Selective Fish Hearing

What time is it?

SUMMER TIME.

Chimney Sweeper

Good Bye Snow

Snow Caps

There is a Whispering Giant in this picture taken today.

Whispering Giants

Skateboarding Season

You know spring has made it to Valdez town when you see this guy skateboarding his dog.

Barney Meyring Park Entrance

The park entrance is closed til further notice.

Streets are clear for wheels.

Life is good.

Jalapeno Pack

This time of year, a couple months before the fresh fish returns, everybody craves Copper River Reds. Everywhere I go people are asking me if I could spare a few cans.

The freshpack Jalepeno is my favorite so I always end up with extra to share.

This can was made into dip.

Foodbank Cat

Wood Haulers

Reynolds Alaska

Larry Reynolds is the Texas businessman, now Valdez resident, who purchased ex-Alaska governor Murkowski's jet.

Pictured above is his temporary sporting goods store in downtown Valdez on Chitina Dr.

Picture of jet by:

BOB HALLINEN / Anchorage Daily News

Larry Reynolds has refurbished the 1984 Westwind II jet he bought from the state of Alaska. Reynolds, who plans on chartering the jet to big-game hunters flying around the world, has replaced one of the engines, brakes, upgraded the electrical system and added full Internet and printing capabilities.

Video: Inside the jet

>>Edited to add that the video is of when the state of Alaska owned the jet.

Roads are Clear

Snowed today for a bit but it didn't stick.

Crab Cruncher

Photo by John Fischer Jr.

Little Hockey Players

Snow Be Gone

Beautiful warm spring days in Valdez town.

Perfect snow tanning weather!

My New Water Tank

This picture was taken today from the Valdez High School football field parking lot.

GOOD SOAP

If you don't make your own soap buy it from Me and Nellie Soap Company Handmade Herbal Soaps.

This is good soap.

Doesn't leave a ring around the tub.

Smells great.

And the box they are packaged in is timeless.

ReRun

Here Comes Peter Cottontail

Happy Birthday Tory!!!

Have a fantastic day! Love, Mom

City Lights

Spring is Here

A mosquito was spotted today.

Put your snow on the Road

This guy has the right idea. Scoop up all the snow out of your yard with a BobCat and put your accumulated snowfall on the road.

I call it Snow Manicuring.

Spring Snow

Photos by John Fischer Jr. Taken today in Valdez.

St. Baldricks Day

St. Baldricks Day is an annual fundraiser for Children With Cancer that the Valdez Firefighters put on every St. Patricks Day. People donate money by paying for the firefighters to get their heads shaved.

The suns going to shine in two more days

Happy st pats days
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Wylie Rogers Signs with the Utah Grizzlies!!

Wylie Rogers (G)
Utah Grizzlies

CONGRATULATIONS WYLIE!!!

Name:
Wylie Rogers
Number:
34
Pos.:
G
Shoots:
R
Height:
5-11
Weight:
190
Birthdate:
1985-03-16
Birthplace:
Fairbanks, Alaska

Wylie is playing his first game with the Utah Grizzlies tonight in Las Vegas against the Wranglers. He's sporting the same number he wore 4 seasons with the Alaska Nanooks! Visit the Grizzlies homepage for a link to tune into the game via internet radio here http://www.utahgrizzlies.com/home/ .

GO GRIZZLIES!!!!!

Full story here: Nanooks’ Rogers inks pro deal

Snowbank Smilie

A Valdez operator with a sense of humor imprinted a smilie face on one of the numerous snow piles in Valdez.

Happy 16th Birthday Dale!!

My little buddy, whom I've known since before he was born, turned BIG 16 today. I got him what he wanted, since you only turn 16 once, and that was this NorthFace snowmachine backpack. Last year I got him that fold up shovel sticking out of it.

Dale's birthday kicks off my favorite time of year.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DALE!!!

Yellow Cab

Valdez is blessed with only one cab company which is called Valdez Yellow Cab. None of the cabs are yellow any more. In the winter they drive a big 4wd crew cab. Color unknown.

Sitting in the Sun

Glad to report warm and sunny SPRING like days in Valdez. This was the view from the high school pool parking lot this evening.

No Name Pizza

Alaska Nanook Hockey Schedule/Results

End Alaska Daylight Savings TIme

Letter to the Editor in March 6 Anchorage Daily News


Insanity of daylight-saving time in Alaska must come to an end

Darlene Dubay's Compass piece about February in Alaska mentioned the natural gain of daylight that she notices ("Julia, you just don't appreciate the wonders of February," Feb. 26). I also appreciate the gentle nudge to my circadian rhythm in late winter and early spring as we gain several minutes of daylight each day.


However, in Juneau, a few powerful legislators are not into a gentle nudging of anything, including your gradual adjustment to hours of daylight and darkness. Again, at 2 a.m. on Sunday, they will demand that you change your clock by one hour so that we, who live in the "land of the midnight sun," can participate in the insanity of daylight-saving time.


Since 1999 legislation to end the use of DST has been defeated by individual committee chairmen on four occasions. The last two "actors" to kill repeal legislation were Sen. Con Bunde (refused to hold a single hearing on SB 120, 2005-2006) and Rep. Kevin Meyer (canceled hearing on HB 176).


In 2006, several of us Alaskans pursued an initiative petition. Thousands of Alaskans did sign the initiative petition. However, with only volunteer help and limited funding, we could not participate effectively in the current initiative process.


More about this issue, including the legislative history, is available at our Web site. You can Google "End Alaska Daylight Saving Time."


-- Lynn Willis
Eagle River


I googled it and you can find it here Welcome to End Alaska Daylight Saving Time.

Happy in the Rain

THe snow has turned to rain for a while.

Alaska Halibut House

A good place to go eat in Valdez is MacMurrays' Alaska Halibut House. They are open all winter when a lot of the places close down. We went there today for lunch. I reccommend the halibut sandwich with fries. Their tartar sauce is made in the house and is great. They make it like I do with just a tad bit of horseradish. I like to dip my fries in tartar sauce. I got turned onto that when I lived in Washington State. Been hooked ever since. My friend got the butterfly deep battered prawns and according to her "the best milkshake in town". Not only that its the only place to get a milkshake in Valdez in March.

Ugly Rockfish

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Last night I was playing Scrabble online with a gal from British Columbia. We got to chatting about my favorite subject and got along great. We were even steven playing the games and her, being only an hour ahead of Alaska time, was a lot of fun. We talked fish recipes, fish wars and about all the fish in the sea.

When she asked me if I wanted to see an ugly rockfish I said yes. Thankyou ANGIE!

Snow Cave

We've been getting about a half a foot of snow a day this month. March is a snowy month in Valdez.

Snowbank Advertising

Flying Snow

When it isn't snowing in Valdez, the city crews take that time to get ready for the next snowfall.

As of 2 o'clock today 5.5 inches of new snow fell.

201.5 inches of snow so far this year according to the Daily Climate Summary - Valdez.