Living in the NOW

It’s the third week of February. Six weeks since Armeda received her diagnosis of Acute Myogeneous Leukemia. I haven’t written an article in awhile. It seemed we all got a bit exhausted. Though none more than Armeda, and her husband, Gary. She continues to go for platelet transfusions twice weekly. She has a blood draw [...]

Thanks to the Community on Nelli Juan Rescue

The Bear Creek Volunteer Fire Department would like to extend a thank you to the community members of Seward for their assistance with Search and Rescue efforts over the weekend of February 5th 2010. There was a huge outpouring of contributions from the community.
In particular we would like to thank some of the individuals that [...]

$500 reward for lost best friend (australian shepherd)

Please help us find our lost australian shepherd, KC-Girl. She is gray body, black/white/copper face. Lost 1/1/2010 Mile 7 Swd Highway. Bald spot on neck from post-op collar. We REALLY really miss her. $500 reward. Please call 224-3504.

The Green Beet: Design with recycle in mind

By Jen Ransom for Seward City News
My husband and I recently took a whirlwind trip to visit some friends down in Los Angeles. Leaving the little one at my parent’s Oregon home, we flew down to visit America’s sunny city during the worst rainstorm LA had seen in probably 15 years.
Skipping a trip to the beach, [...]

Libraries Are Information Repositories

This piece, written by Greg Hill is Fairbanks North Star Borough Library Director, ran in the Sunday edition of the FDNM. (Fairbanks Daily New Minor)
OPINION ARTICLE
By Greg Hill, FNSB Library Services Director, 459-1027
Last Sunday’s Anchorage Daily News ran a front page article, the online version is titled “Are Local Libraries In Process of Checking out?”, [...]

Seward Utility Needs to Sell

What is the City of Seward doing in the electrical business? Well, as an enterprise fund it was once making good money at the expense of inflated electrical rates to its residents and businesses. However now the infrastructure is in great need of repairs to the questionable tune of $24 million.
While the utility [...]

It Takes 2 YES YES Votes to Support the Library Museum

Since 2005, the Seward Community Library Building Committee (SCLMBC) has worked diligently on behalf of the community to bring a new co-located library museum facility to reality. Their efforts have been mindful of what is essential for our community’s future education, information and historic preservation needs and the need for this new facility be one [...]

In Support of the Seward community Library Museum

By Jonathan Sewall & Bev Dunham.
We are in support of the Seward community Library Museum project and encourage the support of voters for Advisory Proposition 2 and Bond Prop. 3 on the October 6 city ballot that will make it possible. That said, a little personal history leading to that support:
Jonathan: My family came to [...]

Homer Library Enhances Quality of Life

Sept. 23, 2009
Dear Editor,
I understand that Seward voters will be voting on October 6 on a bond proposal and advisory sales tax measure to fund the proposed new library and museum building. Whether those pass or fail is up to your voters and their priorities, but I thought I might pass on some experience [...]

Letter to Seward City Council

Dear City Council Member,

May I respectively remind you that America was founded on the premise of representation by the people and for the people, not representation of the government to promote more government and higher assessments on the people.

As elected council member you have a solemn duty to represent the will [...]

WHO IS LOOKING OUT FOR US

A dose of politics every day will preserve our God given right to “…Life, Liberty and Pursuit for Happiness…” It can be found at the local council chambers, in the mass media, in radio and from daily chats. Elected political leaders sometimes forget they are our eyes, ear and our voice; they should be representing [...]

The Green Beet: Flower Power

By Jen Ransom
Most are familiar with the old saying “patience is a virtue”. When it comes to my flower garden, the waiting has paid off.
A friend with a spectacular perennial garden promised last year that when her plants began to crowd, I could come and help her separate – and take home the leftovers. And [...]

The Green Beet: Driving Lesson

By Jen Ransom
When it comes to being environmentally friendly, convenience many times means more damage to the environment. There are exceptions; running a full dishwasher, for example, takes less water than hand washing. But much of the time if you want something done or in-hand quickly, it’s going to result in some environmental costs.
My environmental [...]

Do we want to be under surveillance?

Resolution 2009-051 in the June 22 council packet is accepting 350,000.00 from Homeland Security to expand the security camera system in Seward. We currently have security cameras in the small boat harbor due to vandalism that has occurred there, but do we really need more? I strongly urge the city council to [...]

The Green Beet: Thomas Berry and Dandelions

To the children
To all the children
To the children who swim beneath
The waves of the sea, to those who live in
The soils of the Earth, to the children of the flowers
In the meadows and the trees in the forest, to all those children who roam over the land
And the winged ones who fly with the winds,
To [...]

Seward Ship’s Drydock- No Containment

Broken record here.
Seward Ship’s Drydock continues to work without any containment.
The ADEC required shielding screens were deployed when work was done on the Tempo Sea, but they are tattered and loose, utterly useless. There was nothing on the ground to prevent sandblast grit and paint from contaminating the ground and water table.
I also noticed the [...]

TIGHT-WAD SPECIALS

There sure are fine eatin places in Seward. The MARINA RESTAURANT at the boat harbor is one of the them.
Except for guns and rifles, I’ve got a hard time letting go of my hard earned money, so I always try the TIGHT-WAD SPECIALS menu and cup of coffee to wake me up for breakfast. For [...]

When the Law Trumps Common Sense

Here’s a moral puzzle for you. The Anchorage Daily News reported today that a man was arrested for not buying beer for a minor. What was that again? This man was arrested and charged with fourth-degree theft, for NOT buying beer for a minor. Here’s how it went down.
The man was walking into a convenience [...]

Forget Redoubt, Brace for the PAC Cruise

I have exciting news. If you’re tired of the cold, pining for the sun, or just wishing you could get away for a while, your time has come. Yes, Alaska is moving forward. And South.
With Governor Palin’s recent formation of a Political Action Committee, we can all look forward to sunnier days ahead. I have it [...]

Yoly’s Bistro to Close

Yoly’s Bistro is set to close after this weekend for the rest of the winter. I enjoy the fresh, lively food and atmosphere at the Bistro and really hope that they don’t close. We have many great places to eat here in Seward but the more variety the better. If you feel [...]

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