Ice Climber at the Valdez Ice Climbing Festival, Photo courtesy of Joe Prax
EMERGENCY SERVICES RESPOND TO MULTI VEHICLE COLLISION
Valdez Police and Fire Dispatch were notified at 5:40 p.m. on the evening of Thursday, February 23, 2023 of a multi motor vehicle collision at the intersection of the Richardson Highway and Wood Way. Upon arrival on the scene officers observed three vehicles which were heavily damaged.
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FROSTY FEVER BIG PRIZE WINNERS
JOE SZMYD IS THE WINNER OF THE FROSTY FEVER $1,000 CASH PRIZE FROM KVAK
Congratulations!
BIG ON-AIR PRIZE WINNERS
Kristen Reid – Capt’n Joe’s Car Wash Card
Iam Cabitac - $100 Fat Mermaid
Regina Blood – South Central
Jamie - $100 Valdez Brewing (picture of Jorge as he picked up certificate
)
Airoh Smelcer – Subway Party
Jaelynn Adams - $100 Prospector Gift Card
Jamie Kompkoff – CVT Gift Card
Agnes Hansen - Ravn Alaska
RAVN TICKET WINNERS
Theresa Cummins, Sandy Johns, Vickie Martel (Pictured), Jamie Arciniega
ARCTIC CHIROPRACTIC MASSAGE WINNERS
Mary Mehlberg (Pictured), Jennie Sodergren, Nash Smith
PROSPECTOR CARHARTT JACKET WINNER
Krista Andersen - Carhartt Jacket
RADIO GAME WINNERS
Airfare from Ravn Alaska courtesy of KVAK
Tina Russell (Photo above), Erin Christie, Ramona Mooney (Photo below),
Meta Mendenhall
OBITUARY FOR WAYNE GUNION
Wayne “Gunny” Gunion, 70, died Thursday, February 16, 2023, the result of a car accident in Yuma, Arizona. He leaves behind his wife Jackie of 48 years, and daughter Kim Keller and son-in-law, Jeff, son Jason Gunion, and granddaughters Grace and Ginger Keller.
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VHS NORDIC SKI COMPETE AT ASAA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023
8 Valdez High School Nordic Skiers competed in the 2022-2023 ASAA State Nordic Ski Competition last weekend at Kincaid Park in Anchorage.
Elaina Hanson and Morgan Hamilton skied for the Bucs in the individual girl’s races. The 6 Buccaneer boys who skied for the state competition were Cole Wadsworth, Rafe Carathurs, Blake Roosma, Elias Wisner, and Gabe Caruthers.
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PROPOSED 2023-2024 SCHOOL SCHEDULE ON THE BOARD MEETING
On the School Board Agenda: Move to approve the 2023-2024 Valdez City Schools All District Calendar.
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VHS and GMS Schedule will also be discussed.
GMS HOSTED SPRING FLING VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT
Courtesy of GMS Coaches- This weekend GMS hosted our annual Spring Fling Volleyball Tournament that wrapped up our season. Our A team came into the tournament with impressive energy and were ready to dominate.
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VHS WEEKEND WRAP-UP
Courtesy of VHS Coaches
Boys Varsity Basketball
The Buccaneers welcomed the Monroe Catholic Rams to town for a two game stint over the weekend.
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JV Boys Basketball
This weekend the Buccaneers hosted their final home games of the season against the Monroe Rams.
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Girls Basketball
On Friday, the Valdez girls, hosted the second ranked 3A team in the State, the Monroe Rams.
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Esports
We had an exciting first week of our Esports season.
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GMS WRESTLING IN GLENNALLEN
Courtesy of GMS Coaches- This past weekend Husky wrestling didn’t have to travel far for competition as the season continued at the Glennallen Middle School Scramble.
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