PWSRCAC--Observer Article

Prince William Sound Regional Citizens' Advisory Council
Citizens promoting environmentally safe operation of the Alyeska terminal and associated tankers.

The Observer, September 2005

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Summertime in Alaska

Once again, 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, very large fish, in some cases. Enjoy!

	Council staffer Donna Schantz of Valdez experienced a blessed event by the name of Ellie Schantz, shown here soon after her birth on July 20. Photo by Linda Robinson.
Valdez staffer Tamara Byrnes and her nephew Zachary Byrnes participated in GeoCaching, a treasure-hunt game involving Internet clues and the GPS satellite navigation system. Here, they hide a treasure at a tree stump known as Old Moss Face. Photo by Mark Byrnes.
	Mary Schonberger, staffer in the Anchorage council office, raises and shows Siberian Huskies. Here, she and Alli pick up a winner’s ribbon from Judge Michelle Billings at an Alaska Kennel Club show in June. Photo by Bishop Photography.
Board member Nancy Bird, right, hiked the Heney Ridge trail near Cordova with her dog, Shanti, and her friend Patty Schwind. Photo courtesy of Nancy Bird.
Anchorage staffer Linda Robinson caught this rainbow trout near her family’s place on the Kenai River. Photo courtesy of Linda Robinson.
	Board member John Velsko of Homer spent his summer gillnetting in Cook Inlet. Photo courtesy of John Velsko.
John Devens, the council’s executive director, took a charter fishing trip in Prince William Sound. Photo courtesy of John Devens.
Al Burch, above left, as he looked upon graduation from Seward High School in 1955, and as a member of the school’s camera club (center photo: back row, third from left). Right, Al this summer, attending the class’s 50-year reunion in Seward (back row, second from right). Al represents the Kodiak Island Borough on the council board. Reunion photo by Joyce Clayton. Others courtesy of Al Burch.
	Cliff Chambers, a council committee volunteer, caught this halibut about as big as himself from his boat, the Patriot, east of Knight Island on July 27. Photo by Rob Chambers.
Cliff Chambers anchored his boat, the Patriot, in the accurately named Snug Harbor on Knight Island, during a trip in May. Photo by Cliff Chambers.
	Susan Sommer, a staffer in the council’s Anchorage office, enjoyed a cool breeze atop an unnamed peak during a hiking trip with her husband, Matt, off the Denali Highway. Photo courtesy of Susan Sommer.
The catch brought in by Agota Horel, also a committee volunteer, was considerably smaller than Cliff’s halibut. Photo courtesy of John Devens.