The Observer, September 2004

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Summertime in Alaska

In June, the Observer asked the council’s staff, board members, and committee volunteers to send us pictures of their summer activities. As you can imagine, a good many of them involved fish. Herewith, a sample!

	Committee volunteer Karl Pulliam of Seldovia hoists a 20-plus-pound king salmon caught at a commercial setnet site in Port Graham.
Can you guess which firefighter in training is Project Manager Rhonda Williams of Valdez? (See end for answer.)
	Bernie Cooper, front-desk lady in the council’s Anchorage office, and her daughter Raymie Hamann caught kings and reds at the mouth of the Eklutna River.
Committee volunteer Denise Saigh hiked Devil’s Pass.
	Valdez Project Manager Tony Parkin spent much of the summer doing what many cabin owners do: working on the cabin!
Community Liaison Linda Robinson caught her first silver salmon on rod and reel.
	Tamara Byrnes, administrative assistant in the Valdez office, gardened with a little help from her dog.
Committee Volunteer Roger Green visited Hudson Bay, which looks like Alaska, even if it’s not.
	Board member Steve Lewis of Seldovia spent a good deal of the summer “chained” to various chores on his newly acquired boat, the Saben.
Valdez Project Manager Tom Kuckertz and wife Sue boated out to Columbia Glacier.
	Board member Jo Ann McDowell welcomed playwright Edward Albee to the theater conference in Valdez.
Deputy Director Marilyn Leland took a run to Sheep Mountain in her Miata with the Alaska Miata Club.

(Answer: Rhonda is second from the left.)