
Photo Courtesy Birch Leaf Photography
The visitor center is gearing up for yet another tourism season.
The visitor center will open 7 days a week with expanded hours in June and July.
Photo Courtesy Birch Leaf Photography
The visitor center is gearing up for yet another tourism season.
The visitor center will open 7 days a week with expanded hours in June and July.
Bette E. Nistler, long-time resident of the Delta Junction area, died Monday the 11th of May, 2015, after a valiant fight against cancer.
Born in 1935, in Apple River, Wisconsin, Bette grew up on her parent’s farm where she learned about toughness and hard work. She soon married Alan Waldo of Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, and they had three children. Tragically, in 1966, Alan died at the young age of 32, leaving Bette with three children.
Bette met her husband Joe Nistler in Minnesota in 1968, in part due to Joe’s cancelled Alaska Airlines flight which allowed for a formal date. Joe says he’s liked Alaska Airlines ever since. After a whirlwind romance, they were married and moved to Alaska in July of 1968. Bette’s love apparently knew no bounds, the new family lived in an old Quonset hut until more “suitable” housing was arranged in Big Delta. There Bette and Joe began a life of love and adventure that included snow machine races, rodeos – until Joe broke his jaw, building a beautiful home in the Clearwater, many camping trips with kids and grandkids, extravagant flower and vegetable gardens, and numerous exotic vacations with Joe around the globe. Bette was proud of her work on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, helping to pay for more farm land adjacent to their home.
More than anything, Bette loved her family, always there to offer guidance and support, generous with her time and resources – her actions led to the success of her boys and grandchildren. She was famous for her large family gatherings; there, with her husband Joe, her three boys and their spouses, grandchildren, and recent great grandchildren, they would meet to share her fabulous cooking and good cheer. In the spirit of those times, her family and a few close friends gathered during her final days, exchanging stories, expressing their love, and celebrating her life full of love and giving.
She is survived by her husband Joe Nistler; sons, Don Waldo, Dean Waldo, and Dave Waldo; daughter-in-laws Sharon Waldo and Crystal Stordahl; grandchildren Heidi Waldo, James Waldo, Donnie Waldo, Krista Meeks, Alan J. Waldo, Elizabeth Stordahl, and Mary Stordahl; great grandchildren Joseph Waldo and Everette Juhlin; numerous nieces, nephews and cousins, many of which still live in Wisconsin – whom she visited often and loved dearly; and a number of life-long friends who stood by her always.
At Bette’s request there will be no formal services and specifically “no damn potluck.”
In lieu of flowers, please donate on-line to the Breast Cancer Detection Center of Alaska at http://www.bcdcofalaska.org/donation/
Come join in on the fun!
Buffalo Center Drive-In is sponsoring the 5th annual Tour To Tok (ride-at-your-own-risk) bike ride!
This 108 mile overnight bike ride begins at the Drive-in and continues down the Alaska Highway to about mile 1371.
There is a campout complete with a delicious pot luck style dinner.
The next day we continue on to Tok and have a delicious dinner at Fast Eddy’s restaurant and then hop in vehicles for a relaxing ride back to Delta!
This is a fun, family event. This years event will take place on June 6-7 beginning at the Drive In at 11:30am.
For more information email Lindsay Pinkelman at ftlak1@gmail.com or look us up on Facebook at www.facebook.com/TourToTok
The Family Fun Circus is coming to Delta Junction on Thursday, May 28. There will be two shows, one at 4:30 pm and one at 7 pm. The circus will set up on the Deltana Fairgrounds on Nistler Road.
The Delta Lions Club is sponsoring the circus and has arranged for advance ticket sales. Advance tickets will be available from Delta Lions Club members, Delta Industrial, Delta Powersports, Timbercrest Dental, IGA, Granite View Sports, and Theo’s Hair Salon until the day of the show. Each show will last 90 minutes. Doors open one hour before the performance.
Advance tickets are $10 for adults and $7 for children; Kids under 2 get in free. The price at the gate will be $12 for adults and $10 for children.
The Big Top will feature Zaira the Human Pretzel, acrobats aerial strength, the minions, clowns, animals, juggling, hand balancing, hula hoops, magic, daredevils, circus animals, the human cannonball, the Motorcycle Madness Globe of Death, and many more surprises!
RAVEN ROUNDUP
For students entering Kindergarten for the 2015-2016 School Year
2 PM on MAY 28, 2015
Raven Correspondence School
Jarvis West Office Building,
Room 2A
Activities
Parent Information
Door Prizes
Refreshments
Raven offers computer options, an internet stipend and a Pre-K program for families with a full-time enrolled student.
Please RSVP or for more information call 895-2280.
DHS 2015 Graduation Ceremony ~ May 14
7:00 pm in the large gym
Delta High School
Brown Riley
Crouse Veronica
Davis Amelia
Donets Nikolay
Enderle Krista
Fix Andrew
Glushko Igor
Groppel Mariah
Harbison Taylor
Hart Makayla
Hatfield Cassidy
Helkenn Josiah
Kelderman Delaney
Koval David
Krepel Valerie
Linnik Erik
Maslovtsov Andrey
Mathews Alex
Mazhan David
Prasad Donvin
Renaud Drew
Richmond Ymani
Shautt Jakob
Timoshenko Tavifa
Urdininea Andre
Wilburn Shana
New Horizons
Chapman, Trevor
Nichols, Dean
Lester, Cheyanne
Homeschool
Brant, Summer
Joslin, Victoria
Webb, DeeDee
Sidorenko, Yesfir
Ipsen, Darcy
Holbrook, Daniel
Knix, Abigail
Sutherland, Caleb
Mackey, Shawna
This summer the Sullivan Roadhouse will be hosting garage sale spaces Saturdays this summer. Your $20 space will gain you a great location to passersby and the visitors to the farmers market, plus your fee will help support a community treasure. So keep your privacy at your house and book a space. Not limited to chamber members so please pass it on.
Please contact Kim White at Smiling Moose (907) 895-4428 or the ladies at the Visitor Center at (907) 895-5068 to reserve your space.
Emily S. Walton
1931 – 2015
Emily S. Walton, 83, passed away Thursday, April 2, 2015, at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital. Emily came to Alaska in 1958 to teach in Bethel. She met Darlo Walton shortly after the school year began and, after a whirlwind courtship, they were married on March 27, 1959 in McGrath.
Emily and Darlo settled in Delta Junction in 1964 and raised three daughters. Emily taught special education and kindergarten until 1987 when she retired. She was active in her church, community and quilters guild.
After retiring, Emily continued teaching both adults and children in sewing, knitting, crocheting and cookery. She enjoyed gardening and berry picking, and thoroughly enjoyed the Alaska summers. She enjoyed life and was always excited to try new crafts.
Emily was a generous, giving person who believed that imparting a skill was one of the best ways to help someone in life.
She is survived by husband Darlo Walton of Fairbanks; daughters Zoe Walton, Kem (John) Gorham, and Tanya (Brett) Franklin of Fairbanks; grandchildren Naomi (Shane) Mayer of North Pole and Rebecca Jones of Fairbanks; great-grandson Adam Mayer of North Pole; sisters Clara Arroyo and Ruth Ocho of Grand Junction, Colorado and Della (Jim) Collins, of Hotchkiss, Colorado; brother-in-law Leland (Daryce) Walton of Issaquah, Washington, and many much loved cousins, nieces, and nephews residing in the U.S.
Emily is preceded in death by her parents, Charley and Juanita Harris, her in-laws, Olin and Ena Walton, and her brothers-in-law, Joe Arroyo and Jim Ocho. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be sent to American Cancer Society.
Arrangements are entrusted to Chapel of Chimes.
Graveside services will be held at 1:00pm, Saturday, May 16th at Rest Haven Cemetery, 4080 Jack Warren Road, in Delta Junction. A reception will follow at the Community Center, 2287 Deborah Street. Everyone is welcome to come to celebrate the life of a dear friend.