Akiuk

      A duo of four Snowmobiles went to get them. They brought them back by Snowmobile, deserting their vehicle. “They left around six, six thirty am when the weather was good, but at two o’clock the weather started getting bad,” mentioned Wilson Twitchell, a member of the search and rescue team.

     The two men had been in one Suburban, and had dropped off Moses White, who was supposed to be departing on Alaska Airlines. “They said the couldn’t see fifteen feet ahead of the car,” remarked Esai Twitchell, Carl Twitchell’s father.

     Troy White and Carl Twitchell got stuck near Napakiak around one thirty. They telephoned Napakiak for help and two men on Snowmachines came and helped them. Troy White and Carl Twitchell kept going until they got lodged at the south end of Big Lake and contacted Kasigluk and Search and Rescue to get them. If you’re ever lost in a blizzard, keep in mind that we are on your side and will rescue you. 

     Troy White and Carl Twitchell got stuck near Napakiak around one thirty. They telephoned Napakiak for help and two men on Snowmachines came and helped them. Troy White and Carl Twitchell kept going until they got lodged at the south end of Big Lake and contacted Kasigluk and Search and Rescue to get them. If you’re ever lost in a blizzard, keep in mind that we are on your side and will rescue you. 

    Many students in Kasigluk own the game. Montel Waska explained, “It is better than the old game because it has better graphics.” Nikolai Charles said, “The part that is boring is multiplayer.” 

    The new COD includes specialists. (Specialists are features that protect you, like boosting shields, adding more powerful weapons, and phantom activation--by pressing R1 and L1 at the same time).

     The bonfire was about 15 feet around it. When asked how they organized the event, Wilson Twitchell, a member of the Kasigluk recreation committee, said, “Just ask for volunteers for young boys to gather woods. Kasigluk Inc had half and half for hot dogs and buns with fireworks and support for bonfire.” 

     Kasigluk recreation, including Wilson Twitchell made a pyramid shape and then used a torch to turn on the bonfire, “starting it and gathering woods,” said Twitchell. 

     One person got burned, but she is good now. “Enjoying the fire” was the best part of the fire, said Keisha. Others agreed, saying: “Standing by the fire to warm up in a cold weather,” (Annie Kassel). The second and third graders had a different favorite part: “Only fireworks and lantern.”

By dad (Justin Kassel/Clinton Pavilla)

   Dad taught (Henry Charles)

Pass the ball, communicate, move the ball, move around without the ball

Yes. Because basketball clears the mind, and we get to travel.

Nunap

Winning, teamwork, and angermanagement

Slaughter in almost all games

Motivating teammates to go to school and teamwork because our team can travel

It’s a village thing because everyone likes sports

Leading, having fun, and championship      

Yes. Because we never went to Districts yet.

Get improved and knowing (learning) what to do next

    Jaden is thinking about basketball a lot these days. Jaden explains, “I like basketball because they get to work together as a team.” Some things he doesn’t like about bball is the attitude and when anger messes up the game.

    He stopped playing xbox and started playing ps4, but he still thinks xbox is better. He likes to play games because it kills weariness energy. He also thinks games are fun to play. His most liked games are NBA 2K games and the thing he likes about it is the mycareer.

    Jaden’s brother is Jed, and his friends are Justin, Henry, Elia, and me. He use to school at Akula but decided to try schooling at Akiuk.

                     By Ethan Kassel

By Marie Twitchell

By Claire Schneidler

         Bertha had a great life back in the early 1980’s with no techno, kids playing out playing bat with other people who wanted to play bat out between housings. Bertha was mostly playing outside of her house in Kasigluk, AK.

         The rules (Yupik traditions Bertha followed) were sharing food with her siblings, her friends, and others that her mother, father, siblings told her to share with. Bertha is still observing the tradition of sharing some of her food to one of her kids: if she is full, she will give it to one of her kids.

         “My mother raised me.” Bertha’s memory was when her mother raised her and the siblings at the same time since they were born in 1960’s-1976. Bertha’s second memory was when her siblings brought her skating and other things that was fun to her and the siblings back then in their young lives. They were “skating and playing bat most days,” she said.

         Bertha loved her life back then, trying to learn new things like trying to have fun making or learning things without getting bored or trying not to be bored. Bertha wants to learn new things just like today during the day. In the past, she had “fun trying to learn new things like today too.”

         Bertha still looks up to “her mother and older siblings.” Bertha is happy to look up to her mother and her older siblings, even though she and the siblings are older than 40. She is still looking up to her mother and her older siblings even today.

By: William Twitchell

   His two main heroes were Steve Largent (a football player) and his big brother, Andrew. Growing up, Pete’s two best friends were Toby and Derek Butcher, and they were pretty much the only family close by, because they lived in a forest near the ocean.

    His favorite things to do were to read, play a board game called axis and allies, play on the nearby beach, play war, and to hang out with friends.

    Pete wanted to be like his big brother: “I really liked my big brother Andrew,” said Pete Schneidler.

    Peter is now married and has two kids. Him and his wife moved to Kasigluk, Alaska, in 2003 and he started teaching band in 2015 and occasionally coaches basketball. 

     Growing up, Tammy’s heroes were Crystal Gayle (a singer) and Cassie (her swim teacher). Tammy’s best friend was Lisa. They went to the same kindergarden, but Tammy moved. Later, they moved back but in sixth grade, the two friends moved, only seeing each other once after that.

      Tammy Schneidler’s favorite things to do when she was young were to read, dress up her pets, and to go to the race track with her dad and maybe mom. woah

     “I really liked my swim teacher, Cassie,” said Tammy. She wanted to be a swim teacher like Cassie. Tammy became a lifeguard at age fifteen and kept going until she reached 24 then quit.

 Tammy moved to Kasigluk, Alaska, and started teaching in 2003, and now is married and has two kids. She teaches language arts and likes school: “I like kids, and I like hanging out with kids,” she explained. Tammy is one of my heroes. Who is your hero?

By Claire Schneidler

    Dora Wassillie is my grandma. I like her as a grandma because she helps me with my chores. She even tells us to be home before curfew when we go playout or if we go to a friends house. My grandma is the best. I learned lots from my grandma. I learned how to cut moose meat when I was old enough to hold an uluaq. I didn’t just learn about cutting meat. I learned how to cut fish too, it was really hard the first time I started cutting fish. My grandma also tries her best to keep us in school. Even if we’re hurt, she lets us go to school. If we are going to be late she lets us get up early, and even if we’re tired, she’ll wake us up and tell us to go to school. My grandma tries to bring me to church in Nunapitchuk and Kasigluk. I like how my grandma sings the songs she likes to sing. I learned how to sing some of the songs she knows.

   

     How was it like living in the past?

“We had no electricity, no TV, no alcohol & drugs. We only hunt for food by dog sleds when there was no snow-go’s, when there was no support for family needs.”

    Was there electronics in the past?

“There was none. Only when the school buildings were built in each villages.”

    What was your favorite memory when you were young?

“Going camping, fishing & picking berries.”

    Did you ever Yuraq? 

“Yes… I did in a group. Kalila Slim, Alexie Nicholas, Wassillie Nicholas, Paul Brink, & Paul Nicholas taught me how. Drummers & singers /Yuraq songs/dancers: Anisha Hoover and Martha Keene.”

By Chenelle Wassillie

    (Kasigluk) Who is a hero that AKiuk and Kasigluk can look up to? Aqualena is a hero because she’s never negative she always stay joyful and she always have a smile on her face. She works at the store, she has high spirits, she’s very friendly and she’s a baller she plays forward. 

    The rules I followed were what our elders taught us, to live with love and to never accept hatred.

    My life back then was better than my life today, because growing up I was more into subsistence and everyday outing with my uncle. 

    Growing up was fabulous because the people outside of my house and my family never gave up on me even though I pushed their buttons.

    When I was young she looked up to our elders because they taught us so much that we can’t teach ourselves. Yes I still look up to them.

   I was raised with strict rules. Mostly on week days where we can’t stay out [past] curfew. 

    The person I looks up to today is God because even if I fails he’s there, when I need somebody he’s there, and when I struggle there is no other person I look up to but God.

By Shaylene Nicholas

    When did you start coaching? Jennifer started instructing in the year of 2015. “Starting coaching in 2015” Jennifer explained.

    How is it like being a coach? “Being a coach… I’ve always wanted to have the experience and learn importantly to ensure the youth it’s not an easy job a lot of responsibility and have confidence in every player” is what Jennifer said.

    Do you like being a coach? Why? Jennifer enjoys being a coach because all her junior high and high school year basketball was her life. She wants to pass down her skills and knowledge and teach….

    How did you hear about basketball? Basketball was introduced to Jennifer when she was about 5,6 or 7 years old. The only sport they knew when they were young.

   Do you like teaching your players new things? “Yes I worked the new players I teach the beginners drill…. Like dribble switching by using both hands, and teach them respect their teammates respect the opponent. At youth level I try let everyone have a chance to try out and switch around, give each other a chance to experience.”

   Do you like playing against other villages? Why?

“Love playing other villages this way we achieve and learn every villages has their own ways and it’s a learning process what areas need to be worked on..”

    What advice do you have for a new player? “New players I always give leaders of the team more responsibilities on the field allow them to tell the other players what to do as long as they do it in a respectful positive manner..”

    What new things do you teach your players? “New things we make new players but I always make sure that we practice the drill couple of times before a game. I also teach them that mistakes are okay that it happens every level…. Learning process to work as a team. (Like I always say TALENT wins game BUT teamwork and intelligence makes a dream work).

    What is the hard part about coaching? “Hardest part is your first communication with the parent of the team must include your expectations for the season avoid problem during the season trying to keep simple. Haven’t really face anything yet.. But letting parents and players know if 1 can travel or not. That’s the hardest part.” Jennifer added: The “best part is working as a team.”

By Katie Demientieff

       What was it like when you grew up?

    “We played out most of the time. We only watched one channel, Channel 4 KYUK, and it was with an antenna pointed towards Bethel that we were able to watch that channel. ‘Akutaq on Rye’ is a show I always remember. lol. Ukvvertarluta, when we were told by our parents. There was a lot of respect. Hardly heard of people disrespecting people’s stuff, each other. Helped each other.” 

     “Helping others when they needed help, ’sometimes’ to be honest. Sometimes, I didn’t want to and excused myself and talked myself into not following rules.”

    “Not having to worry about ‘Adulting’. Being carefree. One of my most favorite is kissing my dad when I got home from having communion at the church on a Sunday morning. Another is when we would pour, all over the floor, the toy cars in the cloth bags that we played with on our free time in Kindergarten.”

     “I want to believe I was a well behaved, but sometimes, I was mischief. Naughty sometimes. Always took apart my dad’s things that intrigued me as to how they worked, so I took them apart to see and find out how they worked. I was scolded when my dad would find out. Even when I lied, my parents seemed to know I was lying.

(Kasigluk) Dennis Demientieff is an awesome hunter who goes hunting for his 11 kids. He goes 5-10 miles anywhere out of Kasigluk to go hunting for birds and moose.

Dennis hunts to feed his kids, he acknowledged that he learned how to go hunting from his dad Gerald Demientieff Jr. when he was 10-12 years old. He also grew up with his older brother Glenn Demientieff. Dennis said they were always with each other and used to argue and fight in a funny way.

      When he first gets to his hunting area, he searches for a good hunting spot. Dennis has advice about how to be a good hunter, he says that “you always have to be patient so you can catch the animal.” That’s all Dennis has to say about how to be a good hunter.

By Cyrus Demientieff

by Ethan Kassel

Written by: 

Chenelle 

Wassillie

 Firstly, smoking can cause diseases in lungs such as pneumonia, emphysema, and lung cancer. Smoking can also cause a rise in blood pressure. It even damages lung tissue. Lung tissue helps deliver blood in your blood. If you’ve been smoking a long time, some damage to your lung is irreversible. Because smoking can cause so many lung problems, people shouldn’t do it.

 Also, if you smoke a lot, your IQ (brain) will be damaged. Your memory won’t be as strong as it was prior to and you won’t be quick to solve problems. When people take IQ tests, most smokers get a lower IQ than non-smokers, so people should protect their brains and stay away from tobacco.

 Lastly, if you keep smoking, you’ll die. More than one billion people smoke around the world every year, and five million people die every year due to the effects of smoking. That means that by the time you end this sentence another person has lost their life on account of smoking. Because so many people die every year, it is not worth it to smoke.

 It all starts with one little white cigarette. You smoke it, you’re addicted, and you die at a young age. All because of that little stick. Is smoking really worth it?

By Claire Schneidler

Students were mostly doing the same thing, like Yago Andrew stayed home all day. But, teachers were being busy; Tammy Schneidler was writing her letter, made supper early, and made cookies (she found it necessary to make cookies and finally made some). Also, Annie Kassel was putting grades in until 5pm. 

Most LKSD schools have had a few early dismissals or late starts this year. For example, BRHS had 2 early releases and no late starts, Akula had 2 late starts and no dismissals, and Atmautluak had 1 late start and 1 early release.

By Cyrus Demientieff

 

First of all, drinking in villages should stop because adults are modeling how to drink to kids/teenagers. When parents drink in front of kids, their kids are watching them and learning how to drink like them. Two people I know drank with their parents when those two people’s parents were drinking. It’s bad for kids to learn to drink from their parents because adults are teaching kids how to drink, and in the future those kids might be addicted to drinking. That’s why drinking should be put to an end.

 Secondly, Alcohol is destroying families.This person I know is hating on his parents because his parents drink too much. When kids have to watch their parents drink, they might drink with or they might start hating on them, which is another reason why adults shouldn’t drink in villages.

 Thirdly, More crimes happen because of drinking and that is ruining the whole village. When one person I know drank, they beat up a girl and gave her bruises. A lot of domestic violence happens when people are drinking. The scary drinkers are ruining the village with crime from beating up people, so adults shouldn’t drink in villages.

 In conclusion, adults shouldn’t drink in the village or in front of their kids or teenagers. Adults are teaching kids/teens how to drink. They ruin the whole village with crime and they’ll ruin their family. I hope adults will stop drinking in the village and in front of their kids/teens.

                         By: Shaylene Nicholas

First of all, our parents raised us, they wanted us, plus they spend a lot of time with all of us. playout, games and anything we want. Our parents spend time with us and teach us because they love us, so we should respect our parents.

Second of all, they assist us with homework, clean up for us and labor hard for us to have good lives. They help us do lots of things, so we should respect them.

Lastly,they also cook foods like fish. They cook for us because they have to take care of us and because they love us. Therefore we should respect them a lot.

If they do things for us maybe that is because they love us, and we should show them that we love them back by treating them with respect.

                       By Mariah Tinker

When Timothy used to play basketball, his knee got bad and he had surgery, so from that time he quit playing ball. He tried playing again, but got hurt & quit playing basketball ever since.

 In spring and fall time, he/we get to go hunting and fishing for our winter storage, for our Yup’ik food. Timothy’s parents, and all the other adults’ parents, taught their kids how to stack up on food for before winter season, so he follows what he was taught and stores up food for the winter.

 Apparently all the dads like to do men stuff, so that dads can teach their kids to do dad stuff when they get older, and it will keep going, Timothy Nicholas is a dad in our house, the man of the house. He has good advice for dads: “Every father should remember that one day, his son will follow his illustration instead of his advice”. 

 I am really proud of him, as a result of he takes us to go hunting for food, save it through winter time, and he helps us do some of our homework. I like the way he behaves and loves us in his heart, but he usually gets mad at us all the time, because we always bother our siblings. I love you Timothy like what you said to me, “I’m really sorry my son…[when] I don’t show love to you guys, but in my heart, I adore you.” 

By: Andrew Nicholas

First of all, rumors hurt people’s feeling and emotions. I can see it on their faces, they also talk about them. One time, my friend was shedding tears because some people were making rumors about her. People’s feelings change and they get gloomy and think about suicide. People should stop gossiping about people so they won’t be hurt and they won’t think about self-murder.

 Second of all, people who make rumors have less friends. One person I know who makes a lot of rumors has less friends and the friends she used to have are discouraged about wanting to be with her. She lost a lot of friends because of spreading gossips. That person had a lot of friends, but then she started gossiping, and now she has less friends. If she stops gossiping about other people, she will get more friends. 

 Thirdly, elders tell us to respect each other and rumors do the opposite of that. Rumors hurt people. One elder, Frankie Brink, observed, “People who make rumors should stop because it hurts people.” An elder tells us to be respectful and not make rumors or gossip about other people. Gossiping hurts people, that’s why people should stop.

 In conclusion, people who make rumors should stop because it injures other people. I hope they stop and other people will won’t be depressed and they won’t think of suicide. That person who makes rumors can make a lot of friends if they put an end to gossiping.

By Katie Demientieff

 Agnes was always busy in summer. She used to like doing mostly chores in summer like cutting fish, picking berries for her family, and taking care of her younger siblings. When she was younger, getting water and picking berries for her family was her hobby. According to her sister Margaret, Agnes’s favorite colors were pink and blue, but, “I don’t know why it was her favorite color.”

 Agnes was a very helpful, caring, loving older sister. Born on August 28,1940, in her parent’s Bethel fish camp, she was 76 years old when she passed away. Agnes was in Kasigluk all her life, not moving anywhere.

by:Mariah Tinker