A Fishy Story

By: Megan & Benjamin

On Thursday, October 11, 2001, ten students, two teachers and one parent went on a field trip up the Glacier Creek Road to the Snake River to catch salmon for the high school fishery. Five students from the Anvil City Science Academy attended the field trip, they include Benjamin Peterson, Katie Kruschek, Elise Hager, Eddie Tate and Megan Hahn. The teachers included Mrs. Nancy Bauer-Bahnke and Mr. Todd Hindman. The parent was Mr. John Hager, father of Elise Hager, and there were also five students from Beltz Sr. High School. They were collecting salmon eggs for the high school fishery to try to increase the decreasing salmon population.

The students left the school at about 10:00AM to go on the ten-mile drive to the Snake River. On the drive to the salmon egg collection spot, the three vehicles brought along had to rough an unmaintained road and had to cross a half frozen stream. The first two cars crossed without much difficulty, but Mr. Hager’s, a low riding car, had a little difficulty climbing the other side of the slippery bank. A few students did their best to remove large ice chunks that held the small car from climbing the slippery hill. After a few minutes of backing up and revving up the slick bank side, Mr. Hager successfully drove out of the ice that bound his car. It was later discovered that the license plate in the front of his car was bent in from running into ice, along with several chunks of ice still jammed in small crevasses and spaces.

When the students reached the location that they would be catching the fish, they unloaded the gear, put on hip waders, and waded up the river to the spot that they would be catching fish. After a few minutes of searching for salmon, the students and teachers unrolled the large net that they had brought with them. They stretched it across the river and wrapped it in a circle around the leisurely swimming fish. They did this two more times before returning to the vehicles. They caught a whole batch of fish but only kept one female and two males. Mrs. Bauer-Bahnke cut the eggs out of the female and put them into a bucket, and then she squeezed the sperm from the males and mixed it with the eggs. The mixture had to settle for one hour before it could be moved, so Mr. Hindman was the unlucky person to stay behind and wait for an entire hour before returning to town with the eggs.

On the trip back to school, Mr. Hager had almost no trouble getting through the stream because the other side was less steep, less slippery, and easier for the small car to climb out. But the bottom of his car rubbed against a dirt mount and tore out the fender from the under side.

The students returned to school and finished the day at school, and the salmon eggs where transferred to a large tank in the Nome Beltz Biology Lab where they will hopefully grow and help the salmon population increase when released back into the wild

Barrow Morgan, A Hero of Nome

By: Dylon

Barrow Morgan was born December 17th, 1930. He was named Barrow, because he was the first Caucasian born in Barrow, Alaska. When he passed away, he was 70 years of age. Many people know Barrow from his contributions, like the school buses he provides the Nome Public Schools.

This reporter interviewed Karen McLane, a very good friend of Barrow’s. She stated, “He was a good man, and a better friend. He loved this community dearly, and the community loved him.”

In Karen’s younger years, when she was just a little girl, she became attached to Barrow. She then became friends with Barrow. Morgan wasn’t just attached to Karen, he was also attached to her brothers and sisters: Dave Booth, Evan Booth, and Katy Booth. Morgan gave Evan Booth his first job, after Evan completed his mechanics course in vocational education. Dave Booth is best buddies with Dave Morgan, Barrow’s son. And Katy loved the bus rides with Morgan.

The day after Barrow Morgan died, an aurora shot across the sky in a brilliant red color. People who saw this in Nome remembered Barrow, and saw these lights as "Barrow’s Lights".

At the reception honoring Barrow’s life, many people gave their last respects. After the last respects Barrow Morgan’s family set up a potluck were everyone would eat and tell other people how they feel about Barrow’s passing. There were at least 5 tables, totally packed with treats, stews, drinks, and even a little bucket filled with jellybeans, Grandpa’s favorite beans.

Kids Get Board

By: Quinten & Eddie

Mrs. Leeper's first Expeditionary Learning class started making bulletin boards at the beginning of the school year and finished at the end of the first quarter. Mrs. Leeper had learned how to make bulletin boards in college, but doesn't like to spend the time on them, so she had the students make them.

All of the bulletin boards had to relate to math and two other subjects. They also had to have a title, a picture, a manipulative part, and a graph. The topics covered by the first bulletin boards were "Money", "Snowmachines", "Movie Stars", "Music", and "Power Plants."

Each of the students had fun making the bulletin boards. Kent Hill, from the "Snowmachines" group said, "Our group was easy to work with, but it was a bit hard to put everything up." Dylon Lott, from the "Music"group said, "It was hard work dealing with my group, but we made it." Mrs. Leeper said, "I think its a good project for kids to present something that all of their classmates can view and enjoy."

It's Not the WWF!

By: Clinton

Wrestling started the second week of school. Practices are held everyday after school from 3:30 - 6:00 PM. In practice, the team stretches out first and then practices their technique on take downs.

This year, there are two coaches that teach wrestling at the Nome Beltz Jr. High School, Mr Tom Brannan and Mr. Dudley Holmevig. There is an assistant coach also, that went to the ACS and other tournaments.

The Nome-Beltz wrestling team had a tournament on October 18, 2001 in the school gym. The high school wrestlers went to other tournaments in Anchorage, Barrow, Kotzebue, and Kenai. They had to qualify to go to Kenai, where wrestlers from all over Alaska attended.

To raise money for travel, a "Push-Up Marathon" was held. The "Push-Up Marathon" was on November 20, 2000. It was held in the mezzanine. The marathon raised money so that the junior high wrestlers could travel to tournaments and camps in different town and cities like Gamble, Unalakleet, Kotzebue, Barrow, Anchorage, and Kenai.

Thai Tummy, Yummy!

By: Jesse & Jessica

Thai food combines herbs and spices with fresh produce to create the spicy and flavorful food. Thai food combines Chinese and Indian food styles. Chinese, Indian, European, Levantine, and Asian food are like Thai food in many ways. All of these types of food almost always have some type of rice or noodles in the dish. This particular dish, Kao Soy originated in Chiang Mai, a northern Thai city. The dish is also known as Chiang Mai Noodles, named after the city in which it was created.

“Kao Soy” (Chiang Mai Noodles)

Chiang Mai Noodles is a type of Fettuccini Alfredo that originated in Thailand. Its main ingredients are egg noodles, garlic, pork, red curry and fish sauce, as well as many other ingredients.

Ingredients:

4 ounces fresh egg noodle
1 Tbs. chopped garlic
1 Tbs. red curry paste
½ cup of coconut milk
4 ounces of ground pork
1 cup chicken stock
1 Tbs. red curry powder
1 pinch of Turmeric powder
2 tbs. of fish sauce
1 teaspoon lime juice

Warning: The egg noodles must be fresh. If you cannot find fresh egg noodles, you can substitute almost any other noodle you can find. However, if you intend to use dried noodles, remember to soak them first for 20 minutes.

Directions:

Step 1:Boil water in a medium sized pot. Place the noodles inside the pot of boiling water. Cook the noodles for approximately 20 seconds. Strain the noodles, and put them on a plate.

Step 2:Heat the coconut milk in a medium sized saucepan over low heat while slowly stirring in the curry paste. When it starts to simmer, add the other ingredients, except the pork. Wait for about one minute, then add the pork. Cook until the pork is done. Make sure the pork is not pink in the middle. Pour the sauce over noodles.

After these steps, you should have a beautifully done “Kao Soy” (Chiang Mai Noodles) dinner. We hope that this article will give you a chance to experience some wonderful Thai food. Enjoy!

Too Cool, Ah, Weird For School

By: Javier

This month for my newspaper story I chose to write a story on Mr. Hindman. This story is a biography on Mr. Todd Hindman and how he became to be mine and other student's teacher. He might not be the perfect teacher, but he is cool!

Todd Hindman was born on January 19, 1964 in Fort Worth, Texas. He was the third son of La Jean & Bill Hindman. Todd says that his parents where sort of strict, he says he had to go to bed by 10:00 PM in high school.

At the age of 6, Todd started public school at Waverly Park Elementary. After grade school he went to Leonard Middle School, and then to Western Hills High School. Todd was President of the band, as well as Drum Major, and he was the Student Council Treasurer, in his senior year. He was also nominated Mr. W.H.H.S.

While in college at Tarleton State University, Todd got his Bachelors degree in Biology & when he graduated, he decided to become a teacher! So, he returned to school and took 27 hours of college classes to get his teaching certificate.

Todd got his first teaching gig at T.A. Edison Environmental Science Academy, a Dallas Public Schools magnet program. While in Dallas, he also DJ’d at a couple of clubs! After teaching in Dallas for 8 years, he decided to make a change in his life. Todd then moved to a little Aleutian town called Sand Point in 1997. He taught middle school and high school science for 2 years. He also thinks, “ The people there, live in their own little world!”

Todd eventually moved to Nome where has been teaching for 2 ½ years. He teaches students in 5th through 8th grade at the Anvil City Science Academy.

When he was been interviewed for this newspaper I asked, I mean someone anonymous asked, " Have you done anything important?" In response he said, "Yes, there are some important things I have done that you need to ask me about, but I’m not going to do your job for you. You as a reporter need to review my answer & come up with some specific questions that follow up on my answer!!!"

Well, Mr. Hindman says he enjoys teaching because every day he has a guaranteed laugh. He also enjoys his new home in Nome. Mr. Hindman says he has, “been through a lot and that he has an interesting life.”

Personnel Profile

By: Chad

Irene Merchant is the personnel officer for Nome Public Schools. She advertises job openings and takes notes for school board meetings. Also, she reviews employee contracts and backgrounds. She has worked for 17 years.

Irene’s mother was raised in Kobuk Valley and Kotzebue. Her father is from Sweden.

Irene says that she enjoys her job with Nome Public Schools. I like having her just around the corner.