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Judge denies State request for injunction against Subsistence Board

By Elwood Brehmer Alaska Journal of Commerce

Rural subsistence hunters won the initial round in the latest battle between state and federal wildlife managers that also underscores the long-simmering tensions between Alaska’s rural and urban fish and wildlife harvesters.

U.S. District Court of Alaska Judge Sharon Gleason denied the State of Alaska’s petition for a preliminary injunction to reopen federal lands in the area of the popular Nelchina caribou hunt to hunters from across the state in a Sept. 18 order.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration filed a lawsuit against the Federal Subsistence Board Aug. 10 in an attempt to overturn the board’s July decision to close federal public lands in state game management units 13A and 13B to non-local moose and caribou hunters for the 2020-21 and 2021-22 fall and winter hunting seasons.

State officials contend the federal restrictions on moose and caribou hunting in the Upper Copper River basin violate the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, or ANILCA, and impair the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s ability to fairly and effectively manage the game resources.

They additionally allege in the same complaint that the Federal Subsistence Board overstepped its authority by opening special, unrelated moose and deer hunts in Southeast Alaska last summer.

The board approved the closure at its July 16 meeting as a means to reduce competition for game between federally qualified subsis-

A federal judge has denied the State of Alaska’s request for a preliminary injunction against the Federal Subsistence Board over its decision to restrict access to popular moose and caribou hunting grounds in Game Management Units 13A and B. (Photo/Becky Bohrer/AP)

tence hunters who live in the area and hunters from elsewhere in the state — often from the Anchorage, Fairbanks or Mat-Su areas.

State law mandates that all Alaska residents are eligible to participate in state-sanctioned subsistence harvests across the state, while federal law can offer preferential harvest status on federally managed lands to residents of qualifying rural areas.

The diverging structures have long spurred often convoluted but reliably contentious debates between state and federal land and resource

managers.

State Game Management Unit 13 encompasses most of the upper Susitna and Copper River valleys and is a particularly popular region among urban hunters because of its road access. The 13A and B subunits can be reached by Denali, Glenn and Richardson highways.

Many residents of the area have long insisted the annual influx of non-local hunters hinders their ability to successfully harvest moose and caribou for subsistence purposes. The closure, which applies to nearly 3 percent of the land

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Those federal lands are largely along the Delta and Gulkana rivers.

State attorneys wrote in their original complaint that the board first violated ANILCA and related regulations by issuing the closure to reduce hunter competition, which they claim is an unlawful justification for the move.

“Congress (in ANILCA) did not authorize restrictions on hunting based on competition or number of hunters in the area,” the complaint states.

The board also extended the proposed closure to two years so the board wouldn’t have to address future special requests rather than limiting it to the “minimum period necessary” required by regulation, according to state attorneys.

According to state and federal data compiled by board staff, between 600 and 700 hunters participated in the federal moose hunts for all of Unit 13 in recent years with an average success rate of about 11 percent, compared to state moose hunts in the unit that attract an average of about 4,700 hunters per year with a success rate of about 17 percent.

The number of state Unit 13 caribou hunters — and their success rate — can vary widely yearto-year, primarily due to animal abundance, according to board reports.

In 2016, state hunters harvested 5,785 caribou in Unit 13, but the harvest dropped to 1,411 animals by 2018. Qualified hunters participating in the Unit 13 federal subsistence hunts harvested 320 caribou and 61 moose in 2018 and See Subsistence, Page 7

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Appeals court rules ANCs ineligible for CARES Act Tribal aid

By Elwood Brehmer Alaska Journal of Commerce

Additional pandemic relief aid could be out of reach indefinitely for nearly 200 Alaska businesses following a ruling by Washington, D.C., Appeals Court judges.

A three-judge panel of the D.C. Court of Appeals ruled Sept. 25 that Alaska Native corporations are ineligible for a portion of $8 billion allocated to Tribal organizations across the country in the $2 trillion CARES Act passed by Congress in late March.

The decision reversed a June 26 District Court ruling in favor of the Native village and regional corporations, in which D.C. District Court Judge Amit Mehta determined Native corporations are eligible for CARES Act funds, “as Congress intended — no more, no less,” Mehta wrote in his order.

Title V of the massive spending package lays out how $150 billion in coronavirus relief funds were to be distributed by the Treasury Department, stating that $8 billion of the broader pool going to states, municipalities and Tribes shall be reserved for “making payments to Tribal governments.”

However, the appeals panel concluded that specific wording in the 1975 Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, or ISDA, excludes Alaska Native regional and village corporations from receiving the aid intended for Tribes, regardless of what Congress meant in the CARES Act. The CARES Act defines a Tribal government as “the recognized governing body of an Indian Tribe,” according to the court, and uses the definition of an “Indian Tribe”

ANCSA Regional Association Executive Director Kim Reitmeier speaks to the Resource Development Council about the 45th anniversary of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act in December 2016. The association of Alaska Native Corporations along with the state congressional delegation are protesting a recent court decision that declared the companies are not eligible for a portion of the $8 billion in CARES Act relief funds set aside for Tribal entities. (Screencap via RDC video archive)

found in the ISDA. The ISDA generally references Alaska Native village and regional corporations among other organizations in its definition of a Tribe, but also requires the entities be “eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians,” according

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The appeals court concluded that Alaska Native corporations, commonly known as ANCs, cannot be eligible for a portion of the $8 billion “because no ANC has been federally ‘recognized’ as an Indian tribe, as the recognition clause requires, no ANC satisfies the ISDA definition.”

The ruling stems from lawsuits filed by 18 Tribes from across the country, including six Alaska Tribes, against the Treasury Department in late April, in which the Tribes argued the for-profit corporations should not get money set aside specifically for Tribal See ANCs, Page 6

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Opinion Ballot Measure 1 casts a pall over future of ANSEP Dr. Herb Schroeder Guest commentary

The Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program has been guiding Alaska Native people and other Alaskans to success in our state’s resource development industry for more than 25 years.

To say a lot has changed since I founded ANSEP in 1995 is an understatement — especially this year — but the support ANSEP has received from the oil and gas industry has been unwavering.

The industry’s commitment to Alaskans is something we can count on. Unfortunately, the industry hasn’t received the same consistency when it comes to Alaska’s tax structure. Their future investment in the state is in question as Alaskans vote this November on whether to change the oil tax structure yet again.

By voting No on Ballot Measure 1, we can ensure the energy industry will be able to

continue supplying jobs for our communities for generations to come.

Alyeska Pipeline Service Co., Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, Oil Search, Udelhoven Oilfield System Services, PEAK, and others that make up Alaska’s resource industry have provided financial support as well as internship opportunities for ANSEP students for more than 25 years.

In fact, it was our partnership with ExxonMobil that led to the development and launch of ANSEP Middle School Academy, our entrylevel programmatic component. It’s here we kickstart an interest in STEM and help students identify career goals that keep them motivated for a lifetime.

ExxonMobil is also the founding partner for the ANSEP Acceleration Academy where students graduate from high school with two years or more of college completed thereby saving the state and families thousands of dollars per student.

Acceleration Academy is a model we can

adopt for every student in Alaska to reduce costs for the state and dramatically improve outcomes.

This is transformational. What parent does not want their student to leave high school with years of college completed? Over the last decade, thousands of new students joined the ANSEP community as part of these industry-supported components.

Our students go on to contribute to the strategy and execution of resource development in Alaska. The industry plays a valuable role in everyday life for the approximately 3,000 hardworking Alaska students and professionals who make up the ANSEP community.

For many of our students, it is a lifelong goal to play a role in improving the quality of life for Alaska’s people and ensuring our resources are managed responsibly. The success of ANSEP alumni in the industry provides a model for students across the state.

If you work hard, there are top-tier com-

panies waiting to hire you so you can guide our state’s future. Our partner companies provide learning opportunities for ANSEP students now and the promise of economic stability for the future.

Even during the pandemic, the oil and gas industry stepped up to provide paid internships and scholarship support for ANSEP’s Summer Bridge students so they could spend the summer before college gaining industry experience and envisioning a full-time position in the industry after college.

To put the future of the industry in jeopardy is to do the same to these students’ futures.

That is why I am voting no on Ballot Measure 1 in November; it is how we vote for a bright future for our state and our young people.

Dr. Herb Schroeder is the founder and Vice Provost for the Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program.

Short salmon supplies worldwide send prices upward

By Laine Welch Fish Factor/For the Journal

Now that the 2020 pack of Alaska salmon has been caught and put up, stakeholders will get a better picture of how global prices may rise or fall.

Nearly 75 percent of the value of Alaska’s salmon exports is driven by sales between July and October. And right now, lower supplies of wild Pacific salmon by the major producers are pushing up prices as the bulk of those sales are made.

For sockeye salmon, global supplier and market tracker Tradex reports that frozen fillets are in high demand and Welch supplies are hard to source for all sizes. With a catch this year topping 45 million, Alaska is the leading producer of that popular commodity.

“Luckily, sockeye harvests were once again abundant in Bristol Bay as fishermen caught nearly 200 million pounds. Although that’s a bigger than average harvest for Bristol Bay, it’s still down 9 percent from last year. With lower sockeye harvests in Russia and closures in Canada, we estimate the global sockeye harvest declined by 26 percent in 2020,” said Andy Wink, executive director of the Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association speaking on the Tradex Three-Minute Market Report.

Tradex reports that sockeye prices are “significantly higher than last year” and suggests that suppliers are stockpiling inventories in their freezers.

“Our recommendation for sockeye buyers is similar to a few weeks ago, which is to secure your supply now. Sockeye prices are anticipat-

ed to make a good bull-run before moving into a bear-type market,” said correspondent Tasha Cadence.

Tradex predicts the same for wild chum salmon due to low catches from all producers.

“In speaking to our VP of Asia Operations, he advised they are anticipating that new season chum won’t be available until the end of September and that salmon will certainly be very short this year,” Cadence added. “Both from Russia and Alaska, and the estimated raw materials price will go up to $4,300 per metric ton, which translates to about $1.95 to $2 per pound.”

And the same holds true for pink salmon, where big shortfalls from Russia are biting into the global supply.

Prices for pink salmon that are processed in China and distributed back to the U.S. and other countries have increased from $2,600 to $3,400 per metric ton, or from $1.20 to $1.55 per pound.

“Going back a few weeks it was reported that Russian boats did not even want to make commitments at the higher prices as they wanted pricing at even higher levels,” Cadence said.

A weakening dollar also means foreign customers can buy more U.S. salmon for less.

How the initial uptick in salmon commodity markets might play out in fishermen’s paychecks remains to be seen. Alaska processors typically post a base price as a placeholder when the salmon season gets underway. Then, bonuses for fish that is chilled, bled or delivered are often sent to fishermen in the fall, and any profit sharing checks usually arrive the following spring.

“Retro-payments more than

anything are a payment to appease the fleet and keep them from jumping to another processor,” said a longtime Bristol Bay fisherman.

“There are many instances where a processor has paid their ‘retro’ or adjustment in the spring, only to have to make another payment in early June to match competitors. Price adjustments are a dark art and there is no set formula as it relates to the sale of the pack.”

Fish on!

Salmon numbers continue to trickle in but Alaska’s total catch won’t add up to much more than 114 million fish, about 85 percent of what state managers predicted for the 2020 season.

Of that, more than 45 million are sockeyes and 58 million are pinks. Landings of just more than 2 million cohos are the lowest since the mid-1970s and a chum salmon harvest of just less than 8 million is the weakest since 1979. Chinook volumes also are well below historical levels.

The preliminary value of Bristol Bay’s 40.7 million salmon catch, nearly all sockeyes, is $140.7 million, ranking ninth in the last 20 years. That doesn’t include any postseason price bonuses.

As always, there is a lot of fishing action going on after salmon.

At Southeast Alaska, beam trawlers are back on the water targeting 650,000 pounds of pink and sidestripe shrimp in a third opener.

Southeast’s Dungeness season reopened on Oct. 1 and a few million pounds are likely to come out of that fishery. There will again be no opener for red or blue king crab due to low abundances.

On Oct. 5, a hundred or more divers also could be heading down for over 1.7 million pounds of red sea cucumbers. A catch of just less than 3 million pounds of sea ur-

chins also is up for grabs, but there may be a lack of buyers. Southeast divers also are targeting giant geoduck clams.

At Prince William Sound, a 15,000-pound test fishery is underway for golden king crabs through October; likewise, a nearly 7 million-pound golden king crab fishery is ongoing along the Aleutian Islands.

Kodiak crabbers have pulled up more than 2.3 million pounds of Dungeness crab so far with a few weeks left to go in the season. A sea cucumber fishery opened at Kodiak on Oct. 1 with a 130,000-pound limit.

Halibut landings were approaching 13 million pounds, or 79 percent of the 16 million-pound catch limit. Homer, Kodiak and Seward are the top ports for landings.

For sablefish (black cod), the catch was nearing 17 million pounds, or 52 percent of the nearly 32 million pound quota. Seward, Kodiak, Sitka and Dutch Harbor were getting the most deliveries.

Both of those fisheries end in early November.

The Bering Sea pollock fishery closes on Nov. 1. Alaska pollock is the nation’s top food fishery and the Bering Sea will produce more than 3 billion pounds again this year.

And as always, fisheries for cod, flounders, rockfish and much more are ongoing in the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska.

Finally, the state Board of Fisheries has accepted 275 proposals to address at its as yet undetermined meetings on Prince William Sound and Southeast subsistence, commercial, sport and personal use fisheries and statewide shellfish.

Meeting dates have been bumped from this winter to sometime next year due to COVID-19 constraints.

The board will consider new

meeting dates at an Oct. 15-16 virtual work session.

Halibut survey success A “resounding success” is how scientists summed up this summer’s Pacific halibut survey despite it being shortened and scaled down a bit due to COVID-19 constraints.

The so-called fishery-independent setline survey uses standardized methods to track population trends in the Pacific halibut stock, which ranges from the west coast and British Columbia to the far reaches of the Bering Sea. For two months this summer, 11 longline vessels (down from the usual 17) took halibut survey experts aboard to fish at 898 stations, down 30 percent from the planned 1,283. The foregone areas were waters off California, Oregon and Washington. Survey areas in the Bering Sea near the Pribilofs also were cut, along with stations at the Aleutian Islands near Unalaska and Adak.

“We also thinned out a little bit in the Western Gulf of Alaska, and we also removed the stations off Vancouver Island,” said David Wilson, executive director of the International Pacific Halibut Commission which oversees the stock for the U.S. and Canada.

Still, Wilson said roughly 70 percent of the Pacific halibut biomass was sampled overall and 100 percent in the core areas of the central Gulf, Southeast Alaska and northern British Columbia.

“Normally we would have done a thinner sampling in those areas but to ensure that we had enough samples coming out we went for 100 percent in those areas,” he explained, calling it the “most datarich setline-survey in the IPHC’s See Welch, Page 15

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A ‘Fair Share’ of a bigger pie

By Liam Zsolt Guest commentary

Meet the Fair Share Act: a ballot initiative that will be presented to Alaskans in November, marketed as a measure to make oil companies pay their fair share in taxes. I did a bit of research to bring some simple analysis forward and present it to concerned Alaskans, to help cut through the noise and disinformation.

Starting with where we are currently, more than 70 percent of total Alaska state revenue from private business is provided by oil and gas: In addition, Alaskans benefit from the philanthropic activities by oil and gas companies every day.

The University of Alaska Arctic Science and Engineering Endowment, Covenant House, the Alaska Performing Arts Center, and the Anchorage Museum of History and Art are just a few examples. The budget cuts that Alaskans are currently adjusting to would be modest compared to cuts stemming from a significant reduction in petroleum activity.

The initiative calls for a rework of our current oil tax structure. It claims to have the potential to generate billions in additional taxes ($1.1 billion in in 2018). This increase amounts to at least 50% of the taxes that oil companies are currently paying on the majority of the barrels in the state, doubling or tripling it at higher oil prices.

With BP leaving Alaska fresh in my mind, I asked myself if taxes really had the ability to incentivize development activities. Last time we thought about this was when our legacy tax regime (ACES) transitioned to the current SB-21 framework. The data is available to the public: Each year we were losing 40,000 barrels per day of production under ACES, a trend that was almost immediately arrested under SB-21. The trend line above indicates we are hundreds of thousands of barrels per day (hundreds of millions in royalties) better off than we would be if the decline had continued under ACES. To reverse the decline, BP flattened their decline curve, and ConocoPhillips and Hilcorp both grew production significantly.

I think a similarly unfavorable tax regime like the Fair Share Act could cut our production in half within seven years. This will more than offset amounts gained in the very short term, and cripple any growth in the industry that employs the most Alaskans and is fundamental to our economy.

So how are we going to bring in more state revenue under the current tax regime, and how much?

Let’s look at the three biggest development projects on the horizon since SB-21 was passed: •Willow, ConocoPhillips: 130,000 barrels/day (Source: Willow Draft EIS) •Pikka, Oil Search: 120,000 barrels/day (Source: Oil Search

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Ballot Measure 1 means jobs

By Robin Brena Guest commentary

(Source/Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission)

Annual Report, 2018) • Greater Mooses Tooth 2, ConocoPhillips: 25,000 to 30,000 barrels/day (Source: ConocoPhillips GMT-2 Fact Sheet) These projects have the potential to add 280,000 barrels per day, or more half of Alaska’s current production. This could amount to $1.1 to $1.4 billion in additional royalties and taxes, a number we can expect to continue to grow as the recent flurry of exploration and development activity continues.

Staying the course is the most financially sound decision.

Fundamentally, I think people forget that oil companies have a choice about where to invest their money. In recent years, we have watched the major companies gravitate towards the Permian Basin. Texas is now at record production levels (a condition that Alaska has not enjoyed since the late 80’s).

Oil companies make these decisions, in part, based on a predictable, business-friendly geopolitical environment.

A stable environment creates jobs. As our partners in development continue to invest in Alaska, confident in their future here, Alaskans are enriched and our economy is built. Staying the course will put

Alaskans back to work.

When we passed SB 21, Alaskans made a commitment to host a responsible industry with a particular tax regime so we could maximize our benefit from developing our rich resources. Industry has responded by placing Alaska high within the global portfolios of ConocoPhillips, Oil Search, Hilcorp, and many others, through tough operating conditions and stringent environmental standards. Staying the course is, beyond being a good financial decision, the right thing to do.

Alaskans who want to see our beautiful State’s revenues increase should support the continued health of Alaska’s oil industry, and vote no on the Fair Share Act. Do not move the goalposts for our children; vote no to keep Alaska’s future sustainable for our next generation.

Liam Zsolt is the Director of Technology for ASRC Energy Services LLC. His work in applying new technology to responsibly extract oil and gas in Alaska has been published multiple times by the Society of Petroleum Engineers and led to multiple patents.

Ballot Measure 1, the Fair Share Act, amends the current production tax regime created under Senate Bill 21 to make it fairer and more transparent for Alaskans. The major Texas-based producers and their surrogates who fashioned SB21 will say anything to keep Alaskans from amending SB21 and getting a fair share for our oil. One thing they are saying is that if we get a fair share for our oil, it will hurt our economy.

Common Sense. No one can seriously believe the Alaskan economy will be better off if we keep giving away our oil for less than it is worth.

In the five years since SB21 has been in effect (2015-19), the major producers have taken $57.4 billion of our oil from Alaska. During this same period, we have paid and still owe them more in awarded credits ($2.1 billion) than they have paid us in production taxes ($2 billion). Yes, you understood that correctly, they have taken $57.4 billion of our oil, and we paid and owe them more in awarded credits than they paid us in production taxes. If we get a better deal for our oil, it will help keep more of our oil wealth in Alaska, saving and creating jobs for Alaskans.

Fool us once They told us SB 21 would help our economy and create jobs when it passed. We believed them, and, after SB 21 and before the pandemic, they took our net production revenues to zero and then cut 5,500 jobs or one-third of the total oil and gas workforce in Alaska. Of the 9,000 oil and gas jobs left in Alaska before the pandemic, they filled 3,000 of those jobs with people living outside of Alaska.

We know we can give away billions of dollars of our oil and not get a single job out of the deal because we just spent the last five years giving away billions of dollars of our oil without getting a single job for it. After SB 21 and before the pandemic, Alaska had the highest unemployment rate of any state while our sister oil state North Dakota had the lowest unemployment rate of any state. The main reason North Dakota did so much better was because it kept more of its oil wealth in North Dakota, saving and creating jobs for North Dakotans.

Great for jobs If Ballot Measure 1 would have been in effect instead of SB 21 for the last five years, Ballot Measure 1 would have brought in $1.1 billion per year or $5.5 billion in total more than SB 21. This is the economic equivalent of 11,000 new jobs at $100,000 per year outside the oil and gas industry.

Importantly, Ballot Measure 1 will not cost Alaskans jobs inside the oil and gas industry. Ballot Measure 1 only applies to the three largest and most profitable oil fields in Alaska that can afford to pay a fair share without any harm to investment or jobs. In fact, before SB21, these major fields payed us more than Ballot Measure 1 for over 30 years and were able to attract investment and create jobs the entire time. Further, Ballot Measure 1 does not even apply to new and developing fields that may generate new jobs for Alaskans.

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The new norm in HR: Top 5 questions managers have in the current age of COVID-19

By Paula Bradison For the Journal

Business continuity and risk mitigation have always been an element of any strong strategic plan.

In 2020 it is more relevant than ever. In just a matter of 12 short weeks, “back to work” is anything but back to normal. Now more than ever leadership is being challenged with questions where the answers rely heavily on risk tolerance and critical thinking.

In a recent poll, employers here in Alaska provided feedback of their concerns and we have summarized below: 1. Half of my staff wants to work from home, what happens if I “make” them come back to work?

2. If an employee is provided a workstation to work from home and gets carpal tunnel, is that grounds for a worker’s compensation claim?

3. How do I gauge and monitor progress?

4. What about overtime? Can I still require “normal” workdays if an employee is working off-site?

5. How do I respond to an employee who goes on vacation, travels, or has family in town from out of state? Can I require a quarantine, and do I have to cover the salary if I do?

The short answer to all these questions is:

ANCs:

it depends. In our research we have found similar concerns even prior to COVID-19; the simple truth is that all the best resources and experts do not have black and white answers that can be applied in an industry agnostic manner. However, we can offer some best business practices that are already proving successful during this uncertain time.

Here is your list of what is within your control: If the employee concerns can be met with some accommodation, while understanding job roles and responsibilities, then, by all means, take a step in that direction. Making accommodations that are fair to all employees are policies, not accommodations.

So first ask yourself; can this modification to the work schedule (or other change) benefit the organization by majority? Then review workflows and required resources, perhaps, we can relieve other areas of resource allocation.

Second, regardless of the industry, as leaders, we must keep our employees as safe as reasonably possible. In the context of a virus that can be difficult, however as leaders and managers we should be developing a safety and response plan that is reasonably monitored and easily executed in the event of a COVID-19 report.

Establishing a policy that allows employees to continue working from home after vacation, travel, or potential exposure maintains productivity and ensures the safety of other employees.

Finally, there very best thing you can do to relieve angst and apply risk mitigation is to open communication with your staff. Allow them to voice frustrations, and work through those concerns with the job requirements as a focal point. Making accommodations should be a win-win for the organization and employees to ensure business continuity. Keeping staff employed and engaged depends on it.

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governments.

The members of Alaska’s allRepublican congressional delegation said in a joint statement that the Tribal funds were intended to provide pandemic relief for all American Indians and Alaska Natives; it matters not how they would receive the money, according to the delegation.

“It is unconscionable that COVID-19 aid would be withheld from a subset of Alaska Native people

simply because of the unique tribal system that exists in Alaska,” the delegation said. “Furthermore, this decision goes beyond the CARES Act, erasing more than 45 years of precedent and practice, with the potential to undo tribal systems of health care, housing, education, workforce development, and more in our great state.”

The delegation’s statement eludes to the 1971 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, which es-

tablished the 12 current Alaska Native regional corporations and the 174 village corporations in operation today and collectively allocated them 44 million acres in the state in-lieu of the Tribal reservation system used across the country to resolve land disputes between Tribes and the federal government.

The Alaska Regional and Alaska Native Village Corporation associations, which intervened in the case on behalf of their members,

said in a joint Sept. 25 statement that the “deeply flawed” ruling will only worsen the effects of the pandemic in Alaska by limiting access to critical health services and economic relief in remote communities across the state.

“For forty years, courts and administrative agencies have consistently recognized that Alaska Native communities are uniquely organized, as designed by Congress. Within this framework, that

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includes both regional and village corporations, we strive every day to bring our ‘shareholders’ — our Alaska Native brothers and sisters — economic opportunity as well as vital social, health, cultural and educational services. Until today, our status as Indians under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, which expressly includes Alaska Native corporations among other types of Indian Tribes, has never been called into doubt,” the ANC associations said.

Treasury officials have not disclosed exactly how much of the $8 billion was set-aside for ANCs, but the Appeals Court ruling indicates $162 million was meant for the Alaska companies.

The ruling does not prohibit the 229 federally recognized Tribes in Alaska — some of which backed the original lawsuits — from receiving a portion of the $8 billion.

Additionally, many of the smaller village corporations and regional corporation subsidiaries were among the roughly Alaska-based small businesses that collectively received more than $1.2 billion in forgivable federal loans through the Small Business Administration’s popular Paycheck Protection Program.

Leaders for the Alaska Regional Association did not respond to questions in time for this story about whether or not the group will appeal the decision, among other issues.

Elwood Brehmer can be reached at elwood.brehmer@alaskajournal.com.

October 11, 2020 • Alaska Journal of Commerce

• Page 7

Chum, chinook returns fall short across Yukon, Western Alaska

By Elwood Brehmer Alaska Journal of Commerce

Poor chum and coho returns led to some of the lowest commercial harvests in decades across much of Western Alaska and biologists are unsure why far fewer Yukon chinook are making it to Canada in recent years.

The Yukon River summer chum return of approximately 733,000 fish was sufficient to meet the minimum escapement goal for the entirety of the massive drainage but it did not allow for a significant commercial fishery and was far less than expectations.

Fishing was closed through the first half of the run while it was unclear if a harvestable surplus of chum would be available according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s preliminary Yukon River summer fishery summary.

Commercial fishermen, primarily in the lower Yukon, harvested just 13,968 chums in the summer fishery, which was 97 percent less than the five-year average of nearly 449,000 fish.

The minimal catch translated to a total-fishery ex-vessel value of just $51,440 in 2020 for a fishery that typically generates roughly $1.5 million, though prices of 60 cents per pound for lower Yukon chum and 29 cents per pound were in line with previous years.

Prices in some other salmon fisheries were low — particularly early in the season — as the pandemic slowed restaurant demand for fish.

Managers had predicted a rather average return of about 1.9 million summer chum, which would have left a harvestable surplus of about 1.1 million fish, according to ADFG. The summer fishery comprises chinook and chum that enter

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kon from a deep snowpack possibly fatigued fish that otherwise would have reached Eagle. They also documented reports of high rates of Ichthyophonus, a parasite, in salmon caught in the upper river, which could have increased mortality.

On the bright side, the chinook sampled by ADFG biologists at Eagle were older and more of them were female than in recent years.

Age-6 chinook comprised 53 percent of the sampled fish — above the 10-year average — and 3 percent were age-7 salmon. Females comprised 54 percent of the sampled fish, compared to 44 percent over the past decade, according to department data.

Biologists have documented a general decrease in the size of chinooks across their range in recent years, largely because more of the fish are returning at age-4 or age-5.

The smaller salmon are less likely to spawn successfully and smaller females carry fewer eggs, which also reduces the odds of offspring.

Commercial fishermen, primarily in the lower Yukon River, harvested just 13,968 chums in the summer fishery, which was 97 percent less than the five-year average of nearly 449,000 fish. (Photo/Kwik’pak Fisheries LLC./Jon Rowley)

the river generally before July 15, at which point management in the lower Yukon transitions to the fall chum and coho runs.

The chinook return of an estimated 161,859 fish to the Pilot Station sonar was less than last year when 219,624 chinook reached the lower Yukon, but was in line with the expected return.

However, an unusually small portion of the fish passed the sonar at Eagle near the Canadian bor-

der. Managers estimated 77,000 of the chinook were of Canadian origin based on in-season run assessments, yet just 33,005 fish were counted at Eagle, according to the summary. The minimum escapement goal for passage beyond Eagle is 42,500 chinook, which also does not provide for harvest in Canada per the Pacific Salmon Treaty.

Managers speculated that near record-high water levels in the Yu-

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102 caribou and 71 moose in 2019, according to Office of Subsistence Management Wildlife Biologist Lisa Maas.

ADFG officials typically do not limit the number of Unit 13 subsistence caribou hunting permits — known as Tier I permits — issued to Alaska residents; rather, managers limit harvest by closing the season early if hunters approach the yearly harvest quota based on in-season reporting.

The Unit 13 Tier I caribou hunt started Aug. 10 and closed Sept. 20. It is scheduled to reopen Oct. 21 following a closure to protect the animals during their breeding season, or rut. The season could remain open until March 31 if the harvest quota is not met before then.

Dunleavy administration officials also argued that the board overstepped its authority in June by approving special moose and deer hunts requested by the Organized Village of Kake. Tribe leaders claimed in court filings that the COVID-19 pandemic caused shortages of food and cleaning supplies in Kake, a Kupreanof Island community with about 550 residents.

In June, the Federal Subsistence Board authorized area U.S. Forest Service officials to permit a special 30-day hunt in which two bull moose and five male Sitka blacktail deer could be harvested by Tribal members.

Hunters harvested those animals in the hunt that took place from June 24 to July 24 and distributed the

meat to more than 100 households in Kake, according to court filings.

The Organized Village of Kake intervened as a defendant in the state’s lawsuit against the board.

As for the Unit 13 issues, Gleason in part agreed with the board’s justifications that the closures would “ensure continued subsistence use opportunities” and “address public safety concerns resulting from overcrowding and user conflict along the Richardson Highway,” she wrote in an order denying the state’s request for a preliminary injunction.

Gleason also concluded that at first blush that the two-year closure appears to be in line with the regulatory cycle of the Office of Subsistence Management, or OSM, which the board operates under.

“Because the closure term is consistent with the outer limits of (OSM regulations) — the end of the current regulatory cycle — and the record provides support for the conclusion that two years might be the ‘minimum time period… necessary under the circumstances’ due to the ongoing nature of the issues in Unit 13, the Court finds that the State has not demonstrated either a likelihood of success or serious questions going to the merits of its claim,” she wrote.

Gleason did not rule on the state’s claims regarding the Kake moose and deer hunt or the state’s claims overall.

Elwood Brehmer can be reached at elwood.brehmer@ alaskajournal.com.

Kotzebue Sound To the north, low commercial catches in July and concerns from subsistence harvesters about poor chum catches along the Kobuk River caused Kotzebue-area managers to cut commercial fishing time from 60 hours per week in July to as little as 24 hours per week in early August.

The harvest of 149,808 chums was the lowest in the Kotzebue District set net fishery since 2007 and netted $542,308 in ex-vessel value, according to ADFG figures. The fishery has a long-term average harvest of approximately

230,000 chum but it produced a catches of greater than 400,000 fish from 2016-2019. Kotzebue chum sold for an average of 45 cents per pound this year, which was up from 39 cents a year ago.

Norton Sound In addition to also having their smallest chum harvest since 2008, Norton Sound fishermen dealt with a very small coho return. The poor showings from the primary species targeted in the district led to a catch of 50,679 salmon in all, which was just 15 percent of the 10-year average harvest, according to the Norton Sound season summary.

The cumulative ex-vessel value of $290,302 for the five-species harvest was just 12 percent of the five-year average. The Norton Sound catch generated approximately $2.1 million last year and more than $4 million in 2018.

The Norton Sound pink salmon run was — as it has been of late — a near-record return. However, processors shied away from purchasing them, according to ADFG managers, resulting in a catch of 6,950 pinks. That was down from a harvest of more than 75,000 a year ago.

The 2020 Norton Sound coho harvest of 14,650 fish was less than 10 percent of the five-year average and the 26,365-fish chum harvest was 17 percent of the five-year average of 151,442 salmon. Additionally, 906 Chinook and 1,808 sockeye were harvested from Norton Sound.

Elwood Brehmer can be reached at elwood.brehmer@alaskajournal.com.

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Elders & Youth focused on language for online convention

By Elizabeth Earl For the Journal

In the days preceding the annual Alaska Federation of Natives conference in Anchorage, the First Alaskans Institute brings together teenagers, elders, and everyone in between for the Elders and Youth Conference.

But like so many things this year, the usual attendees will have to be together while apart. The First Alaskans Institute is preparing for its first entirely virtual El-

ders and Youth Conference, set to begin on Oct. 11.

The event will be livestreamed on firstalaskans.org as well as broadcast statewide on GCI’s channels 1 and 907, on 360 North, and ARCS. FAI isn’t providing any broad support to elders who may need help with technology to go online and participate, but may do so on a case-by-case basis, said Karla Gatgyedm Hana’ax Booth, the Indigenous Leadership Continuum Director for FAI. Throughout the conference, they’re also encour-

Keynote speakers, conference guides

Dustin Unignax Newman (Unangax/Deg Hit’an) lives in Anchorage and has family roots in the communities of King Cove and Anvik. He will serve as a “conference guide” for the upcoming virtual Elders & Youth Conference. (Photo/Courtesy/The Aleut Corp. and Yuit Communications)

Elder Keynote Dr. Rev. Traditional Chief Trimble Gilbert (Gwich’in) will be joined by his beloved wife, Mary. They are from Vashraii K’oo (Arctic Village). He is a Tribal Leader, an Episcopal priest, a Native knowledge and culture bearer, and Gwich’in teacher. He is the Second Traditional Chief and spiritual leader for Tanana Chiefs Conference and the 52 Athabascan Tribes that they serve. He serves as an Elder Advisor for the Alaska Federation of Natives and the Doyon annual shareholders meeting. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Alaska Fairbanks, where he often serves as an Elder and mentor in classes bridging Western knowledge taught in the classroom with our lives in rural communities. Trimble is also a well-known fiddle player.

Youth Keynote Kiley Kanat’s Burton (Eyak/Aleut/Iñupiaq/Koyukon) is 15 years old, and her Eyak name, Kanat’s, means little wolverine. She currently lives in Cordova. Her parents are James Burton and Diana Riedel. She attends Cordova Jr./Sr. High School and hopes to work in the science field as a surgeon or a marine biologist. She enjoys hunting, commercial fishing, skin sewing, sports, and fashion.

Kanat’s appreciates her culture, way of life, and traditions that have been carried on through the generations. She looks up to her mom, aunt Raven Cunningham, and grandma Monica Riedel because of the cultural knowledge they have shared with her.

Conference Guides Dustin Unignax Newman (Unangax/Deg Hit’an) lives in Anchorage and has family roots in the communities of King Cove and Anvik. His maternal grandparents are the late Rudy Demoski and Agnes Beaver and paternal grandparents are the late Robert Newman and Clara Smith. He is a kayak builder, storyteller and dancer with the Anchorage Unangax Dancers. Unignax currently serves as the Youth Services Coordinator at the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association.

Andrea Ts’aak Ka Juu Cook (Haida) is from Hydaburg where she grew up berry picking and salmon fishing. She is a graduate of Mt. Edgecumbe High School and attending the University of Alaska Southeast where she is working toward a degree in Northwest Coast Art. She comes from a long line of carvers and hopes to become a carver one day. Ts’aak Ka Juuis a dance group member of Xaadaas Diigwii of Juneau. Most recently, she was a First Alaskans Institute intern placed at the Sitka Conservation Society.

aging people to get up and move around, as they’ll be in front of a screen this year.

The 37th annual conference will also be entirely free. Usually, attendees are required to register, but with the combination of online and broadcast elements this year, the institute decided to make the event free. Booth said the sponsors helped make that possible this year.

“I feel like it wasn’t that hard to reimagine, because we just knew that we had to have this very important statewide event,” she said. “It had to happen, no matter what. We wanted to make sure we were being good relatives to our statewide community and provide something that could lift all of our spirits up in this time of COVID. I don’t think we ever had a doubt that we would host something, but I think the real challenge was figuring out what the format is going to be.”

First Alaskans Institute announced the plan to go entirely virtual with the conference and the annual Smokehouse Gala back in July. Since then, the organizers have been reworking plans for how to take the events virtual, which will enable vulnerable people to stay home and prevent the spread of disease from a major event back to dispersed communities. The conference usually takes place in Anchorage, which is also the single largest city in the state and the center of the state’s COVID-19 pandemic.

The Elders and Youth Conference always starts with an opening ceremony called the Warming of the Hands, and that won’t change, Booth said. Sunday Oct. 11 will run from 1-5 p.m., and the following days from Oct. 12-14 will

run from 8:30-5 p.m. Oct. 12 also happens to be Indigenous Peoples Day, and the events of the conference will line up with that, including language workshops. “(On Monday) we’re going to have our ‘Living and Loving Our Cultures’ workshops, focused on language learning,” she said. “(We’ll be) adding extra time to that session as well, just to celebrate our languages even more, to allow people to really get into learning and practicing, and hopefully they’ll continue that learning after the conference, too.”

Some things will look a little different. The Elder Keynote speaker — Dr. Rev. Traditional Chief Trimble Gilbert of Arctic Village — will pre-record his message and make it available on Monday Oct. 12, Booth said. Gilbert is a tribal leader, Episcopal priest, Native knowledge and culture bearer and Gwich’in teacher, among other roles. The youth keynote speaker, Kiley Kanats Burton of Cordova, will follow suit on Tuesday Oct. 13.

Instead of the regular dance group performances, First Alaskans Institute will air a compilation of the best Chin’an dance group performances over the past decade on Oct. 12 at 6 p.m., Booth said.

Each day will begin with optional dawn prayers and wellwishes, which were requested by a community member last year and will continue this year. Workshops will pack the day, as they usually do, including listening circles, regional gatherings, and crafting workshops. For those who pre-registered before Sept. 24, the FAI staff have been mailing out some arts kits, Booth said. There

are about 14 workshops to choose from, seven of which require kits. “(Some workshops are) cottonwood carving, cedar basket weaving, canvas rifle case sewing, salmon skin pouch sewing and embroidery, cedar bracelet making, acrylic painting, and COVID-19 mask sewing,” she said. “Some of our workshops that don’t require any kits.”

The theme for this year’s conference is “Asirqamek Aprucilutna” in Sugt’sun or “Asisqamek Aprut’liluta” in Alutiiq, both of which mean “We are making a good path.” Language preservation continues to be one of the major goals in the conference, Booth said, the Alaska Native Preservation and Advisory Council appointed by the governor will hold a listening sessions during the conference as well. One of the events many people look forward to are the men’s, women’s, and LGBTQIA+ houses, she said.

“They get to share their truth, they get to listen to other people’s truth,” she said. “I think for a lot of people, it adds to their healing journey.”

“Part of our job is to host these dialogues,” she said. “We wanted them to be as engaging as we could make them in these virtual settings.

You don’t have the same tools… we adapt, and we use what’s available to us. Just the physical experience of our participants being in a virtual meeting, it takes a toll physically on people. We know the importance of encouraging people to get up and take care of themselves.

We will try to introduce things that are physical.”

Elizabeth Earl can be reached at elizabethearl@gmail.com.

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October 11, 2020 • Alaska Journal of Commerce

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AFN’s first virtual conference eyes 2020 Census, elections

By Elizabeth Earl For the Journal

The halls of the Dena’ina Civic and Convention Center in Anchorage will be much quieter this October without the buzz of the thousands of attendees at the annual Alaska Federation of Natives convention.

Instead, they’ll be plugged in from home, watching, listening, and participating to the virtual presentations of the 54th year of the event. The Alaska Federation of Natives announced the 2020 convention would be completely virtual this year back in August, looking ahead to the risk posed by the coronavirus pandemic. The AFN convention regularly brings people from all over the state, including from many far-flung communities off the road system. The risk of getting a large group of people together in an indoor facility was too high, according to the AFN. As of Oct. 6, there was still no agenda available for the full convention. It will be available on social media, KNBA radio, GCI channel 1, ARCS, and 360 North.

“It was a really tough decision, but the health and safety of our delegates, participants, and attendees comes first,” said Julie Kitka, AFN President, in a press release. “The high risk factors of holding a large, indoor meeting, with lots of El-

Alaska House Speaker Bryce Edgmon, left, speaks to House Minority Leader Lance Pruitt before the start of the House floor session on May 15, 2019, Juneau. Edgmon, the first Alaska Native to serve as Speaker of the House, will be the keynote speaker for the Alaska Federation of Natives annual convention. (Photo/Becky Bohrer/AP)

ders and delegates coming in from across Alaska, far outweigh the benefits of gathering in person.”

Instead, like the First Alaskans Institute Elders and Youth Conference and so many other events this year, the organizers are converting the events to virtual ones. On Oct. 15 and 16, attendees will be able to

watch pre-recorded videos and live presentations from Native leaders and elected officials as well as interactive panels and other workshops.

House Speaker Bryce Edgmon, I-Dillingham, will deliver the keynote address. This year’s theme is “Good Government, Alaskans

Decide,” based on the upcoming federal election on Nov. 3 and the 2020 Census, two issues heavily affecting federal actions in Alaska and, thus, many issues in Native communities.

Delegates to the AFN also traditionally meet during the convention. This year, they’ll meet virtu-

ally as well. AFN is requesting that delegates register as soon as possible, but they can register up until 10 a.m. of the final day of the convention, as it is entirely virtual.

According to the delegate packet, some things will change: for example, the live debates on the resolutions and co-chair election won’t happen as usual. The election will happen through an e-voting platform instead.

Because of the difficulty of ensuring equal participation among participants on the online platform, the packet also outlines types of resolutions that won’t be accepted. For example, endorsement of candidates or ballot initiatives for 2020 will be considered, and Elders and Youth resolutions will be considered at the Dec. 8 AFN Board meeting.

Instead of the regular cultural dance performances, AFN will air a compilation of performances called “Quyana Alaska” over the two evenings as well, from 6-9 p.m. on the AFN Convention virtual meeting app, 360 North and ARCs, or by webcast. Though there won’t be an in-person exhibition hall with booths, there will be a virtual exhibition component, where artists and crafters can sell their work in an online marketplace created for the convention.

Elizabeth Earl can be reached at elizabethearl@gmail.com.

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‘Pebble tapes’ send project leaders into damage control mode

By Alex DeMarban Anchorage Daily News

The Pebble Limited Partnership is trying to patch its battered image after secretly recorded videos last month caught its two top executives boasting about their influence over Alaska politicians and regulators.

The controversial Pebble mine proposal faces new challenges after Alaska’s U.S. senators, the governor and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers denounced the statements as false.

But despite the blowback from the videos’ Sept. 21 release, the developer of the copper and gold prospect in Southwest Alaska continues its effort to win a key construction permit from the Corps.

“The idea that Pebble is dead, no matter whose opinion it is, is just not accurate,” said Mark Hamilton, vice president of public affairs at Pebble Limited Partnership. “(Pebble) can go forward and it is going forward as we speak.”

Amid the fallout: • Pebble’s chief executive, Tom Collier, resigned after he and Ron Thiessen, president of Pebble parent company Northern Dynasty Minerals, were recorded talking freely on the tapes. Thiessen has not resigned, a Pebble official said Oct. 5.

• Democratic members of Congress have raised the possibility of investigations into what they say are discrepancies between the executives’ statements in the tapes and comments that Collier made

before a House subcommittee.

• Alaska Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan came out solidly against the project. Sullivan’s challenger in this year’s election, Democratic-nominated independent Al Gross, is using the leaked tapes in campaign ads against Sullivan.

• Alaska’s speaker of the House has asked Gov. Mike Dunleavy not to support a mitigation plan Pebble needs to win the Corps permit.

• House Minority Leader Lance Pruitt, R-Anchorage, said he would donate the $500 he received from Collier to charity. The group opposing Ballot Measure 2 said it would return Collier’s $2,500 donation. It retained donations from some current Pebble employees.

Pebble opposition groups remain wary Collier’s resignation does nothing to eliminate the questions raised in the videotaped conversations about the credibility of the permitting process, said Nelli Williams, Alaska director of Trout Unlimited.

“A full investigation by Congress is absolutely necessary — Alaskans and Americans deserve to know the truth,” she said in a prepared statement.

If built, Pebble would be located about 200 miles southwest of Anchorage, near headwaters of the Bristol Bay salmon fishery. Pebble would like to secure a Corps permit soon, before entering a three-year permitting phase with the state.

John Shively, Pebble’s interim CEO replacing Collier, released a statement Oct. 1 trying to distance the company from the statements made on the tapes. He reminded readers that Northern Dynasty has given an unconditional apology to Alaskans, while he personally apologized to Alaskans and Pebble staff.

“The people working on the project, from our site staff to our corporate staff, have the utmost integrity — and I know all of them felt betrayed by what they saw expressed on those tapes,” Shively said. “Much of the content was boastful, embellished, insensitive and stretched credulity to its breaking point.”

In the videos, secretly organized by an environmental group, Collier and Thiessen spoke with people hired to pose as potential Pebble investors from Hong Kong.

Collier and Thiessen said in the recordings Alaska Republican U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Sullivan were just being political when they said in August that Pebble has not met the high bar for environmentally safe development and should not be permitted.

They described friendly relations with Corps officials. They said they could call up Dunleavy, and he’d reach the White House on their behalf, whenever they want.

The leaked conversations add to the uncertainty the mine faces, said Bob Loeffler, previously the director of Alaska’s Division of Mining, Land and Water under for-

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mer Alaska Govs. Tony Knowles and Frank Murkowski.

“It can’t be good for a project when so many politicians are going against it,” he said.

The mine has lost its major mining partners over the years, including Anglo American in 2013. Pebble and Northern Dynasty, a small mining company from Canada, need investors to help cover enormous development costs.

Finding an investor could be even harder now, said Bruce Switzer, former director of environmental affairs for Cominco, now Teck, in the early 1990s when the mining company owned the Pebble deposit.

Teck Cominco left the project in 2005 because it’s not economically viable, despite what Pebble claims about the mine’s enormous value, Switzer asserted. Switzer is also a former mining consultant who advised Pebble opponents after he left Cominco.

The leaked conversations underscore that Pebble is a politically motivated project, rather than one that can stand on its own financial merits, Switzer said.

If Pebble is the world-class deposit the company touts, “why would you have these two promoters essentially lying” about the project’s relationships with politicians, said Switzer.

Federal lawmakers raise specter of investigations After the tapes were leaked, Alaska’s U.S. senators have taken pains to emphasize their opposition to the project receiving a permit.

Sullivan, facing pressure from challenger Gross, came out forcefully against the mine on Twitter, saying “No Pebble Mine.” Lisa Murkowski, who described herself as “absolutely, spitting furious” in reaction to the tapes, retweeted Sullivan’s message with three heart emoji for support.

Sullivan later said in an interview with Alaska Public Media that he would not support the project even if it presented a satisfactory mitigation plan.

Hamilton, with Pebble, said officials with any project in Alaska would like to have the vocal support of the state’s U.S. senators.

But it’s the Corps that will decide whether to award a permit or not.

“Everyone who was insulted by that display (in the videos) appropriately does not hold us in the highest regard,” Hamilton said.

“But these are professionals at the Corps ultimately, and the Corps will do what the regulations tell them to do.”

Other federal lawmakers are raising the specter of possible probes into Collier’s written testimony to a subcommittee of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure in 2019, when he said, “Pebble has no current plans, in this application or in any other way, for expansion.”

But while Pebble has submitted a 20-year plan to the Corps, Thiessen said in the video that the mine could potentially produce minerals

for 200 years. He said expansion beyond 20 years will be unstoppable once development begins.

Collier said “we,” presumably Pebble, will at some point request a mine expansion. As he had before, he said that will require a new state and federal permitting process.

Longtime Pebble opponent U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., called for a Department of Justice investigation into the comments.

U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio, R-Oregon, chair of the House transportation committee, said Collier may have misled Congress in 2019. His investigative staff are reviewing the comments, he said in a recent statement.

Thiessen and Collier did not say in the videos that Pebble has a “defined” plan for expansion beyond the 20-year proposal, according to a statement from Northern Dynasty last month.

“What we have said consistently, and is reinforced in the ‘Pebble tapes’ released this week,” is there is no current “formal” plan for expansion, Northern Dynasty said.

Pebble still aims to win the permit — and change minds The U.S. Army, the Corps’ parent agency, said in August that the project can’t be permitted as currently proposed.

The land-use protection plan that Pebble is pursuing, showing how Pebble will compensate for damage to wetlands, will satisfy regulators and many critics of the mine, Hamilton said.

“I expect that compliance (for the project) will switch the opinion of many individuals who have been insulted,” Hamilton said.

It appears that the so-called compensatory mitigation plan will need to use state land, requiring state support, according to a letter to the governor last week from Alaska House Speaker Bryce Edgmon, an independent from Dillingham, and Rep. Louise Stutes, a Republican from Kodiak.

The lawmakers asked Dunleavy in the letter to not support Pebble’s mitigation plan.

Edgmon, in an interview, said the leaked videos raise serious doubts about the objectivity of the permitting process at both the state and federal level.

Both the Dunleavy administration and the Corps have said they are committed to a fair and vigorous review process.

In a three-page reply letter on Oct. 6, Dunleavy defended the economic argument for Pebble construction, though he does not expressly state support for it. As he has before, the governor did not express support for the mine, but said he does support a fair review process.

“No serious person would disagree that accessing the mineral deposits within the Bristol Bay Mining District, if done in a way that protects the watershed, would transform the lives of Alaskans livSee Tapes, Page 11

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Kinross adds Tok-area gold deposit to portfolio for $93.7M

By Elwood Brehmer Alaska Journal of Commerce

The operator of the Fort Knox gold mine north of Fairbanks paid $93.7 million for a majority stake in a gold deposit south of Tok, roughly 250 miles away.

Kinross Gold Corp. announced Sept. 30 that it has acquired a 70 percent interest in the Peak Gold project from Royal Gold and Contago ORE Inc. Kinross intends to develop the Peak Gold deposit into a short-lived open pit mine and truck the ore north

excellent addition to our portfolio, as it allows us to leverage our existing mill and infrastructure at Fort Knox and strengthens our mediumterm production and cash flow profile,” Rollinson said.

The project would add roughly 220,000 ounces of gold equivalent production to Fort Knox, more than double the mine’s production from 2019 of just more than 200,000 gold equivalent ounces, according to Kinross, which expects blending the ores will cut the mine’s all-in sustaining costs by about $70 per equivalent ounce.

tago a management fee and mill toll to process its 30 percent of the ore mined from the project.

Kinross plans to rename the project after consulting with leaders of the nearby Native Village of Tetlin, according to the statement.

Tetlin Chief Michael Sam said in a statement issued by Kinross that he is pleased to see the com-

pany investing in the project.

“We look forward to the safe and responsible development of the project and the positive benefits it is expected to generate for our community,” Sam said.

The 675,000-acre Peak Gold property also holds other exploration targets that could extend the life of the project, according to Kinross.

A 2018 preliminary economic assessment of the project estimated measured and indicated resources of about 1.2 million ounces of gold equivalent at a grade of 4.1 grams per ton and inferred resources of about 116,000 ounces of gold at an average grade of 2.7 grams per ton.

Elwood Brehmer can be reached at elwood.brehmer@alaskajournal.com.

The project would add roughly 220,000 ounces of gold equivalent production to Fort Knox, more than double the mine’s production from 2019. to the Fort Knox mill for processing. The trip would involve hauling the crushed ore up the Alaska and Richardson highways, through Fairbanks and up the Steese Highway to the mine site near Chatanika.

Scheduled to open in 2024, the Peak Gold mine is expected to produce roughly 1 million ounces of gold equivalent from grades of about 6 grams per ton over 4.5 years. Kinross estimates the $110 million project will have an all-in sustaining cost of approximately $750 per ounce.

Paul Rollinson, CEO of Torontobased Kinross, said in a company statement that it is a high-margin project at current gold prices.

“The relatively high-grade, low-cost Peak Gold project is an

Tapes:

In the deal, Kinross sent $49.2 million to Royal Gold for its 40 percent stake in the project and $44.5 million in cash and Contago ORE shares purchased from Royal Gold to a Contago subsidiary.

Contago, which previously held a 60 percent stake in the project, will retain a 30 percent interest in Peak Gold.

Royal Gold CEO Bill Heissenbuttel said the deal allows the company to focus on its core royalty and streaming business.

Kinross said it expects to conduct initial permitting and drilling for the open-pit mine concurrently and hopes to complete permitting and feasibility reviews by the end of 2022 before a year of construction.

The company will charge Con-

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ing in the region,” he wrote. “My role is to ensure that each project is subject to a fair and rigorous review process, and that every opportunity to create thousands of jobs is fully explored.”

In the videos, Collier said Pebble plans to set aside state land for a preserve. He said the state has supported Pebble “behind the scenes.”

Collier also said he recently met with the governor “to get his commitment that they would be there” to support the project.

The governor’s office rejected that statement on Oct. 2.

“The governor has not committed to any proposal, including a draft mitigation plan,” said Jeff Turner, a spokesman for the governor, in a statement. “As far as Mr. Collier goes, both Pebble and Northern Dynasty have said he embellished his statements.”

Hamilton said Pebble has survived other challenges, including a threat by the Environmental Protection Agency during the Obama administration that essentially halted the mine’s progress in 2014.

Those earlier challenges were based on what Hamilton calls a false narrative that the mine would destroy the Bristol Bay salmon fishery.

That message has been more harmful to the mine over the years than the tapes, he said.

Hamilton said the Corps has determined that the mine and the fishery can safely coexist, though conservation and fishing groups counter that the Corps’ determination is flawed.

The opponents add that the Corps found that damage from the mine would be extensive, including permanent destruction of more than 100 miles of streams.

The debate over the mine’s potential impacts to the Bristol Bay salmon fishery remains Pebble’s toughest challenge, Hamilton said.

“The idea that someone acted out and insulted people is not trivial,” Hamilton said of the videos. “But it’s not the heavily advertised narrative of fear that has had people concerned about the actual workings of this mine.”

“It’s bad, but this is not like the constant screaming that a mine will kill all the salmon,” he said. “That has been a powerful message of our opponents, but they are wrong.”

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POST MORTEM ADMINISTRATION OF THE JOAN FUGLESTAD MARITAL TRUST DATED FEBRUARY 22, 2011

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT AT ANCHORAGE

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT NOTICE TO CREDITORS

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REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS City & Borough of Wrangell, Alaska Water Treatment Plant Improvements Design NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the City and Borough of Wrangell, Alaska is seeking Statements of Qualifications from experienced engineering firms for the Water Treatment Plant Improvements Design project. The full RFQ solicitation may be downloaded from the City and Borough of Wrangell’s website, www.wrangell.com, under the Bids and RFPs section.

Statements of Qualifications are due in the office of the Borough Clerk until 2:00 PM prevailing time on October 30, 2020.CITY AND BOROUGHOF WRANGELL Lisa Von Bargen, Borough Manager Pub: 10/11, 18, 25/2020

NOTICE TO CREDITORS PURSUANT TO AS 13.36.368, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Jon T. Fuglestad and Eric P. Fuglestad, have been appointed as Co- Trustees of the Joan Fuglestad Marital Trust, dated February 22, 2011, a sub-trust of the Fuglestad Living Trust, dated April 1, 2003. All persons having claims against Joan Fuglestad or the said trust are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or said claims will be forever barred.

Claims must be presented to William M. Pearson, c/o the law offices of FOLEY & PEARSON, A Professional Corporation, 4300 B Street, Suite 400, Anchorage, AK 99503.

DATED this 25th day of September, 2020.

Foley & Pearson, P.C. Attorneys for Jon T. Fuglestad and Eric P. Fuglestad, Co- Trustees of the Joan Fuglestad Marital Trust, dated February 22, 2011 By: /s/ William M. Pearson AK Bar No. 0312086 FOLEY & PEARSON, P.C. 4300 B Street, Suite 400 Anchorage, AK 99503 (907) 522-2272 Pub: 10/11, 18, 25/2020 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT AT ANCHORAGE In the Matter of the Estate of MARGARET L. HAMMOND, Deceased.

Case No: 3AN-20-01937 PR NOTICE TO CREDITORS [AS 13.16.450] NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed personal representative of the above-named estate.

All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred.

Claims must either be presented to WADE G. METZGER, Personal Representative of the Estate of MARGARET L. HAMMOND, c/o Davis & Mathis, P.C., 405 West 36th Avenue, Suite 100, Anchorage, Alaska, 99503, or filed with the court.

Dated this 29th day of September, 2020.

WADE G. METZGER, Personal Representative of the Estate of MARGARET L. HAMMOND Pub: 10/11, 18, 25/2020 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT AT ANCHORAGE In the Matter of the Estate of Betty Elaine Novotney Case No. 3 AN- 20-01678 PR Deceased NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate.

All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must be presented to Betty A. Springen, Personal Representative, c/o Stephen E. Greer, Attorney at Law, P.O. Box 242903, Anchorage, Alaska 99524-2903, and filed with the court at the following address: Probate Court, Alaska Court System, 825 W. 4th Ave., Suite B-6, Anchorage, AK 99501.

DATED this 22nd day of September, 2020, at Anchorage, Alaska.

By: /s/ Stephen E. Greer Attorney for the Personal Representative Pub: 10/04, 11, 18/2020

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In the Matter of the Estate of Michael John Prussing, Deceased.

Case No. 3AN-20- 1743PR

In the Matter of the Estate of WILSON BRYAN CALLAHAN, JR., Deceased.

Case No. 4FA-20-00216PR

NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Paul R. Prussing has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or said claims will be forever barred.

Claims must either be presented to the law offices of FOLEY & PEARSON, A Professional Corporation, 4300 B Street, Suite 400, Anchorage, AK 99503, or filed with the court.

DATED this 17th day of September, 2020, at Anchorage, Alaska.

FOLEY & PEARSON, P.C. Attorneys for Paul R. Prussing By: /s/ William M. Pearson Alaska Bar No. 0312086 Pub: 10/04, 11, 18/2020

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Phillip Hyde has been appointed personal representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be presented to Phillip Hyde, Personal Representative of the Estate of Wilson Bryan Callahan, Jr., c/o Averett & Holmes Attorneys at Law LLC, 119 North Cushman Street, Suite 400, Fairbanks, Alaska 99701, or filed with the Court.

DATED: September 24, 2020 AVERETT & HOLMES Attorneys at Law LLC Heidi M. Holmes Alaska Bar No. 0911079 Pub: 10/11, 18, 25/2020

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Case No. 4FA-20-00238PR NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that David R. Dunbar has been appointed personal representative of the abovenamed estate. All persons having claims against decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be presented to David R. Dunbar, Personal Representative of the Estate of Robert Bruce Dunbar, c/o Averett & Holmes Attorneys at Law LLC, 119 North Cushman Street, Suite 400, Fairbanks, Alaska 99701, or filed with the Court.

DATED: September 29, 2020.

AVERETT & HOLMES ATTORNEYS AT LAW LLC Heidi M. Holmes Alaska Bar No. 0911079 Pub: 10/11, 18, 25/2020 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Matter of the Estate of JULIEANNE K. FULLER, Deceased.

Case No. 4FA-20-00381PR NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Elizabeth A. Sullivan has been appointed personal representative of the abovenamed estate. All persons having claims against decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be presented to Elizabeth A. Sullivan, Personal Representative of the Estate of Julieanne K. Fuller, c/o Averett & Holmes Attorneys at Law LLC, 119 North Cushman Street, Suite 400, Fairbanks, Alaska 99701, or filed with the Court.

DATED: September 24, 2020 AVERETT & HOLMES Attorneys at Law LLC Heidi M. Holmes Alaska Bar No. 0911079 Pub: 10/4, 11, 18/2020

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT In the Matter of the Estate of MARTHA MAJOR, Deceased.

Case No. 4FA-20-00357 PR NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Marsha M. Armstrong has been appointed personal representative of the abovenamed estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be presented to Marsha M. Armstrong, Personal Representative of the Estate of Martha Major, c/o Cavaliere Law Firm, LLC, P.O. Box 670, Whitefish, Montana 59937, or filed with the Court.

DATED this day September 15, 2020.

By: /s/ Marsha M. Armstrong Pub: 09/27, 10/04, 11/2020

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or email us at legals@alaskajournal.com IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Matter of the Estate of STEPHEN D. CYSEWSKI, Deceased.

Case No. 4FA-20-00378 PR NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Margaret H. C. Rudolf has been appointed personal representative of the abovenamed estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be presented to Margaret H. C. Rudolf, Personal Representative of the Estate of Stephen D. Cysewski, c/o Law Office of Susan L. Evans, LLC, P.O. Box 81327, Fairbanks, Alaska 99708, or filed with the Court.

DATED at Fairbanks, Alaska, this 11th day of September 2020.

Margaret H. C. Rudolf Personal Representative Pub: 09/27, 10/04, 10/11/2020

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: Jacob Reed Smith Deceased.

Case No. 3AN-19-01646PR NOTICE TO CREDITORS [AS 13.16.450] Notice is hereby given that Shavonne English has been appointed personal representative of the abovenamed estate. All persons having a claim against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred.

Dated at Anchorage, Alaska this 21st day of September, 2020.

LAW OFFICE OF DATTAN SCOTT DATTAN Attorney for Shavonne English By: /s/ D. Scott Dattan Alaska Bar No. 8411111 Pub: 10/11, 18, 25/2020

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT AT ANCHORAGE In the Matter of the Estate of: JOHN G. REGAN, JR., Deceased.

Case No. 3AN-19-02391PR NOTICE TO CREDITORS [AS 13.16.450] Notice is hereby given that John Regan III has been appointed personal representative of the above-named estate.

All persons having a claim against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred.

Dated at Anchorage, Alaska this 21st day of September, 2020.

LAW OFFICE OF DATTAN SCOTT DATTAN Attorney for John G. Regan, III By: /s/ D. Scott Dattan Alaska Bar No. 8411111 Pub: 10/11, 18, 25/2020 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT AT ANCHORAGE In the Matter of the Estate of Dean Beers, Deceased.

Case No. 3AN-19-00637PR NOTICE TO CREDITORS [AS 13.16.450] Notice is hereby given that Janice Nanuk has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named Estate.

All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred.

Dated this 24th day of April, 2019. /s/ Janice Nanuk Personal Representative c/o John W. Colver Colver & McMillan, LLC 4141 “B” Street, Suite 410 Anchorage, AK 99503 Pub: 10/04, 11, 18/2020 NOTICE TO CREDITORS [AS 13.16.450] Notice is hereby given that GINA C. F. HOLLOMON has been appointed personal representative of the Estate of WARD A. HULBERT, Case No. 3AN20-1570 in the Superior Court for the State of Alaska, Third Judicial District.

All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be presented to GINA C. F. HOLLOMON, Personal Representative of the Estate of MARGARET E. von WICHMAN, c/o WILD WOMAN LAW PRACTICE, P.O. Box 210993, Anchorage, AK 99521, or filed with the court.

Dated this 30th day of September, 2020.

By: /s/ GINA C. F. HOLLOMON, Personal Representative of the Estate of WARD A. HULBERT Pub: 10/11, 18, 25/2020

In the Matter of the Estate of Patricia Ann Smith DATE OF BIRTH: 09-06-35 Case No. 3AN-20-01870PR NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS GIVEN that Lauri Burkmire has been appointed to act as the Personal Representative of the above named estate. All persons having any claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred.

All claims should be presented to Lauri Burkmire, 4323 Defiance St., Anchorage, AK 99504.

DATED this 28th day of September, 2020.

By: /s/ Lauri Burkmire Pub: 10/11, 18, 25/2020 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA AT ANCHORAGE In the Matter of the Estate of EUGENE LAVIN DATE OF BIRTH: 9/15/39 Case No. 3AN-20-01412-PR NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS GIVEN that Greg Lavin has been appointed to act as the Personal Representative of the above named estate. All persons having any claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred.

All claims should be presented to Greg Lavin, PO BOX 670949, Chugiak, AK 99567.

DATED this 18th day of September, 2020.

By: /s/ Greg Lavin Pub: 09/27, 10/04, 11/2020

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Notice of Sale & Default 340 NOTICE OF SALE To the Heirs or Devisees of MARCUS K. FOSTER, and all other interested parties: Escrow Services & Foreclosures, LLC., Trustee will sell realty, Lot 38, Block 7, Birch Hills Estates, according to the official plat thereof, Plat No. 71-10, located in the Palmer Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, with improvements, if any, with a property address of 5490 W. Limberlost Ave., Wasilla, AK. , for cash to the highest bidder, on December 29, 2020 at 10:30 AM, at the main front door of the Courthouse at 435 S. Denali St., Palmer, AK with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust recorded November 18, 2009 in Document No. 2009-025448-0, encumbering said real property executed by Trustors, ARLENE V. FOSTER and MARCUS K. FOSTER, who are in default. The following are believed by Trustee/Beneficiary to be the heirs or Devisees of MARCUS K. FOSTER: ARLENE V. FOSTER, and all other known and unknown heirs and devisees.

The amount due September 21, 2020 is $83,449.51, plus accruing interest and any other advances/ charges/fees that may be due.

Beneficiary is Ocean Financing, Inc. Trustee is selling the property “as is” buyer beware. Trustee makes no representations as to the condition of the property, the status of title, or any liens or encumbrances on the property.

For status contact Escrow Services & Foreclosures #907373-7779, 189 E. Nelson Ave., #227, Wasilla, AK. 99654 Pub: 10/11, 18, 25, 11/01/2020

Notice of Sale & Default 340 To the Heirs or Devisees of Lorena M. Corey and Helen K. Corey, and all other interested parties: NOTICE OF SALE The Sayer Law Group, P.C., Trustee, will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at Inside the Main Entrance of the Boney Courthouse at 303 K Street, Anchorage, AK 99501 on December 3, 2020 at 10:00 AM. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust executed by Lorena M. Corey, a married person and Helen K. Corey, an unmarried person, as tenants in common, an estate in fee simple, recorded on 05/30/2002 at Instrument No. 2002-035815-0, Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, Alaska, described as: Lot Nineteen (19), Block Seven (7) of WINDEMERE SUBDIVISION, ADDITION NO. 2, according to Plat 66-90, filed in the Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska., with common address 818 Lancaster, Anchorage, AK 99503. As of September 18, 2020 the sum of $28,056.12 is due, plus accruing interest, advances, etc.

The following are believed by Trustee to be the heirs or Devisees of Lorena M. Corey and Helen K. Corey: Pot Corey, and all other known and unknown heirs and devisees. TRUSTEE IS SELLING THE PROPERTY “AS IS”. BUYER BEWARE. TRUSTEE MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS AS TO THE CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY, THE STATUS OF TITLE, OR ANY LIENS OR ENCUMBRANCES ON THE PROPERTY. Pub: 09/27, 10/04, 11, 18/2020 NOTICE OF JUDICIAL SALE Pursuant to the Judgment entered by the District Court on July 13, 2020, Case No. 3AN20-05948 CI, Plaintiff, South Collegegate East Condominium Association v. Defendant Shawn K. Croghan, Plaintiff will sell Defendant’s interest in the following described property: Unit 126, SOUTH COLLEGEGATE EAST SUBDIVISION, as identified in the declaration recorded October 28, 1981 in Book 660 at Page 177, and amendments thereto and as shown on floor plans and as-built survey filed under Plat No. 81-250, in the office of the Recorder for the Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska; and more commonly known as 3430 Corvus Place, Anchorage, Alaska 99504.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Tuesday, December 8, 2020, at 10:00 a.m. the undersigned will sell the above-described real property to the highest bidder.

Bidding funds must be in the form of a cashier’s check made payable to the Clerk of Court.

The sale will be held in the lobby of the main front entrance of the Boney Courthouse, 303 K Street Anchorage, Alaska. The property sold will be subject to redemption rights.

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For questions contact BIRCH HORTON BITTNER & CHEROT, Attorneys for Plaintiff,

by Sarah A. Badten, ABA #0711078 (Phone: 276-1550).

Dated: 09/10/2020 Pub: 09/20, 27, 10/04, 11/2020

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TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND SALE Trustee, Trustee Services of Alaska, Inc., will sell real property for cash, in lawful US currency, to the highest bidder at the close of the sale which will be held at the Fourth Judicial District Courthouse in Fairbanks at (101 Lacey Street) on November 6, 2020, at 11:00AM together with other sales that may be conducted at that time. Proceeds of sale will be applied to the Deed of Trust naming Kathleen M. Warren as Beneficiary, and Rory W. Warren as Trustor(s) recorded on October 16, 2012, under 2012-0147180, in the Fairbanks Recording District, Fourth Judicial District, State of Alaska, describing the following real property: Lot One ‘A’ (1-A), of the replat of Lots 2, 3 and 4, U.S. Survey Number 2724 and Government Lots 107, 109 and 111, Section Nineteen (19), Township Eighteen North (T18N), Range Thirteen East (R13E), Cooper River Meridian, according to the plat filed June 24, 1986 as Plat Number 8680, Records of the Fairbanks Recording District, Fourth Judicial District, State of Alaska.

Property Location: Mile 124 Glenn Highway - Tok, AK 99780 $84,000.00 is currently due plus interest and costs of foreclosure.

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NOTICE OF SALE Escrow Services & Foreclosures, LLC., Trustee will sell realty, LOT THIRTY-EIGHT (38), BLOCK SEVEN (7), BIRCH HILLS ESTATES, according to the official plat thereof, Plat No. 71-10, located in the Palmer Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, with improvements, if any. with a property address of 5490 W. Limberlost Ave., Wasilla, AK., for cash to the highest bidder, on December 29, 2020 at 10:30 AM, at the main front door of the Courthouse at 435 S. Denali St., Palmer, AK with other sales that may be conducted. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust recorded November 18, 2009 in Document No. 2009-025448-0, encumbering said real property executed by Trustors, ARLENE V. FOSTER and MARCUS K. FOSTER, deceased, who are in default. The amount due September 21, 2020 is $83,449.51, plus accruing interest and any other advances/charges/ fees that may be due. The debt is owed to OCEAN FINANCING, INC. For status contact Escrow Services & Foreclosures #907373-7779, 189 E. Nelson Ave., #227, Wasilla, AK. 99654 Pub: 10/11, 18, 25, 11/01/2020

NOTICE OF SALE Escrow Services & Foreclosures, LLC., Trustee will sell realty, LOT TWENTY-EIGHT (28), BLOCK FIVE (5), WILLIWAW SUBDIVISION NO. 2, according to the official plat thereof, Plat No. W-76, filed January 19, 1960, records of the Palmer Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, with improvements, if any. with a property address of 1665 N. Pioneer Peak Dr., Wasilla, AK. , for cash to the highest bidder, on December 29, 2020 at 10:00 AM, at the main front door of the Courthouse at 435 S. Denali St., Palmer, AK with other sales that may be conducted.

Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust recorded May 30, 2018, in Document No. 2018-010730-0, encumbering said real property executed by Trustors, MATTHEW W. SMITH AND MELISSA M. SMITH, who are in default. The amount due September 21, 2020 is $118,075.44, plus accruing interest and any other advances/ charges/fees that may be due.

The debt is owed to OCEAN FINANCING, INC. For status contact Escrow Services & Foreclosures #907-373-7779, 189 E. Nelson Ave., #227, Wasilla, AK. 99654 Pub: 10/11, 18, 25, 11/01/2020 NOTICE OF SALE The Sayer Law Group, P.C., Trustee, will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at inside the Main Entrance of the Boney Courthouse located at 303 K Street, Anchorage, AK 99501 on December 14, 2020 at 10:00 AM. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust executed by Eric William Raese and Cassandra Raese, husband and wife, recorded on 09/22/2016 at Instrument No. 2016-020056-0, Palmer Recording District, Third Judicial District, Alaska, described as: Lot 24, Block 10, BRITTANY ESTATES SUBDIVISION, ADDITION NO. 1, PHASE 3, according to the official plat thereof, filed under Plat Number 2005-80, in the records of the Palmer Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska., with common address 1120 South Felicia Street, Palmer, AK 99645. As of September 24, 2020 the sum of $253,805.89 is due, plus accruing interest, advances, etc.

TRUSTEE IS SELLING THE PROPERTY “AS IS”.

BUYER BEWARE. TRUSTEE MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS AS TO THE CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY, THE STATUS OF TITLE, OR ANY LIENS OR ENCUMBRANCES ON THE PROPERTY. Pub: 09/27, 10/04, 11, 18/2020

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NOTICE OF SALE The Sayer Law Group, P.C., Trustee, will sell realty for cash to the highest bidder at inside the Main Entrance of the Boney Courthouse, 303 K Street, Anchorage, AK 99501 on December 9, 2020 at 10:00 AM. Proceeds will apply to the Deed of Trust executed by Richard Dayton Williams, recorded on 02/20/2014 at Instrument No. 2014-001261-0 which was later re-recorded on 03/06/2014 as Instrument No. 2014-001695-0, Kenai Recording District, Third Judicial District, Alaska, described as: LOT NINETEEN (19), FERN FOREST SUBDIVISION, ACCORDING TO PLAT NO. 86-152, IN THE KENAI RECORDING DISTRICT, THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT, STATE OF ALASKA., with common address 46355 Radcliff Avenue, Soldotna, AK 99669. As of September 1, 2020 the sum of $157,823.80 is due, plus accruing interest, advances, etc.

TRUSTEE IS SELLING THE PROPERTY “AS IS”.

BUYER BEWARE. TRUSTEE MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS AS TO THE CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY, THE STATUS OF TITLE, OR ANY LIENS OR ENCUMBRANCES ON THE PROPERTY. Pub: 09/27, 10/04, 11, 18/2020

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BUYER BEWARE. TRUSTEE MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS AS TO THE CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY, THE STATUS OF TITLE, OR ANY LIENS OR ENCUMBRANCES ON THE PROPERTY. Pub: 09/27, 10/04, 11, 18/2020

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NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND ELECTION TO SELL UNDER DEED OF TRUST Trustee’s Sale No: 093999-AK This NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND ELECTION TO SELL is given by CLEAR RECON CORP, as Successor Trustee under that certain Deed of Trust executed by JAMES M. HATLEY AND CRYSTAL K. HATLEY, HUSBAND AND WIFE, as Trustor, to OPTION ONE MORTGAGE CORPORATION, as Trustee, in favor of OPTION ONE MORTGAGE CORPORATION, A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION, as Beneficiary, dated 2/17/2006, recorded 2/22/2006, as Instrument No. 2006-004458-0, in the PALMER Recording District, State of Alaska. The beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust has been assigned to DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR SOUNDVIEW HOME LOAN TRUST 2006-OPT3, ASSETBACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-OPT3 and the record owner of the property is purported to be JAMES M. HATLEY AND CRYSTAL K. HATLEY. Said Deed of Trust covers real property situated in said Recording District, described as follows: A portion of land within the North onehalf of the Northeast one-quarter (N1/2 NE1/4) together with the Southeast one-quarter of the Northeast one-quarter (SE1/4 NE1/4) together with the Northeast one-quarter of the Southeast one-quarter (NE1/4 SE1/4) of Section 31, Township 23 North, Range 4 West, Seward Meridian, Alaska, as recorded by grant deed recorded 4/27/63, Book 28, Page 284, Palmer Recording District, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the North 1/4 corner of said Section 31; thence South 0°03’22” East a distance of 1317.74 feet to the Center-North 1/16 corner; thence South 89°58’30” East a distance of 1323.26 feet to the Northeast 1/16 corner; thence South 0°00’45” West a distance of 1319.08 feet to the Center-East 1/16 corner; thence South 0°04’44” East a distance of 839.27 feet to the True Point of Beginning, thence South 89°51’43” East a distance of 453.55 feet; thence South 0°04’44” East a distance of 395.33 feet; thence South 45°03’40” East a distance of 60.04 feet to the Northwesterly right-of-way line of the George Parks Highway, said right-of-way line lies parallel to and 200.00 feet distant therefrom the centerline of said Highway; thence along said right-ofway South 44°56’20” West a distance of 60.00 feet; thence away from said right-of-way North 89°51’43” West a distance of 453.55 feet to the Southeast 1/16 corner of said Section 31; thence North 0°04’44” West a distance of 480.21 feet to the True Point of Beginning, located in the Palmer Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska.

Commonly referred to as: 55614 S PARKS HWY, TALKEETNA, AK 99676 APN: 23N04W31A006 A breach of the obligation which said Deed of Trust secures has occurred in that Installment of Principal and Interest plus impounds and/or advances which became due on 5/1/2020 plus late charges, and all subsequent installments of principal, interest, balloon payments, plus impounds and/or advances and late charges that become payable.. By reason thereof, and under the terms of the Note and Deed of Trust, the Beneficiary has declared all sums so secured to be immediately due and payable, together with any trustee fees, attorney fees, costs and advances made to protect the security associated with this foreclosure. The sum owing on the obligation good through 9/22/2020 is $133,243.76 as follows: Unpaid Principal Balance: $124,861.30 Interest: $2,220.34 Late Charges: $151.20 Beneficiary Advances: $6,010.92 TOTAL REQUIRED TO PAYOFF: $133,243.76 If the default has arisen by failure to make payments required by the trust deed, the default may be cured and the sale may be terminated if: 1. Payment of the sum in default, other than the principal that would not be due if default had not occurred, and attorney and other foreclosure fees and costs actually incurred by the beneficiary and trustee due to the default is made at any time before the sale date stated in this notice or to which the sale is postponed; and 2. If Notice of Default has been recorded two or more times previously under the same trust deed and the default has been cured the trustee does not elect to refuse payment and continue the sale. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to demand of the Beneficiary, the Trustee hereby elects to sell the above described real property to satisfy the obligation, together with all accrued interest and all costs and expenses, at public auction, for cash, to the highest and best bidder, at the 3RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT: Inside the Lobby of the Boney Courthouse located at 303 “K” Street, Anchorage, AK 99501, on 1/5/2021, at 10:00 AM. Beneficiary will have the right to make an offset bid at sale without cash. Anyone having an objection to the sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the same. DATED: 9/22/2020 CLEAR RECON CORP By Hamsa Uchi, Authorized Signatory for Trustee Pub: 10/04, 11, 18, 25/2020 IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT AT ANCHORAGE CEDAR CREST CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff, vs.

LENELL CHEATHAM, Defendant.

Case No. 3AN-16-06198 CI NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE TO ALL THE WORLD, TAKE NOTICE: By virtue of a final judgment heretofore entered in the above entitled action by the District Court for the State of Alaska, Third Judicial District, on July 2, 2019, in favor of the plaintiff and against the defendant in the sum of $17,468.81, plus costs off the sale including attorney fees and interest from the date of judgment until the sale date, which execution was directed and delivered to me as a civil process server in and for the State of Alaska, I have levied upon all rights, titles and interest of the judgment debtor Lenell Cheatham, in the following described property: Unit 110, Cedar Crest Condominiums, as shown on Floor Plans filed under Plat No. 84-54, in the records of the Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, and as described in the Declaration recorded March 5, 1984 in Book 1058 Page 379, and rerecorded May 31, 1984 in Book 1103 at Page 941, and amendments thereto, if any (“the Property”).

The Street address of such property being 5300 E. 4th Ave. #110, Anchorage, Alaska 99508.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on December 18, 2020 at 10 o’clock a.m. the undersigned will sell the above-described real properties to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check or money order. The sale will be held at the main front entrance of the Anchorage Boney Courthouse, 303 K Street, Anchorage, Alaska, to satisfy said execution, together with interest and costs of sale. For information regarding said property or sale, call Todd J. Timmermans of Hartig Rhodes LLC at (907) 276-1592. There will be a minimum bid for the sale of the properties described above. The property sold will be subject to redemption rights. Any bidder for the property shall bring certified funds made payable to the Alaska Clerk of Courts.

DATED this 26th day of August 2020, at Anchorage, Alaska.

By: /s/ Doug Callison Process Server Pub: 09/27, 10/04, 11, 18/2020

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NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND ELECTION TO SELL UNDER DEED OF TRUST Trustee’s Sale No: 093921-AK This NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND ELECTION TO SELL is given by CLEAR RECON CORP, as Successor Trustee under that certain Deed of Trust executed by ERIC ALLEN JAMES SR. AND HEATHER M JAMES, HUSBAND AND WIFE, as Trustor, to MAT-SU TITLE AGENCY, LLC, as Trustee, in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS BENEFICIARY, AS NOMINEE FOR ACADEMY MORTGAGE CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, as Beneficiary, dated 11/29/2016, recorded 12/2/2016, as Instrument No. 2016-025710-0, in the PALMER Recording District, State of Alaska. The beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust has been assigned to FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION and the record owner of the property is purported to be ERIC ALLEN JAMES, SR. AND HEATHER M. JAMES. Said Deed of Trust covers real property situated in said Recording District, described as follows: THE SOUTH ONE-HALF OF THE SOUTH ONE-HALF OF THE NORTH ONE-HALF OF THE WEST ONE-HALF OF THE WEST ONE-HALF OF THE SOUTHEAST ONE-QUARTER (S1/2 S1/2 N1/2 W1/2 W1/2 SE1/4), SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP 19 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST, SEWARD MERIDIAN, LOCATED IN THE PALMER RECORDING DISTRICT, THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT, STATE OF ALASKA. MORE ACCURATELY DESCRIBED AS: THE SOUTH ONE-HALF OF THE SOUTH ONE-HALF OF THE NORTH ONE-HALF OF THE WEST ONE-HALF OF THE WEST ONE-HALF OF THE SOUTHEAST ONE-QUARTER (S1/2 S1/2 N1/2 W1/2 W1/2 SE1/4), SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP 19 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST, SEWARD MERIDIAN, LOCATED IN THE PALMER RECORDING DISTRICT, THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT, STATE OF ALASKA. ALSO KNOWN AS PARCEL #3 OF MATANUSKA SUSITNA BOROUGH PLATTING BOARD WAIVER RESOLUTION SERIAL NO. 83-4-PWM, FILED FEBRUARY 23, 1983 UNDER PLAT NUMBER 83-17W. Commonly referred to as: 9344 N NARROW GATE RD, PALMER, AK 99645 APN: 19N01E32D013 A breach of the obligation which said Deed of Trust secures has occurred in that Installment of Principal and Interest plus impounds and/or advances which became due on 10/1/2019 plus late charges, and all subsequent installments of principal, interest, balloon payments, plus impounds and/or advances and late charges that become payable.. By reason thereof, and under the terms of the Note and Deed of Trust, the Beneficiary has declared all sums so secured to be immediately due and payable, together with any trustee fees, attorney fees, costs and advances made to protect the security associated with this foreclosure. The sum owing on the obligation good through 9/30/2020 is $301,986.02 as follows: Unpaid Principal Balance: $281,186.93 Interest: $9,864.68 Late Charges: $569.69 Beneficiary Advances: $10,364.72 TOTAL REQUIRED TO PAYOFF: $301,986.02 If the default has arisen by failure to make payments required by the trust deed, the default may be cured and the sale may be terminated if: 1. Payment of the sum in default, other than the principal that would not be due if default had not occurred, and attorney and other foreclosure fees and costs actually incurred by the beneficiary and trustee due to the default is made at any time before the sale date stated in this notice or to which the sale is postponed; and 2. If Notice of Default has been recorded two or more times previously under the same trust deed and the default has been cured the trustee does not elect to refuse payment and continue the sale. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to demand of the Beneficiary, the Trustee hereby elects to sell the above described real property to satisfy the obligation, together with all accrued interest and all costs and expenses, at public auction, for cash, to the highest and best bidder, at the 3RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT: Inside the Lobby of the Boney Courthouse located at 303 “K” Street, Anchorage, AK 99501, on 1/12/2021, at 10:00 AM. Beneficiary will have the right to make an offset bid at sale without cash. Anyone having an objection to the sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the same. DATED: 9/30/2020 CLEAR RECON CORP 4375 Jutland Drive San Diego, California 92117 Phone: 866-931-0036 Shella Domilos, Authorized Signatory for Trustee Pub: 10/11, 18, 25, 11/1/2020

NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND ELECTION TO SELL UNDER DEED OF TRUST Trustee’s Sale No: 093801-AK This NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND ELECTION TO SELL is given by CLEAR RECON CORP, as Successor Trustee under that certain Deed of Trust executed by RENE R. PROCTOR AND ANASTASIA D. PROCTOR, HUSBAND AND WIFE, as Trustor, to UNITED TITLE GUARANTY AGENCY, LLC, as Trustee, in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS BENEFICIARY, AS NOMINEE FOR ALASKA USA MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, as Beneficiary, dated 4/11/2007, recorded 4/13/2007, as Instrument No. 2007-022393-0, in the ANCHORAGE Recording District, State of Alaska. The beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust has been assigned to ALASKA USA FEDERAL CREDIT UNION and the record owner of the property is purported to be RENE R. PROCTOR AND ANASTASIA D. PROCTOR. Said Deed of Trust covers real property situated in said Recording District, described as follows: UNIT 5415-A, GOODRICH PLANNED COMMUNITY, AS IDENTIFIED IN THE DECLARATION RECORDED SEPTEMBER 4, 2003 UNDER SERIAL NUMBER 2003-091432-0, AND AMENDMENTS THERETO AND AS SHOWN ON FLOOR PLANS AND AS-BUILT SURVEY FILED UNDER PLAT NO. 2001-181, IN THE OFFICE OF THE RECORDER FOR THE ANCHORAGE RECORDING DISTRICT, THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT, STATE OF ALASKA. Commonly referred to as: 5415 EAST 26TH AVENUE, ANCHORAGE, AK 99508 APN: 006-323-58-001 A breach of the obligation which said Deed of Trust secures has occurred in that Installment of Principal and Interest plus impounds and/or advances which became due on 9/1/2013 plus late charges, and all subsequent installments of principal, interest, balloon payments, plus impounds and/or advances and late charges that become payable.. By reason thereof, and under the terms of the Note and Deed of Trust, the Beneficiary has declared all sums so secured to be immediately due and payable, together with any trustee fees, attorney fees, costs and advances made to protect the security associated with this foreclosure. The sum owing on the obligation good through 9/11/2020 is $291,649.54 as follows: Unpaid Principal Balance: $176,266.62 Interest: $75,341.47 Late Charges: $101.58 Beneficiary Advances: $39,939.87 TOTAL REQUIRED TO PAYOFF: $291,649.54 If the default has arisen by failure to make payments required by the trust deed, the default may be cured and the sale may be terminated if: 1. Payment of the sum in default, other than the principal that would not be due if default had not occurred, and attorney and other foreclosure fees and costs actually incurred by the beneficiary and trustee due to the default is made at any time before the sale date stated in this notice or to which the sale is postponed; and 2. If Notice of Default has been recorded two or more times previously under the same trust deed and the default has been cured the trustee does not elect to refuse payment and continue the sale. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to demand of the Beneficiary, the Trustee hereby elects to sell the above described real property to satisfy the obligation, together with all accrued interest and all costs and expenses, at public auction, for cash, to the highest and best bidder, at the 3RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT: Inside the Lobby of the Boney Courthouse located at 303 “K” Street, Anchorage, AK 99501, on 12/22/2020, at 10:00 AM. Beneficiary will have the right to make an offset bid at sale without cash. Anyone having an objection to the sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the same. DATED: 9/11/2020 CLEAR RECON CORP 4375 Jutland Drive San Diego, California 92117 Phone: 866-931-0036 Shella Domilos, Authorized Signatory for Trustee Pub: 09/27, 10/04, 11, 18/2020

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AMENDED NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND ELECTION TO SELL UNDER DEED OF TRUST Trustee’s Sale No: 080481-AK This Amended Notice of Default is being recorded to set a new sale date on the Notice of Default recorded on 4/17/2019, as Instrument No. 2019-011713-0. This NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND ELECTION TO SELL is given by CLEAR RECON CORP, as Successor Trustee under that certain Deed of Trust executed by STEVE BURNS, AN UNMARRIED MAN, as Trustor, to ALYESKA TITLE GUARANTY AGENCY, INC., as Trustee, in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS INC., SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR BROKER SOLUTIONS, INC. DBA NEW AMERICAN FUNDING., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, as Beneficiary, dated 3/17/2017, recorded 3/20/2017, as Instrument No. 2017-0102170, in the Anchorage Recording District, State of Alaska. The beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust has been assigned to BROKER SOLUTIONS INC. DBA NEW AMERICAN FUNDING and the record owner of the property is purported to be STEVE BURNS. Said Deed of Trust covers real property situated in said Recording District, described as follows: Lot 9, Block 5, Mountain Dale Subdivision, according to the official plat thereof filed under Plat No 83-215, in the records of the Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska. More Accurately Described As; Lot 9, Block 5, MOUNTAIN DALE SUBDIVISION, according to the official plat thereof, filed under Plat Number 83-215, Records of the Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska. Commonly referred to as: 530 SAN JUAN CIRCLE, ANCHORAGE AK 99504 APN: 006-391-74-000 A breach of the obligation which said Deed of Trust secures has occurred in that Installment of Principal and Interest plus impounds and/or advances which became due on 11/1/2018 plus late charges, and all subsequent installments of principal, interest, balloon payments, plus impounds and/or advances and late charges that become payable.. By reason thereof, and under the terms of the Note and Deed of Trust, the Beneficiary has declared all sums so secured to be immediately due and payable, together with any trustee fees, attorney fees, costs and advances made to protect the security associated with this foreclosure. The sum owing on the obligation good through 9/10/2020 is $385,477.66 as follows: Unpaid Principal Balance: $327,034.82 Interest: $25,728.16 Late Charges: $390.60 Beneficiary Advances: $32,324.08 TOTAL REQUIRED TO PAYOFF: $385,477.66 If the default has arisen by failure to make payments required by the trust deed, the default may be cured and the sale may be terminated if: 1. Payment of the sum in default, other than the principal that would not be due if default had not occurred, and attorney and other foreclosure fees and costs actually incurred by the beneficiary and trustee due to the default is made at any time before the sale date stated in this notice or to which the sale is postponed; and 2. If Notice of Default has been recorded two or more times previously under the same trust deed and the default has been cured the trustee does not elect to refuse payment and continue the sale. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to demand of the Beneficiary, the Trustee hereby elects to sell the above described real property to satisfy the obligation, together with all accrued interest and all costs and expenses, at public auction, for cash, to the highest and best bidder, at the 3RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT: Inside the Lobby of the Boney Courthouse located at 303 “K” Street, Anchorage, AK 99501, on 12/22/2020, at 10:00 AM. Beneficiary will have the right to make an offset bid at sale without cash. Anyone having an objection to the sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the same. DATED: 9/10/2020 CLEAR RECON CORP 4375 Jutland Drive San Diego, California 92117 Phone: 866-931-0036 Hamsa Uchi, Authorized Signatory for Trustee Pub: 09/27, 10/04, 11, 18/2020

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Please call 257-4286 or email us at legals@alaskajournal.com NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND DEED OF TRUST FORECLOSURE SALE Kachemak Bay Title Agency, Inc., as Substitute Trustee, (herein “Trustee”) gives notice of default and sale under the Deed of Trust dated January 20, 2017, and recorded on January 25, 2017, as Instrument No. 2017000208-0, in the records of the Homer Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska (“Deed of Trust”), executed by Harris Machining, LLC (the “Trustor”), in favor of Northrim Bank, as Beneficiary. The Deed of Trust conveyed the following described real property, together with all improvements erected thereon, and all easements, appurtenances, and fixtures now and hereafter part of the property (collectively, the “Property”): PARCEL ONE: Lots 1, 2 and 3, STONESTEP EAST, according to the official plat thereof, filed under Plat Number 80-55, Records of the Homer Recording District , Third Judicial District, State of Alaska.

PARCEL TWO: Tract A, STONE STEP NO. 2 according to the official plat thereof, filed under Plat Number 2009-16, Records of the Homer Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska.

The Real Property or its address is commonly known as 39807 Lenox Street, Homer, Alaska 99603. No house number or street name available for Lots 1, 2 and 3, Homer, Alaska 99603.

The obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is in default due to a failure to make payment(s) under the Promissory Note (“Note”) dated January 20, 2017, as and when due. As of July 24, 2020, the amount owed Beneficiary under the Note is as follows: $489,907.31 11,523.03 708.97 1,610.00 402.50 100.00 1,825.00 $506,076.81

Principal Interest at 57.836% through July 24, 2020 Late Charges Legal Expense Legal Expense Reconveyance Fee Foreclosure costs to date (Trustee Sale Guarantee) Total Amount Due (as of July 24, 2020)

The amount due will increase hereafter by interest accruing after July 24, 2020 (currently $57.8362797 per diem), and by future late fees, foreclosure fees, and/or foreclosure costs, and by any sums advanced or expended under the terms of the Deed of Trust.

Trustee will sell the Property at 10:00 AM on Thursday, December 3, 2020, at the front door of the courthouse of the Superior Court for the State of Alaska, Third Judicial District, located at 303 K Street, (Boney Courthouse), Anchorage, Alaska, and apply the proceeds to the indebtedness. Payment must be made at the time of sale in cash or by cashier’s check. Beneficiary may enter a credit offset bid consisting of sums due it under the Deed of Trust and Note. Title to the Property will be conveyed by Trustee’s deed without warranties of title.

Conditions of Reinstatement: If default has arisen by failure to make payments required under the Note and/or the Deed of Trust, the default may be cured and this sale terminated if payment of the sum then in default, other than principal that would not then be due if default had not occurred, and attorneys and other foreclosure fees and costs actually incurred by the beneficiary and trustee due to the default, is made at any time before the date of sale stated in this notice or to which the sale is postponed. To determine the current amount required to be paid to cure the default and reinstate the payment terms of the Note, you may call William Simpson at 907-261-3374 or send an e-mail to bill.simpson@nrim.com.

Provided, however, if notice of default has been recorded two or more times previously under the Deed of Trust described above, the Trustee may elect to refuse the cure payment and proceed with the sale.

DATED: September 1, 2020, by Kachemak Bay Title Agency, Substitute Trustee Pub: 09/27, 10/4, 11, 18/2020

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NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND ELECTION TO SELL UNDER DEED OF TRUST Trustee’s Sale No: 093893-AK This NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND ELECTION TO SELL is given by CLEAR RECON CORP, as Successor Trustee under that certain Deed of Trust executed by DAWN M. WASSON, A MARRIED WOMAN, as Trustor, to STEWART TITLE COMPANY-ALASKA, as Trustee, in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS BENEFICIARY, AS NOMINEE FOR SUREPOINT LENDING ABN FIRST RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE NETWORK, INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, as Beneficiary, dated 2/18/2008, recorded 2/27/2008, as Instrument No. 2008-004493-0, in the PALMER Recording District, State of Alaska. The beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust has been assigned to CitiMortgage, Inc. and the record owner of the property is purported to be DAWN M. WASSON AND NICKOLIE EWAN. Said Deed of Trust covers real property situated in said Recording District, described as follows: LOT 18, BLOCK 1, DEVON WOOD - DIVISION THREE, ACCORDING TO PLAT NO. 85-190, LOCATED IN THE PALMER RECORDING DISTRICT, THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT, STATE OF ALASKA. MORE ACCURATELY DESCRIBED AS: LOT 18, BLOCK 1, DEVON WOOD-DIVISION THREE, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL PLAT THEREOF, FILED UNDER PLAT NUMBER 85-190, IN THE RECORDS OF THE PALMER RECORDING DISTRICT, THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT, STATE OF ALASKA. Commonly referred to as: 3611 N ARDGOUR CT, WASILLA, AK 99654 APN: 3154B01L018 A breach of the obligation which said Deed of Trust secures has occurred in that Installment of Principal and Interest plus impounds and/or advances which became due on 11/1/2019 plus late charges, and all subsequent installments of principal, interest, balloon payments, plus impounds and/or advances and late charges that become payable.. By reason thereof, and under the terms of the Note and Deed of Trust, the Beneficiary has declared all sums so secured to be immediately due and payable, together with any trustee fees, attorney fees, costs and advances made to protect the security associated with this foreclosure. The sum owing on the obligation good through 9/28/2020 is $220,663.17 as follows: Unpaid Principal Balance: $199,166.61 Interest: $11,452.08 Late Charges: $3,092.05 Beneficiary Advances: $6,952.43 TOTAL REQUIRED TO PAYOFF: $220,663.17 If the default has arisen by failure to make payments required by the trust deed, the default may be cured and the sale may be terminated if: 1. Payment of the sum in default, other than the principal that would not be due if default had not occurred, and attorney and other foreclosure fees and costs actually incurred by the beneficiary and trustee due to the default is made at any time before the sale date stated in this notice or to which the sale is postponed; and 2. If Notice of Default has been recorded two or more times previously under the same trust deed and the default has been cured the trustee does not elect to refuse payment and continue the sale. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to demand of the Beneficiary, the Trustee hereby elects to sell the above described real property to satisfy the obligation, together with all accrued interest and all costs and expenses, at public auction, for cash, to the highest and best bidder, at the 3RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT: Inside the Lobby of the Boney Courthouse located at 303 “K” Street, Anchorage, AK 99501, on 1/6/2021, at 10:00 AM. Beneficiary will have the right to make an offset bid at sale without cash. Anyone having an objection to the sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the same. DATED: 9/28/2020 CLEAR RECON CORP By Shella Domilos, Authorized Signatory for Trustee Pub: 10/11, 18, 25, 11/01/2020

NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND ELECTION TO SELL UNDER DEED OF TRUST Trustee’s Sale No: 093750-AK This NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND ELECTION TO SELL is given by CLEAR RECON CORP, as Successor Trustee under that certain Deed of Trust executed by ANNETTE M. VALDEZ, A MARRIED PERSON, as Trustor, to STEWART TITLE OF ALASKA, as Trustee, in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS BENEFICIARY, AS NOMINEE FOR PRIMARY RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE, INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, as Beneficiary, dated 4/23/2014, recorded 4/24/2014, as Instrument No. 2014-015007-0, in the ANCHORAGE Recording District, State of Alaska. The beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust has been assigned to BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC, A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY and the record owner of the property is purported to be ANNETTE M. VALDEZ. Said Deed of Trust covers real property situated in said Recording District, described as follows: LOT FIFTY-FOUR “A” (54A), BRIDGE PORT SUBDIVISION, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL PLAT THEREOF, FILED UNDER PLAT NO. 84-261, IN THE RECORDS OF THE ANCHORAGE RECORDING DISTRICT, THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT, STATE OF ALASKA. Commonly referred to as: 8925 JOY CIRCLE, ANCHORAGE, AK 99502 APN: 012-354-25-000-1-2 A breach of the obligation which said Deed of Trust secures has occurred in that Installment of Principal and Interest plus impounds and/or advances which became due on 1/1/2020 plus late charges, and all subsequent installments of principal, interest, balloon payments, plus impounds and/or advances and late charges that become payable..

By reason thereof, and under the terms of the Note and Deed of Trust, the Beneficiary has declared all sums so secured to be immediately due and payable, together with any trustee fees, attorney fees, costs and advances made to protect the security associated with this foreclosure. The sum owing on the obligation good through 9/4/2020 is $168,071.54 as follows: Unpaid Principal Balance: $159,102.38 Interest: $6,019.66 Late Charges: $144.72 Beneficiary Advances: $2,804.78 TOTAL REQUIRED TO PAYOFF: $168,071.54 If the default has arisen by failure to make payments required by the trust deed, the default may be cured and the sale may be terminated if: 1. Payment of the sum in default, other than the principal that would not be due if default had not occurred, and attorney and other foreclosure fees and costs actually incurred by the beneficiary and trustee due to the default is made at any time before the sale date stated in this notice or to which the sale is postponed; and 2. If Notice of Default has been recorded two or more times previously under the same trust deed and the default has been cured the trustee does not elect to refuse payment and continue the sale. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to demand of the Beneficiary, the Trustee hereby elects to sell the above described real property to satisfy the obligation, together with all accrued interest and all costs and expenses, at public auction, for cash, to the highest and best bidder, at the 3RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT: Inside the Lobby of the Boney Courthouse located at 303 “K” Street, Anchorage, AK 99501, on 12/15/2020, at 10:00 AM. Beneficiary will have the right to make an offset bid at sale without cash. Anyone having an objection to the sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the same. DATED: 9/4/2020 CLEAR RECON CORP 4375 Jutland Drive San Diego, California 92117 Phone: 866-931-0036 Shella Domilos, Authorized Signatory for Trustee Pub: 09/20, 27, 10/04, 11/2020

NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND ELECTION TO SELL UNDER DEED OF TRUST Trustee’s Sale No: 088634-AK This NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND ELECTION TO SELL is given by CLEAR RECON CORP, as Successor Trustee under that certain Deed of Trust executed by KENNETH ROWLAND AND MARIVIC ROWLAND, HUSBAND AND WIFE , as Trustor, to FIRST AMERICAN, as Trustee, in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS BENEFICIARY, AS NOMINEE FOR MOVEMENT MORTGAGE, LLC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, as Beneficiary, dated 8/26/2016, recorded 8/31/2016, as Instrument No. 2016-035905-0, in the Anchorage Recording District, State of Alaska. The beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust has been assigned to LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC and the record owner of the property is purported to be KENNETH ROWLAND. Said Deed of Trust covers real property situated in said Recording District, described as follows: Unit 11177-A of ROCKCLIFF MANOR CONDOMINIUMS PHASE 4, as shown on the Floor Plans filed in the office of the Recorder of the Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, under Plat No. 2007-127, and as identified in the Declaration recorded November 22, 2006, Serial Number 2006- 079436-0, and in any amendments thereof. Commonly referred to as: 11177 ABERDEEN CIRCLE, A, EAGLE RIVER, AK 99577 APN: 050-181-66-001 A breach of the obligation which said Deed of Trust secures has occurred in that Installment of Principal and Interest plus impounds and/or advances which became due on 7/1/2019 plus late charges, and all subsequent installments of principal, interest, balloon payments, plus impounds and/or advances and late charges that become payable.. By reason thereof, and under the terms of the Note and Deed of Trust, the Beneficiary has declared all sums so secured to be immediately due and payable, together with any trustee fees, attorney fees, costs and advances made to protect the security associated with this foreclosure. The sum owing on the obligation good through 9/9/2020 is $284,961.89 as follows: Unpaid Principal Balance: $262,416.53 Interest: $11,264.87 Late Charges: $324.90 Beneficiary Advances: $10,955.59 TOTAL REQUIRED TO PAYOFF: $284,961.89 If the default has arisen by failure to make payments required by the trust deed, the default may be cured and the sale may be terminated if: 1. Payment of the sum in default, other than the principal that would not be due if default had not occurred, and attorney and other foreclosure fees and costs actually incurred by the beneficiary and trustee due to the default is made at any time before the sale date stated in this notice or to which the sale is postponed; and 2. If Notice of Default has been recorded two or more times previously under the same trust deed and the default has been cured the trustee does not elect to refuse payment and continue the sale. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to demand of the Beneficiary, the Trustee hereby elects to sell the above described real property to satisfy the obligation, together with all accrued interest and all costs and expenses, at public auction, for cash, to the highest and best bidder, at the 3RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT: Inside the Lobby of the Boney Courthouse located at 303 “K” Street, Anchorage, AK 99501, on 12/22/2020, at 10:00 AM. Beneficiary will have the right to make an offset bid at sale without cash. Anyone having an objection to the sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the same. DATED: 9/9/2020 CLEAR RECON CORP Shella Domilos, Authorized Signatory for Trustee Pub: 09/20, 27, 10/04, 11/2020

NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND ELECTION TO SELL UNDER DEED OF TRUST Trustee’s Sale No: 093849-AK This NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND ELECTION TO SELL is given by CLEAR RECON CORP, as Successor Trustee under that certain Deed of Trust executed by ALEXANDER L WIERZBICKI, UNMARRIED MAN, as Trustor, to STEWART TITLE OF ALASKA, as Trustee, in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS BENEFICIARY, AS NOMINEE FOR DENALI ALASKAN FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, A FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, as Beneficiary, dated 6/29/2015, recorded 6/30/2015, as Instrument No. 2015-0136460, in the PALMER Recording District, State of Alaska. The beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust has been assigned to NUVISION FEDERAL CREDIT UNION and the record owner of the property is purported to be ALEXANDER L. WIERZBICKI. Said Deed of Trust covers real property situated in said Recording District, described as follows: Lot Seven (7), Block One (1) BUTTE ACRES SUBDIVISION, according to the official plat thereof, filed under plat NO. 12-281, in the records of the Palmer Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska. Commonly referred to as: 5881 S BODENBURG LOOP, PALMER, AK 99645 APN: 2007B01L007 A breach of the obligation which said Deed of Trust secures has occurred in that Installment of Principal and Interest plus impounds and/or advances which became due on 12/1/2019 plus late charges, and all subsequent installments of principal, interest, balloon payments, plus impounds and/or advances and late charges that become payable.. By reason thereof, and under the terms of the Note and Deed of Trust, the Beneficiary has declared all sums so secured to be immediately due and payable, together with any trustee fees, attorney fees, costs and advances made to protect the security associated with this foreclosure. The sum owing on the obligation good through 9/16/2020 is $305,153.91 as follows: Unpaid Principal Balance: $282,955.38 Interest: $9,284.52 Late Charges: $2,611.85 Beneficiary Advances: $10,302.16 TOTAL REQUIRED TO PAYOFF: $305,153.91 If the default has arisen by failure to make payments required by the trust deed, the default may be cured and the sale may be terminated if: 1. Payment of the sum in default, other than the principal that would not be due if default had not occurred, and attorney and other foreclosure fees and costs actually incurred by the beneficiary and trustee due to the default is made at any time before the sale date stated in this notice or to which the sale is postponed; and 2. If Notice of Default has been recorded two or more times previously under the same trust deed and the default has been cured the trustee does not elect to refuse payment and continue the sale. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to demand of the Beneficiary, the Trustee hereby elects to sell the above described real property to satisfy the obligation, together with all accrued interest and all costs and expenses, at public auction, for cash, to the highest and best bidder, at the 3RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT: Inside the Lobby of the Boney Courthouse located at 303 “K” Street, Anchorage, AK 99501, on 12/29/2020, at 10:00 AM. Beneficiary will have the right to make an offset bid at sale without cash. Anyone having an objection to the sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the same. DATED: 9/16/2020 CLEAR RECON CORP 4375 Jutland Drive San Diego, California 92117 Phone: 866-931-0036 Shella Domilos, Authorized Signatory for Trustee Pub: 09/27, 10/04, 11, 18/2020

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NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND ELECTION TO SELL UNDER DEED OF TRUST Trustee’s Sale No: 093915-AK This NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND ELECTION TO SELL is given by CLEAR RECON CORP, as Successor Trustee under that certain Deed of Trust executed by MICHAEL WHITE AND EVA H. WHITE, HUSBAND AND WIFE, AS TENANTS BY THE ENTIRETY, as Trustor, to WILSON & ASSOCIATES PLLC, as Trustee, in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS BENEFICIARY, AS NOMINEE FOR FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, as Beneficiary, dated 11/7/2016, recorded 11/30/2016, as Instrument No. 2016-025490-0, in the PALMER Recording District, State of Alaska. The beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust has been assigned to FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION and the record owner of the property is purported to be MICHAEL WHITE AND EVA H. WHITE. Said Deed of Trust covers real property situated in said Recording District, described as follows: Lot 20, Block 1, Midtown Estates Subdivision, Phase II, according to Plat No. 2000-104, located in the Palmer Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska. Commonly referred to as: 2150 N MANHATTEN WAY, PALMER, AK 99645 APN: 2968B01L020 A breach of the obligation which said Deed of Trust secures has occurred in that Installment of Principal and Interest plus impounds and/or advances which became due on 1/1/2020 plus late charges, and all subsequent installments of principal, interest, balloon payments, plus impounds and/or advances and late charges that become payable..

By reason thereof, and under the terms of the Note and Deed of Trust, the Beneficiary has declared all sums so secured to be immediately due and payable, together with any trustee fees, attorney fees, costs and advances made to protect the security associated with this foreclosure. The sum owing on the obligation good through 9/9/2020 is $306,066.88 as follows: Unpaid Principal Balance: $291,603.26 Interest: $7,315.59 Late Charges: $432.96 Beneficiary Advances: $6,715.07 TOTAL REQUIRED TO PAYOFF: $306,066.88 If the default has arisen by failure to make payments required by the trust deed, the default may be cured and the sale may be terminated if: 1. Payment of the sum in default, other than the principal that would not be due if default had not occurred, and attorney and other foreclosure fees and costs actually incurred by the beneficiary and trustee due to the default is made at any time before the sale date stated in this notice or to which the sale is postponed; and 2. If Notice of Default has been recorded two or more times previously under the same trust deed and the default has been cured the trustee does not elect to refuse payment and continue the sale. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to demand of the Beneficiary, the Trustee hereby elects to sell the above described real property to satisfy the obligation, together with all accrued interest and all costs and expenses, at public auction, for cash, to the highest and best bidder, at the 3RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT: Inside the Lobby of the Boney Courthouse located at 303 “K” Street, Anchorage, AK 99501, on 12/22/2020, at 10:00 AM. Beneficiary will have the right to make an offset bid at sale without cash. Anyone having an objection to the sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the same. DATED: 9/9/2020 CLEAR RECON CORP 4375 Jutland Drive San Diego, California 92117 Phone: 866-931-0036 Shella Domilos, Authorized Signatory for Trustee Pub: 09/20, 27, 10/04, 11/2020 NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND ELECTION TO SELL UNDER DEED OF TRUST Trustee’s Sale No: 092993-AK This NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND ELECTION TO SELL is given by CLEAR RECON CORP, as Successor Trustee under that certain Deed of Trust executed by DANIELLE M. BOECK, A MARRIED PERSON, as Trustor, to LAND TITLE COMPANY ALASKA, as Trustee, in favor of CREDIT UNION 1, as Beneficiary, dated 7/7/2008, recorded 7/11/2008, as Instrument No. 2008-040258-0, in the ANCHORAGE Recording District, State of Alaska.

The beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust has been assigned to CREDIT UNION 1 and the record owner of the property is purported to be DANIELLE M. BOECK, ALSO KNOWN AS DANIELLE MARIE ZEEDAR, AND THE ESTATE OF JENNIE ZEEDAR, DECEASED, UNDER PROBATE CASE NO. 3KO-05-34 PR. Said Deed of Trust covers real property situated in said Recording District, described as follows: LOT 13, BLOCK 3, OLYMPUS SUBDIVISION, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL PLAT THEREOF, FILED UNDER PLAT NUMBER 73-130, RECORDS OF THE ANCHORAGE RECORDING DISTRICT, THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT, STATE OF ALASKA. Commonly referred to as: 9320 ERIS DRIVE, ANCHORAGE, AK 99515 APN: 012-392-72-000 A breach of the obligation which said Deed of Trust secures has occurred in that Installment of Principal and Interest plus impounds and/or advances which became due on 8/1/2019 plus late charges, and all subsequent installments of principal, interest, balloon payments, plus impounds and/or advances and late charges that become payable.. By reason thereof, and under the terms of the Note and Deed of Trust, the Beneficiary has declared all sums so secured to be immediately due and payable, together with any trustee fees, attorney fees, costs and advances made to protect the security associated with this foreclosure. The sum owing on the obligation good through 9/30/2020 is $17,488.84 as follows: Unpaid Principal Balance: $7,693.87 Interest: $575.77 Late Charges: $346.14 Beneficiary Advances: $8,873.06 TOTAL REQUIRED TO PAYOFF: $17,488.84 If the default has arisen by failure to make payments required by the trust deed, the default may be cured and the sale may be terminated if: 1. Payment of the sum in default, other than the principal that would not be due if default had not occurred, and attorney and other foreclosure fees and costs actually incurred by the beneficiary and trustee due to the default is made at any time before the sale date stated in this notice or to which the sale is postponed; and 2. If Notice of Default has been recorded two or more times previously under the same trust deed and the default has been cured the trustee does not elect to refuse payment and continue the sale. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to demand of the Beneficiary, the Trustee hereby elects to sell the above described real property to satisfy the obligation, together with all accrued interest and all costs and expenses, at public auction, for cash, to the highest and best bidder, at the 3RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT: Inside the Lobby of the Boney Courthouse located at 303 “K” Street, Anchorage, AK 99501, on 1/12/2021, at 10:00 AM. Beneficiary will have the right to make an offset bid at sale without cash. Anyone having an objection to the sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the same. DATED: 9/30/2020 CLEAR RECON CORP 4375 Jutland Drive San Diego, California 92117 Phone: 866-931-0036 Shella Domilos, Authorized Signatory for Trustee Pub: 10/11, 18, 25, 11/1/2020

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Brena:

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Business Environment Alaska’s economy and business environment completely collapsed after SB 21 and well before the pandemic. We exhausted $18 billion in savings, cut our PFDs by two-thirds, and have been unable to properly educate our children, repair our roads, maintain our public buildings, provide for our elderly, operate an effective marine highway system, or provide jobs for Alaskans. The primary reason our economy and business environment collapsed after SB21 and before the pandemic is because we went from a five-year average of $3.8 billion a year in net production taxes to zero. This collapse in net production revenues was primarily because of SB 21 and not because of changes to the price of oil.

Next year, 2021, we are expected to get only $122.3 million in production revenues under SB 21 while we still owe $728 million in unpaid awarded credits, i.e., we owe 6 times more in awarded credits than we will be paid in production revenues next year. With a fair share from our oil, we will be able to stabilize Alaska’s economy and business environment and add Alaskan jobs.

Never enough While Alaskans were economically suffering after SB 21 and before the pandemic, ConocoPhillips raised dividends to their shareholders by 60 percent in the last two years, paid off billions in debt, and repurchased billions of its stock from shareholders with our money. Since SB 21, ConocoPhillips has made 68 percent of its world-wide net income from Alaska and only invested 15 percent of its world-wide capital in Alaska.

Alaskans should not be intimidated out of a fair share for our oil. The Texasbased major producers say the same things every time Alaskans stand up for themselves and want a fair share. We gave up $1.1 billion per year and got nothing; we should give Ballot Measure 1 a chance. Frankly, there is no reasonable solution to addressing our State deficit without Ballot Measure 1.

Vote yes For Ballot Measure 1.

Robin Brena is a life-long Alaska and is an original sponsor of Ballot Measure 1, chair of the Oil and Gas Transition Committee for Gov. Bill Walker, and founder of Alaskan law firm Brena, Bell & Walker.

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The halibut that are caught during the survey are sold to cover the cost of the operation. Wilson said the poundage and prices will be revealed next month at the IPHC interim meeting.

“The key thing is that we were able to meet both our scientific requirements and also maintain our economic goal of revenue neutrality,” he said.

The Nov. 18-19 meetings, which will be held online, also will provide a first glimpse at how the halibut stocks are holding up.

“The interim meeting is usually an information sharing meeting for stakeholders where we present the preliminary stock assessments and the outcomes of other research activity. We also put out some of the regulatory proposals we will be considering at the annual meeting,” Wilson said.

Halibut catch limits and other regulations will be revealed in late January.

Laine Welch lives in Kodiak. Visit www.alaskafishradio.com or contact msfish@alaskan.com for information.

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