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| We found a Texas flag! |
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| The piano (top right) used to be downstairs until a remodel last year |
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Red Dog Saloon
Monday, September 24, 2012
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Turning tree
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| This pretty tree on my street gets more vibrant every day |
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| This one sports yellow, green and red. It may be two separate trees - I'll have to check it out. It is so pretty! |
Saturday, September 22, 2012
Friday, September 21, 2012
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
2012 PFD
The size of this year's Permanent Fund Dividend is $878.
That's $296 lower than last year's total
of $1,174.
The commissioner said the main reason for that is the continued inclusion of 2009 in the five year average used to calculate the dividend.
He says the year that dropped out, 2008, was a pretty successful year. Fiscal Year 12 was added in which he says only made a couple hundred million dollars.
Butcher says as long as Fiscal Year '09, which lost billions of dollars, remains in the calculation the PFD will be a little lower.
The commissioner said the main reason for that is the continued inclusion of 2009 in the five year average used to calculate the dividend.
He says the year that dropped out, 2008, was a pretty successful year. Fiscal Year 12 was added in which he says only made a couple hundred million dollars.
Butcher says as long as Fiscal Year '09, which lost billions of dollars, remains in the calculation the PFD will be a little lower.
He says next year's dividend will be the
last year that 2009 is part of the five year equation. It will be
replaced by the current year which the commissioner says has been a
pretty good year.
Assuming something catastrophic doesn't occur, the commissioner says the dividend should begin working its way back up.
Direct deposit and the mailing of this year's check is scheduled for Thursday, October 4.
Assuming something catastrophic doesn't occur, the commissioner says the dividend should begin working its way back up.
Direct deposit and the mailing of this year's check is scheduled for Thursday, October 4.
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The Department of Revenue says an estimated 646,805 eligible Alaskans will receive a 2012 Permanent Fund Dividend. The department reports 677,733 applied for the which is an increase of approximately 1,500 applications over 2011.
A total of 515,000 applicants will receive a direct deposit into their bank account, and 85,000 will be mailed a check. Those who chose paper check delivery will have it enter into the mail stream on October 4 in Juneau. The actual delivery date will vary by applicant location.
More than $470 million will be directly deposited into Alaskans' bank accounts this year, with a total distribution, including checks, of $567,338,304.39.
Beginning October 25 and continuing monthly thereafter, applications that become eligible will be paid by either check or direct deposit.
This year marks the 31st dividend paid to Alaskans. The total potential distribution of Permanent Fund Dividends to date is $34,243.41 per person, which does not include the $1,200 Alaska Resource Rebate distributed in 2008.
Following the 2012 dividend payment, the total funds disbursed to Alaskans by the division, including the Resource Rebate, since inception of the dividend program will total approximately $20.1 billion.
The Department of Revenue says an estimated 646,805 eligible Alaskans will receive a 2012 Permanent Fund Dividend. The department reports 677,733 applied for the which is an increase of approximately 1,500 applications over 2011.
A total of 515,000 applicants will receive a direct deposit into their bank account, and 85,000 will be mailed a check. Those who chose paper check delivery will have it enter into the mail stream on October 4 in Juneau. The actual delivery date will vary by applicant location.
More than $470 million will be directly deposited into Alaskans' bank accounts this year, with a total distribution, including checks, of $567,338,304.39.
Beginning October 25 and continuing monthly thereafter, applications that become eligible will be paid by either check or direct deposit.
This year marks the 31st dividend paid to Alaskans. The total potential distribution of Permanent Fund Dividends to date is $34,243.41 per person, which does not include the $1,200 Alaska Resource Rebate distributed in 2008.
Following the 2012 dividend payment, the total funds disbursed to Alaskans by the division, including the Resource Rebate, since inception of the dividend program will total approximately $20.1 billion.
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Monday, September 17, 2012
Friday, September 14, 2012
Frame of clouds
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Anchorage Power Outage
We don't have hurricanes that hit Alaska, but...
The Anchorage School District, Grace Christian, and UAA campuses in Anchorage, Eagle River-Chugiak, and JBER have canceled due to the power outages.
The Governor's office has announced that all "non-essential" state employees do not report to work.
As of 6:30 a.m., Chugach Electric said approximately 22,000 customers are without service. Multiple crew are "road hunting" down trees and lines.
Customers are asked to only call Chugach Electric if they see down lines that are a hazard.
Sarah Wiggers, with Chugach Electric, said the night darkness was making it hard for crews to located lines and "fingers crossed hoping noon will look a lot better for us."
Areas affected most by the outages under Chugach Electric are:
Debarr
Hillside
Boniface
Huffman
La Touche
O'Malley
Raspberry
Turnagain
Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson said the "installation closed for today for non-essential personnel," and "this may not apply to all JBER organizations. Contact your supervisor if you are not sure."
Charter College said it will operate under a half-day session. President Richard McLean said Charter morning classes have been canceled and afternoon and evening sessions are still scheduled.
All ASD after-school activites have also been canceled.
Matanuska Electric Association report outages continue to affect areas throughout Eagle River and parts in Wasilla, Houston, Butte, Meadow Lakes, Lazy Mountain and Talkeetna.
MEA said trees falling on power lines or uprooted resulted in damage to both the "high-voltage transmission and low-voltage distribution systems" and about 5000 customers were without power as of 8:30 a.m. Wednesday.
Brenda Hewitt, Public Information Officer with Alaska Department of Transportation, said all flights should be business as usual. Hewitt confirmed some passenger flights were diverted Tuesday night and no cargo flights have been affected.
This is a developing story. Please check KTUU.com and the Channel 2 newscasts for updates.
Original: A powerful wind storm struck Southcentral Alaska Tuesday night, causing widespread power outages in the Anchorage area.
Electrical outages hit the Hillside, Midtown, South Anchorage and near downtown. There were also reports of outages in the Eagle River/Chugiak area.
Burk Wick with Chugack Electric said late Tuesday night "We have lots of feeder and transmission lines out. We are kind of doing triage right now to determine where the problems are"
Chugach Electric did not have any firm estimates of the number of its customers that were without power, but Wick guessed it was more than 10,000.
Municipal Light & Power also faced widespread outages. A spokesman told Channel 2's Jason Lamb Tuesday night that he was estimating that 10-15-thousand of the utility's 30-thousand customers were without power.
There were no estimates about when service would be restored to affected areas.
The Anchorage Police and Fire Deapartments responding to numerous reports of downed trees.
Windstorm Knocks Out Power In Anchorage Area
ANCHORAGE, Alaska—
Update: Power companies have
multiple crews working to restore power Wednesday morning in Anchorage
and surrounding areas caused by the wind storm. The Anchorage School District, Grace Christian, and UAA campuses in Anchorage, Eagle River-Chugiak, and JBER have canceled due to the power outages.
The Governor's office has announced that all "non-essential" state employees do not report to work.
As of 6:30 a.m., Chugach Electric said approximately 22,000 customers are without service. Multiple crew are "road hunting" down trees and lines.
Customers are asked to only call Chugach Electric if they see down lines that are a hazard.
Sarah Wiggers, with Chugach Electric, said the night darkness was making it hard for crews to located lines and "fingers crossed hoping noon will look a lot better for us."
Areas affected most by the outages under Chugach Electric are:
Debarr
Hillside
Boniface
Huffman
La Touche
O'Malley
Raspberry
Turnagain
Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson said the "installation closed for today for non-essential personnel," and "this may not apply to all JBER organizations. Contact your supervisor if you are not sure."
All ASD after-school activites have also been canceled.
Matanuska Electric Association report outages continue to affect areas throughout Eagle River and parts in Wasilla, Houston, Butte, Meadow Lakes, Lazy Mountain and Talkeetna.
MEA said trees falling on power lines or uprooted resulted in damage to both the "high-voltage transmission and low-voltage distribution systems" and about 5000 customers were without power as of 8:30 a.m. Wednesday.
Brenda Hewitt, Public Information Officer with Alaska Department of Transportation, said all flights should be business as usual. Hewitt confirmed some passenger flights were diverted Tuesday night and no cargo flights have been affected.
This is a developing story. Please check KTUU.com and the Channel 2 newscasts for updates.
Original: A powerful wind storm struck Southcentral Alaska Tuesday night, causing widespread power outages in the Anchorage area.
Electrical outages hit the Hillside, Midtown, South Anchorage and near downtown. There were also reports of outages in the Eagle River/Chugiak area.
Burk Wick with Chugack Electric said late Tuesday night "We have lots of feeder and transmission lines out. We are kind of doing triage right now to determine where the problems are"
Chugach Electric did not have any firm estimates of the number of its customers that were without power, but Wick guessed it was more than 10,000.
Municipal Light & Power also faced widespread outages. A spokesman told Channel 2's Jason Lamb Tuesday night that he was estimating that 10-15-thousand of the utility's 30-thousand customers were without power.
There were no estimates about when service would be restored to affected areas.
The Anchorage Police and Fire Deapartments responding to numerous reports of downed trees.
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
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