Former Delta resident Amber (Blake) Boothe and her son Andrew Boothe in Washington DC at the World War 2 Memorial.
Amber's husband is stationed at Andrews Air Force Base Maryland. Photo
courtesy of Amber Boothe.
Pink tulips at Arlington National Cemetery were taken by
Rachel Phillips when she had the honor of visiting Washington DC in April with
some of her classmates. Photo Courtesy Rachel Phillips
This is Derek Wayne Mills, Jr. with his preschool teacher, Mrs. Grossmann on his
preschool graduation day. On May 20, 2004 the preschoolers presented their
annual program and some of the students graduated and will be entering
Kindergarten in the fall. Derek is the son of Sheryl (Heinbockel) and Derek
Mills, Sr. of Delta Junction. THANK YOU to Mrs. Grossmann for being a wonderful
teacher for the preschoolers! Photo Courtesy of Sheryl Mills
April Behr working for Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game examines a nice sized Quartz Lake rainbow trout caught in nets. Despite low oxygen levels in the lake this winter ADF&G is finding that many fish survived.
Photo courtesy of Fronty Parker.
Register for Delta Library Summer Reading Program
Registration for the Delta Library Summer Reading Program will be Friday, June 18 at noon in the Library Conference Room. All readers in 1st through 8th grades are invited! The program is free, but you MUST register to participate.
We'll meet each Friday at noon for reading fun through July 30th. Call the library at 895-4102 for more information.
Joyce McCombs -- May 20, 2004
Former Delta resident and DHS grad Susan Bancroft gave birth to Gabriella Elise Honurldah Machuca on May 15th. She weighed 6lbs 8oz and was 19 inches. Baby and mom are doing good. Congratulations, Sissy!
Photo courtesy of Gabriella's godmother, Myong Gartz.
Ft. Greely school resurrection! This is the first group school image taken at Ft. Greely in 4 years.
Photo courtesy of Michael J. Kingston.
Wireless Internet coming to Delta
Residential and business wireless internet will
soon be available in the Delta Junction area. The initial
coverage area will be centered in the Delta Junction townsite
near School Road and and Aurora Street, and extending
approximately 3.5 miles, depending on geography. Residential
speeds will be available from 256 to 768 kbps with business
speeds up to 5 mbps.
Wireless Delta Internet Services expects to
provide the fastest internet service currently available in the
area, exceeding even satellite. They also expect to increase the
coverage area as usage increases. Initial plans call for one or
more free local hotspots that will cover part of the downtown
area. These will be available to anyone with an 802.11b wireless
card.
Wireless Delta is now taking reservations for
high speed internet access for the Delta Junction. Contact
Candy@wirelessdelta.com for more information or
see their website.
Candy, Wireless Delta -- May 16, 2004
Looking for Little Red Riding Hood? Delta local Gary Cooper took this photo near
Settlers Bay outside of Ketchikan, Alaska. He spotted a large dark animal off the side of the road. Thinking it might be a bear he pulled over and
grabbed his camera. However, instead of a bear, a wolf walked out of the bushes and crossed the road just behind the car when this picture was taken.
The boy scout in the picture are making a deposit at the GVEA dumpster this last Saturday. Four of the boys in the picture are crossing over from Cub Scouts to Boy Scouts this weekend.
Photo courtesy of Fronty Parker.
Mary St. Peter caught this ice art earlier this spring
in the Delta area. Glad we won't be seeing any more of that for a while! (we
hope!)
Happy Birthday May
10 - May 17
Happy 40th to
Jeff Mason (May 12th). I still love you even though your
an old guy! Love, Ellie
Happy 24th birthday to
Holly (Crandall) Ricaporte on the
11th of May. Can't wait to see you. Love Dad and Carol
Happy 23rd birthday Jacob Luke (May 23rd). I love you! Nancy
This is Christie goofing around in the Dublin Airport while
she waits for her flight back to London. She had taken a weekend trip to Ireland
with some friends when they had a break from class in London this January.
Photo courtesy of Christie DuBois.
COMMUNITY CLEAN UP DAY
Saturday, May 15th
Come out and show your pride in how the community
looks by participating in Community Clean Up Day 2004. Help clean
up our roadsides and park areas so that we can show off our best
to travelers, tourists and locals alike.
As we have done in the past we are asking for
volunteers, groups, and organizations to help Clean Up Delta by
picking up trash along the highway and local streets.
Once again Delta Sanitation helping out with their donation of the
large roll-off dumpster and the City of Delta is allowing free use
of the landfill for our collected litter. Clean up starts at the
Visitors Center at 8 am to organize the volunteers.
A cook-out will be held at noon in the Visitors
Center parking lot. Please bring your favorite dessert to share
(brownies and cookies are especially great!). We need people to
help pick up trash as well as to transport garbage bags from the
roadside to the dumpster.
Please call Martha Kimball 895-2004 if you would
like to help or need further information.
Pam Dunklebarger -- May 11, 2004
DHS graduate ('98) and former Delta resident Katie Johnson
stands in front of the Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen, Denmark. The
statue is one of the most famous sights in Copenhagen. Photo courtesy
of Katie Johnson.
Lis Echo-Hawk Kawe is pictured in Kona, Hawaii on her wedding
day August 29, 2003. Lis and Ed were joined by their entire immediate family's
and honored guests Chaddie Kelly, Susan Kemp, Carla Cookie, Katie John, and Will
Mayo and family.
Picture by Abigail Echo-Hawk Lopez.
J. Leon Vialpando recently sent us these pictures of a
friend making birch syrup. He admitted that he could not tell us who it
was, but that they are a true Deltoid! He also said that it takes 100
gallons of water from the Birch tree to make one gallon of syrup. Sounds like
something I'd like to try!
Happy Birthday May 3
- May 10
Happy 24th Birthday
to Julie Stephens
on May 3rd! Much love from your Kateums!
Beth, happy birthday and happy
mothers day on May 5th. There is so much to treasure in life, just
remember to keep your head up and go through life smiling and
carefree. Love Melissa and your grandson Donavin
Happy birthday Adam McShane (May
7th)...you wild Alaskan boy. Now that you are "OLDER" we hope the
mosquitoes can't carry you off. Love, The Grossmanns
Happy Birthday to Justin Carpenter
May 8 love Dad.
Happy 16th birthday Eli Grossmann on
May 10th! We're proud of you. Keep growing and loving God. We love
you and pray all your dreams will come true. Skate hard, shoot
true. Love, Mom and Dad.
Happy Birthday to Alan Brown. It was
57 years ago on May 10th that you changed our lives forever (for
the better). God bless you from Mom and Dad in Yuma, Arizona.
The Delta Agricultural Project Area is a popular meeting
ground for many different varieties of waterfowl. Photo courtesy of
Dwight Phillips.
Gracie Trulove, now three months old has the same big blue
eyes as her brother Conner. Grace is the daughter of Michelle (Sharp) Trulove,
DHS graduate in '99 and granddaughter of Creig and Kathy Sharp. Photo
courtesy of Michelle Trulove.
A couple is enjoying lunch on the dock at Lost Lake on a summer day in the
Interior. This photo was taken last year, but it shouldn't be to long
before we will have more days like this one. Photo by Gary Cooper.
A cow moose stands silhouetted against the setting sun near
Clearwater Lake. Photo by Gary Cooper.
This photo of a very bright red aurora was captured (no doubt
when it was very cold out!!) by local photographer Carol Watkins.
Erika Harold, Miss America 2003, visited Delta School April
26th to speak to the student body about her platform, "Preventing Youth Violence
and Bullying: Respect Yourself, Protect Yourself." Her message of abstinence
from drugs, sex, and alcohol encouraged local youth to protect, respect, and
define themselves. Erika's visit to Delta, Fairbanks, and North Pole was
sponsored by Eagle Forum Alaska. Photo courtesy of Kathy Sharp.
Happy Birthday May
24 - May 31
Mollie Jensen we hope you have a wonderful
birthday on May 25th, we love and miss you! Love Amber, DJ, Andrew
Happy Birthday Amber (Blake) Boothe on May 25th. Hope you have a great day and all your wishes come true.We love you! Love Mom, &Dad
Happy Birthday Matthew Andreassen
on May 31- May God bless you with many more Years and May you always Be happy. I've watched you grow up, and you are quite an exceptional young man, father and husband, and a very good friend. Best Wishes and Love from the Ottenstroers
Happy
Anniversary May 24 - May 31
Happy Anniversary to David
and Linda Johnson on May 27! You are a wonderful
inspiration to both of us and we love you guys very much!
Glen and Katie
Memorial Day Weekend Festivities in Delta
The list of activities for Delta’s Friendly Frontier Days over Memorial Day Weekend 2004 sounds like a patchwork quilt of fun things to see and do!!
For more information on the activities and what
they entail, click here.
For more on the time schedule for the weekend,
click
here.
Martha Kimball -- May 21, 2004
Honor a Veteran on Memorial Day
Would you like to honor a vet on Memorial
Day? If so, please feel free to send
in your text to us and we'd be happy to post it on the Delta
News Web.
DNW Staff - May 19, 2004
Leslie (Hollembaek) Bobo and husband Mike Bobo recently welcomed Colton Michael
into their lives. Colton was born on May 5th. Photo courtesy of Leslie Bobo.
Delta High School Graduation Class of 2004
Delta/Greely School District held its commencement exercises last Friday, May 14, in the large gym at Delta High School.
If anyone has any pictures of the graduating class, please send
them!!
Delta High School
Levi John Atwell
Pavel Pavlovich Berezyuk
April Dawn Bradley
Sarah Jean Byam
Harrison Wayne Carpenter
Kimberly Ann Case
Aleksey Vyacheslav Dudik
Hillel Yvonne Echo-Hawk
Derek Matthew Ferdinand
Grant Edward Giese
Roman Zinoviovich Gorban
Cassandra Lea Green
Kimberly Denise Hardy
Jennifer Rose Hecimovich
Brandon Lee Jenkins
Laurina Helen King
Ann Margaret Rasmussen
Jesse Matthew Schlichting
Anthony John Sherman
Josiah Nathan Snell
Teresa Marie Trainor
Amy Beth Vander Zwaag
Michael Anthony Vecchiarelli
Ryan Lanoah Wilson
Benjamin Jason Wyckoff
Correspondence Study Program
Elona Kolosova
Jonathan Addison
Nicole Facko
Jennifer Knight
Olga Kulinich
Jessica Miller
Delta Cyber School
Anne Elizabeth Baker
New Horizons High School
Dana Hendry
Congratulations seniors from the DNW
staff!!!
May 19, 2004
Former Delta resident and DHS graduate ('98) Myong Gartz
sent us this picture of her daughter Kenna
Sampayan at 5 months and 3 weeks of age. Who would have ever thought she weighed
4lbs 10oz at birth! She now weighs 12lbs. Kenna was born
November 20, 2003. Photo courtesy of Myong Gartz.
Happy Birthday May
17 - May 24
Happy 23rd birthday Jacob Luke (May 23rd). I love you! Nancy
Happy 50th Birthday to Jay St. Peter on May 26th from your
family!
Happy Birthday Rickey Corrado on May 26th. It's been fun, fun, fun! May the world around you bring you great happiness and a song in your
heart.Love, Pamler
Happy birthday to Caleb Brown who will be 13 years old May
19. We wish you a very happy birthday. God bless you. From Grandma and Grandpa Brown in Yuma, Arizona.
Happy Birthday Mom from the gang in Wi. Hope you have a pleasant day on May
25 sure wish that we could be there . Love Gary& Beverly. will see
you before the snow flies!
Happy Birthday Dad/Grandpa Lou Heinbockel on May 18. We love you! Sheryl, Derek Sr., Kailey and Derek Jr.
Happy Birthday to Tressa Ewing on May 18th! way to go 14! Love the Grossmann's
Krystal Rose Donnelly Happy 14th on May 22 Love You lots,
Mom, Dad, Joel, Caitlan, and Neo
Happy
Anniversary May 17 - May 24
Happy Anniversary to my wife Tana. May 18th. 26 years and counting. What a great ride ! I love you,
honey!
(from left to right) Marcelo Kirk, Tashalynn Pruitt, Anna Byum, Calvin Fellman, Breena Weller and Angela Phillips performed a dance routine at the Fort Greely “Idol” talent show that was held on Friday, May 14th and took 2nd place! Great dancing guys and girls!!
Photo courtesy of Lovelle Juan.
What's new in Delta
Our name is A T U Alaska Souvenirs. We are next to
Diehl's Delights. Our shop hours are 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM Friday and
Saturday. We opened on May 1st and will be open until Sept.
We have something for everyone young and old. Ulus, AK spoons, AK
ref. magnets, AK note cards, Wild Berry products candy, jams,
jelly, Fireweed honey and much more. Drop by and see us. We are
not the only ones here. You will find the following: M&W all
occasion gift shop and Loving Stitches fabric shop for all your
sewing needs.
We also have our Saturday Flea Market every weekend, where you can
rent a table and sell or show off your handiwork of arts and
crafts. For table information see Mary Woodbury at M&W GIFT shop.
We will be looking for you. Come see what we have to offer. Hope
to see you there.
William Bohlscheid -- May 12, 2004
Gary Cooper caught this summer shower working its way across the flats
north of the Alaska Range near Delta Junction.
New mom Leslie Bobo just recently caught this brand new smile
on camera. Colton Michael Bobo is 9 days old in this picture.
Photo courtesy of Leslie Bobo.
Delta Library and Landfill Construction Start
The new Delta Junction Library and Landfill construction
projects are officially underway. UNIT/SKW LLC is the general
contractor on both projects and has hired local residents Pete
Sorenson to supervise the Library Project and Ray Shannon as the
superintendent of the landfill. These hirings continue the strong
local hire policy that UNIT/SKW LLC has utilized over the last two
construction seasons.
Over 30 Delta residents have been on the payroll of UNIT/SKW LLC
for the various projects that have been constructed for the Fort
Greely Missile Site, the Delta/Greely School District and the City
of Delta Junction.
Local Delta earthwork firms, Alaska Unlimited and Carns General
Contractors are working hard to get the sites ready for the rest
of the construction crews to start work
These projects will be completed by September of this year.
Mike Fall -- May 9, 2004
Delta Landfill and Clean Up Day
All dumping at the City landfill is free to the
General Public on Saturday, May 15, 2004 between the hours of Noon
and 4:00PM.
Commercial businesses may utilize the dump on Saturday but they
will be charged the usual fees.
Hazardous wastes (batteries, oil, oily rags, liquid paint,
solvents, Anti-freeze, syringes) are not accepted.
Call City Hall at 895-4656 for more information.
City of Delta -- May 12, 2004
Mike and Leslie (Hollembaek) Bobo welcomed a new baby boy into
their lives on May 5th. His name is Colton Michael Bobo and he weighed 9
lbs 3.8 oz and was 22.5 inches long. These pictures were taken when he was
3 days old. Congratulations Leslie and Mike!!
Photo courtesy of Leslie Bobo.
Kameron Petersen (3) on a recent visit to Chinatown, San
Francisco. Kameron is the son of Keith and Kathy (Bowley) Petersen who
reside in
Fairbanks. Submited by Gramma Buckwheat
DHS graduates Kade Kimball and Cale Wingfield and soon to be
DHS graduate Cassie Green having lunch at the Cookie Jar on a trip to Fairbanks.
Photo courtesy of Christie DuBois.
Work Status for City Projects
Contracts have been let for the city’s construction this year.
Both the Library and the Landfill were let to a union contractor.
Thus all employees will be dispatched from union halls in
Fairbanks.
The Firehall, however, was let to a non-union firm. The Contractor
is Stanton Construction out of Fairbanks. Stanton Construction is
non-union and has already hired its work force from Delta Junction
and Fairbanks.
The major sub-contractors are:
Denali Mechanical, Fairbanks—Non-union—452-8531; Must have Alaska
plumbers license---willing to talk to anyone with license;
Dynamic Systems (electrical), Fairbanks—non-union. 344-1846.
Send FAX to 344-1856 attn: Andy
I have some new pictures to send to you. These are from My school
The Art Institute of Seattle's Annual Fashion show, which was held
on March 19th
2004 at the Moore Theatre in Down town Seattle. Over 1600 people
came to see this event.
I am sending these two different pictures. One is smaller but
brighter and more clear. and the other has more people in the
picture, but it is a little on the dark side. These were the
best ones I could get my hands on. I'll just let you pick
which one you like the best. [Webmaster note: I changed the color
in the second picture to better show the figures. Also,
click on each picture to see a larger version.]
This show was one of the biggest and the best project that I have
worked on so far. I designed the set. and I a total of 24 designs
throughout the show.
I worked on this project over the course of 9 months. I must say
that It was not easy, not at all it was very stress full.
My group of models and I had more fun than any other group in the
whole show. The show was divided into 5 sections and we were
section 3 right in the middle. We were meant to be the climax and
highest point of activity in the show. There we were dancing
around in the fog to the music of "MY
Shirona" fog was spewing from the Fog machines, Each of us
swinging a weapon in the air. The stage lights were constantly
changing. It was very exciting. Afterwards people said they will
never think of My Shirona the same way again!
By Far it was the Best show that our school has had so far! Many
people were happy. When my designs went on stage and I hear
screaming and clapping and cheering, then I know that I have done
my Job!
7 awards were given out at the end of the night. I received the
Award for Best Theatrical Design. The winning Design was the
Barbarian Bird that I
sent a picture of earlier this year in January/February!
Things are just a little less stressful now, but I still have many
things to be working on. I will Graduate from School on June 18th,
and the next day I will be up in Fairbanks to participate in the
Midnight sun run! This will be my 4th time doing the Run!
Thanks Delta news Web!
Sean Purucker -- April 28, 2004
This cross fox stares at the cameraman as it contemplates its
options. "Is he too big to eat? Nah, I bet I could take him"!
The fox was near the Johnson River in late April when Dwight Phillips
happened upon him.
Happy Birthday April
26 - May 3
Happy 24th Birthday
to Julie Stephens
on May 3rd! Much love from your Kateums!
Andrew Gifford, 9 on
April 29th, 2004. Happy Birthday AMIE! Love Mom, Dad, Skylar,
Aaron, and Lessley.
Happy Birthday to Lindsey
Gardner on May 2nd.
We can't believe you're going to be 11 years old; the time has
gone by too fast. We are looking forward to the next 11
years with you. Love you lots, Mom and Dad
Happy 23rd Birthday, Dear
Lisa Jennings Baranoski, on April 27! You have brought much
joy to our lives! Love you, Mom & Laura
Happy 3rd Birthday Amanda
Rose "Jubilee" Phipps on April 30th. You are a
special and very loving miracle from God. May your 3rd
Birthday be really blessed and may you have many more. We
love you, Grandma and Grandpa Ottenstroer
Amie, We love you. Hope your birthday on April 29
was grand. Love Mary and Nana
Happy Anniversary April
26 - May 3
Happy anniversary to Dave and Linda Sorensen on
May 2nd with love from your church family.
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