Ninilchik Native Descendants
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March 1999 Volume 2/Issue 2 ASK AN ELDER! "Ask an elder" is scheduled to be a regular feature in Willage News. In the future, board member Joann Jackinsky will coordinate it. If you have questions, you can phone, write, or e-mail them to Joann at the NND Office. To kick it off we’ll tackle the hot topic of this month’s elder’s gathering. On Monday, March 8, Elder and NND board member Edna Steik hosted the get-together at her home, treating everyone to some of her delicious cooking. Anytime you get our elders together, be assured that whatever topic comes up, it’ll be interesting. Who would have guessed the conversation of the day would focus on GARBAGE! More to the point, the lack of garbage in Ninilchik Village. According to our elders, everything had a purpose and nothing was wasted. When it came to moose, everything was eaten except the skin and hooves. Jars were reused. Paper was burned. And once catalogs had been ordered from, they were "stored" in the nooshnik. Ninilchik was recycling before there was a name for it. It wasn’t a throw-away society. It was a saving society. Think of that when you haul your bags of garbage to the dumpster or set your trash cans out to be picked up and emptied. Are we still a "saving society"? Or is there something we can learn from the example they set?
Denali KidCare The State of Alaska has a new
program to ensure children and teens of both working and non-working families can have the
health insurance they need. Denali KidCare offers health insurance coverage for children
and teens through age 18, and for pregnant women meeting income guidelines.
Once the application is received, every effort is made to determine eligibility within ten days to two weeks. Call the NND office or your care provider for additional information.
An open exhibition of Alaska Native Arts from Across the Kenai Peninsula will show at the Kenai Visitors and Cultural Center April 26 – May 23. Entry is open to current residents of the Kenai Peninsula who are either enrolled in or are a lineal descendant of an enrolled member in an Alaska native Tribe or corporation, or the peninsula or in the sate. Its an open exhibition of all forms of Alaska native Arts. For more information contact Ricky Gease at 283-1991, at the Kenai Visitors and Cultural Center, 11471 Kenai Spur Hwy., Kenai, AK 99611
Congratulations to Ed and Wade Jackinsky who celebrated their 49th wedding anniversary March 14, 1999. Congratulations to Ed and Wade Jackinsky who celebrated their 49th wedding anniversary March 14, 1999. Happy Birthday to Maggie Rucker! You’re as gorgeous as ever! Take It Easy, Geraldine Hutchison. We understand you injured your hand. Are you taking lessons from Edna? Take It Easy, Geraldine Hutchison. We understand you injured your hand. Are you taking lessons from Edna? Happy Birthday to board member Greg Encelewski. Butch is right, you don’t look a day over 52! Good Going, Eero Okkonen (Ed Jackinsky‘s grandson) for receiving your State of Alaska Driver’s Learning Permit. And to everyone else: LOOK OUT! Best Wishes to Jennifer Long (Walt Jackinsky‘s granddaughter) and Craig Stinson. Do we hear there’s a fall wedding being planned?
GOT SOMETHING YOU WANT TO SAY? Here’s your chance! NND welcomes your comments and suggestions. It’s the end of the winter and we’re cleaning out what’s left of last summer’s salmon. Have any great recipes? How about pieces of Ninilchik’s history you’d like to share? We’re all ears! Submit them to the NND office either by e-mail, phone, mail or fax no later than the first of the month for mid-month publication.
With spring just around the corner, drivers are tempted to increase their speed and let down their guard. Remember to keep your eyes on the road ahead, your speed under the limit, and look out for the moose!
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