris-hits-alaska-coast/115.htmlSoccer balls… motorcycles… reminders of the massive tsunami in Japan a year ago are now appearing along Alaska’s coastlines. “It’s safe to say that tsunami debris is here,” said Merrick Burden, director of the Juneau-based Marine Conservation Alliance Foundation. Since January the MCA has been tracking where and the kinds of debris that is coming ashore, and whether it is radioactive...Mon, 14 May 2012 19:45:00 ASTArticles from the May 14, 2012 edition of The Tundra Drums