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The weather. Expect scattered rain or snow showers today. High today .............. 38 Low tonight ............ 29 WEATHER » A7 • • • CREATURE FEATURE Pioneer Park’s Halloween Trick or Treat Town offers costumed fun for the whole family. OUR TOWN PLUS Page B4 Aurora forecast. Auroral activity will be moderate. Weather permitting, moderate displays will be visible overhead from Barrow to Talkeetna. This information is provid- ed by aurora forecasters at the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. For more infor- mation about the aurora, visit http://www.gi.alaska. edu/AuroraForecast MAN OVERCOMES ODDS, BECOMES AN INSPIRATION SUNDAYS » E1 One dollar and fifty cents OCTOBER 27, 2013 newsminer.com THE VOICE OF INTERIOR ALASKA SINCE 1903 SOURDOUGH JACK: “A Sourdough Jack mask would be good for Halloween. I know I get a fright lookin’ at my face.” GOOD MORNING Business » D1 | Classified » G1 | Dear Abby » E3 | Obituaries » B2 | Opinion » F1 | Our Town Plus » B1 | Sports » C1 | Sundays » E1 | Weather » A7 INSIDE sunday Begich, Murkowski hear testimony about food security, other subsistence issues. » A4 Inside Today SUNFLOWERS AND SIX WORDS: MORE ENTRIES OUR TOWN PLUS » B1 NANOOKS TIE; ICE DOGS PULL OFF WINS SPORTS » C1 FAIRBANKSANS GET READY FOR HALLOWEEN BUSINESS » D1 • • • Groups try to fill mental-health void By Jeff Richardson [email protected] A recent overhaul of mental health services in Fairbanks is leading to a tough question as winter approaches: Where are many of those clients going to go during the coldest months? Fairbanks Community Behavioral Health Center, the longtime provider of Interior mental-health care, folded its operations last month after announcing plans to file for bankruptcy. A daytime center for mentally ill clients went with it, leading to an uncertain future for peo- ple who utilized the service. The nonprofit mental-health orga- nization that suddenly formed after the bankruptcy, Fairbanks Community Mental Health Services, generally isn’t offering services unless they generate revenue. The policy is meant to avoid a repeat of the financial problems that plagued its predecessor. That means the drop-in program, which had a daily use of 25 or more cli- ents each day, isn’t part of its plans this winter. Community Behavioral Health Center’s absence felt throughout Fairbanks HEALTH » A7 Roy Helms, a World War II Army veteran, passes beneath an Eielson High School junior ROTC saber arch upon his arrival Saturday at Fairbanks International Airport. Helms was one of four Fairbanks veterans who participated in an Honor Flight visit to see the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. JEFF RICHARDSON/NEWS-MINER By Jeff Richardson [email protected] More than 50 people lined the baggage claim area at Fairbanks International Airport Saturday, wait- ing patiently to greet three travelers at the end of a long journey. Some in the crowd held signs read- ing “Thank you,” while others waved little American flags. When the three men, all World War II veterans in their late 80s, rolled toward the bag- gage claim area in wheelchairs, the crowd burst into applause. It was a fitting conclusion to a long-awaited trip. The veterans had just returned from a four-day visit to Washington, D.C., where a national Honor Flight pays tribute to WWII vets HONOR » A6 ALASKA FEDERATION OF NATIVES CONVENTION Supporters of the “Fairbanks Four,” George Frese, Kevin Pease, Eugene Vent and Marvin Roberts, who were all convicted in the 1997 murder of John Hartman, hold signs as U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski speaks during the Alaska Federation of Natives convention Saturday afternoon at the Carlson Center. ERIC ENGMAN/ NEWS-MINER By Matt Buxton [email protected] The Alaska Federation of Natives passed 40 resolutions during its annual convention, but the only one that received the unanimous sup- port of its thousands of delegates was the one supporting Native four men that recent filings argue were wrongfully convicted of the 1997 murder of a teenager in Fairbanks. The resolution calls for the state to review a recently submitted court documents that supporters say show Alaska Natives Marvin Roberts, Eugene Vent and George Freese, and American Indian Kevin Pease were not involved ONLINE: FOR FULL COVERAGE OF THE ALASKA FEDERATION OF NATIVES CONVENTION, SEE WWW.NEWSMINER.COM INSIDE » A look at what happened on the last day of AFN. » A6 Photos from the convention. » A8 Wide support for the ‘Fairbanks Four’ Resolution is only one to garner unanimous backing FOUR » A6
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The weather.Expect scattered rain or snow showers today.
High today ..............38Low tonight ............29
WEATHER » A7
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CREATURE FEATUREPioneer Park’s Halloween Trick or Treat Town offers costumed fun for the whole family.
OUR TOWN PLUSPage B4
Aurora forecast.Auroral activity will be moderate. Weather permitting, moderate displays will be visible overhead from Barrow to Talkeetna.
This information is provid-ed by aurora forecasters at the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. For more infor-mation about the aurora, visit http://www.gi.alaska.edu/AuroraForecast
MAN OVERCOMES ODDS, BECOMES AN INSPIRATION
SUNDAYS » E1
One dollar and fifty cents OCTOBER 27, 2013 newsminer.com
T H E V O I C E O F I N T E R I O R A L A S K A S I N C E 1 9 0 3
SOURDOUGH JACK:
“A Sourdough Jack mask would be good for Halloween. I know I get a fright lookin’ at my face.”
GOODMORNING
Business » D1 | Classified » G1 | Dear Abby » E3 | Obituaries » B2 | Opinion » F1 | Our Town Plus » B1 | Sports » C1 | Sundays » E1 | Weather » A7INSIDE
sundayBegich, Murkowski hear testimony about food security, other subsistence issues. » A4Inside Today
SUNFLOWERS AND SIX WORDS: MORE ENTRIES
OUR TOWN PLUS » B1
NANOOKS TIE; ICE DOGS PULL OFF WINS
SPORTS » C1
FAIRBANKSANS GET READY FOR HALLOWEEN
BUSINESS » D1
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Groups try to fill mental-health voidBy Jeff [email protected]
A recent overhaul of mental health services in Fairbanks is leading to a
tough question as winter approaches: Where are many of those clients going to go during the coldest months?
Fairbanks Community Behavioral Health Center, the longtime provider of
Interior mental-health care, folded its operations last month after announcing plans to file for bankruptcy. A daytime center for mentally ill clients went with it, leading to an uncertain future for peo-ple who utilized the service.
The nonprofit mental-health orga-nization that suddenly formed after the bankruptcy, Fairbanks Community Mental Health Services, generally isn’t
offering services unless they generate revenue. The policy is meant to avoid a repeat of the financial problems that plagued its predecessor.
That means the drop-in program, which had a daily use of 25 or more cli-ents each day, isn’t part of its plans this winter.
Community Behavioral Health Center’s absence felt throughout Fairbanks
HEALTH » A7
Roy Helms, a World War II Army veteran, passes beneath an Eielson High School junior ROTC saber arch upon his arrival Saturday at Fairbanks International Airport. Helms was one of four Fairbanks veterans who participated in an Honor Flight visit to see the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. JEFF
RICHARDSON/NEWS-MINER
By Jeff [email protected]
More than 50 people lined the baggage claim area at Fairbanks International Airport Saturday, wait-ing patiently to greet three travelers at the end of a long journey.
Some in the crowd held signs read-ing “Thank you,” while others waved little American flags. When the three
men, all World War II veterans in their late 80s, rolled toward the bag-gage claim area in wheelchairs, the crowd burst into applause.
It was a fitting conclusion to a long-awaited trip. The veterans had just returned from a four-day visit to Washington, D.C., where a national
Honor Flight pays tribute to WWII vets
HONOR » A6
ALASKA FEDERATION OF NATIVES CONVENTIONSupporters of the “Fairbanks Four,” George Frese, Kevin Pease, Eugene Vent and Marvin Roberts, who were all convicted in the 1997 murder of John Hartman, hold signs as U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski speaks during the Alaska Federation of Natives convention Saturday afternoon at the Carlson Center. ERIC
ENGMAN/
NEWS-MINER
By Matt [email protected]
The Alaska Federation of Natives passed 40
resolutions during its annual convention, but the only one that received the unanimous sup-port of its thousands of delegates was the one supporting Native four men that recent filings
argue were wrongfully convicted of the 1997 murder of a teenager in Fairbanks.
The resolution calls for the state to review a recently submitted court documents that supporters say show Alaska Natives Marvin Roberts, Eugene Vent and George Freese, and American Indian Kevin Pease were not involved
ONLINE: FOR FULL COVERAGE OF THE ALASKA FEDERATION OF NATIVES CONVENTION, SEE WWW.NEWSMINER.COM
INSIDE » A look at what happened on the last day of AFN. » A6 Photos from the convention. » A8
Wide support for the ‘Fairbanks Four’Resolution is only one to garner unanimous backing
FOUR » A6
