Planning & Zoning Commission
Three vacancies to each serve a three-year term, expiring November 2022
Valdez Museum & Historical Archive Association Board of Directors
One vacancy to serve a one-year, two-month term, expiring January 2022
City Permanent Fund Committee
One vacancy to serve a three-year term, expiring November 2022
For more information and online application submissions, visit valdezak.gov. Paper applications are available at City Hall.
Throwdown in Snowtown
Courtesy of VHS Coaches – What a great weekend of wrestling in Valdez. The Valdez Buccaneers ended the weekend with two wrestlers making their way onto the podium. Angelina Grande had a dominant performance to take home gold, picking up 4 pins along the way. Gaspar DeLeon ended the weekend with a bronze medal showing much improvement and promise as a first-year wrestler! The season is still young and this weekend was a great way to pinpoint our areas
of focus as we move forward. Reflecting on the weekend I am proud of the fight our wrestlers have and their eagerness to learn and improve. I was also quite pleased with all the fans that came out to support or wrestlers and to hear the crowd erupt in cheer for the team!
Thank you to all of those that helped make this year’s Throwdown in Snowtown a huge success. It is great to see a community come together to support this great sport and the athletes that take on the challenge.
Throwdown in Snowntown VHS Results
Varsity 135
Caleb MacPherson’s place is unknown and has scored 0.0 team points.
● Quarterfinal – Kennan Metzger (Grace Christian School) won by fall over Caleb MacPherson
(Valdez High School) (Fall 2:48)
● Cons. Round 1 – Aiden Zingone (Grace Christian School) won by decision over Caleb
MacPherson (Valdez High School) (Dec 9-3)
Varsity 135B
Anthony Beck’s place is unknown and has scored 4.0 team points.
● Quarterfinal – Anthony Beck (Valdez High School) won by fall over Gabe Hoffman (Glennallen
High School) (Fall 0:52)
● Semifinal – Kolbe Myers (Redington Sr. Jr/Sr High School) won by fall over Anthony Beck (Valdez
High School) (Fall 1:19)
● Cons. Semi – Carson Dwello (Redington Sr. Jr/Sr High School) won by fall over Anthony Beck
(Valdez High School) (Fall 0:47)
Varsity 140
Tate Chadwick’s place is unknown and has scored 4.0 team points.
● Champ. Round 1 – Tate Chadwick (Valdez High School) received a bye () (Bye)
● Quarterfinal – Gavin Metcalf (Redington Sr. Jr/Sr High School) won by fall over Tate Chadwick
(Valdez High School) (Fall 1:51)
● Cons. Round 2 – Tate Chadwick (Valdez High School) received a bye () (Bye)
● Cons. Round 3 – Tate Chadwick (Valdez High School) won by forfeit over Jake Mcdermitt
(Redington Sr. Jr/Sr High School) (FF)
● Cons. Semi – Vincent Mahoney (Houston) won by fall over Tate Chadwick (Valdez High School)
(Fall 2:20)
Varsity 160
Sullivan Holt’s place is 4th and has scored 13.0 team points.
● Champ. Round 1 – Sullivan Holt (Valdez High School) received a bye () (Bye)
● Quarterfinal – Sullivan Holt (Valdez High School) won by fall over Justin Bockman (Grace
Christian School) (Fall 2:54)
● Semifinal – Gabe Beaudoin (Wasilla High School) won by fall over Sullivan Holt (Valdez High
School) (Fall 3:36)
● Cons. Semi – Sullivan Holt (Valdez High School) won by fall over Julius Reape (Redington Sr.
Jr/Sr High School) (Fall 2:21)
● 3rd Place Match – Andrew Beveridge (Grace Christian School) won by tech fall over Sullivan Holt
(Valdez High School) (TF 18-2)
Varsity 171
William Benes’s place is unknown and has scored 6.0 team points.
● Champ. Round 1 – William Benes (Valdez High School) received a bye () (Bye)
● Quarterfinal – William Benes (Valdez High School) won by fall over John Gosh (Redington Sr.
Jr/Sr High School) (Fall 2:27)
● Semifinal – Mason House (Houston) won by fall over William Benes (Valdez High School) (Fall
0:52)
● Cons. Semi – Lucas Brockman (Seward High School) won by decision over William Benes
(Valdez High School) (Dec 6-0)
Varsity 171
Rafael Alfaro’s place is unknown and has scored 4.0 team points.
● Champ. Round 1 – David Scott (Glennallen High School) won by fall over Rafael Alfaro (Valdez
High School) (Fall 2:34)
● Cons. Round 1 – Rafael Alfaro (Valdez High School) received a bye () (Bye)
● Cons. Round 2 – Rafael Alfaro (Valdez High School) won by fall over Josh Miller (Redington Sr.
Jr/Sr High School) (Fall 4:01)
● Cons. Round 3 – John Gosh (Redington Sr. Jr/Sr High School) won by forfeit over Rafael Alfaro
(Valdez High School) (FF)
Varsity 285
Timothy Schantz’s place is 4th and has scored 3.0 team points.
● Round 1 – Grant Trotter (Grace Christian School) won by decision over Timothy Schantz (Valdez
High School) (Dec 8-2)
● Round 2 – Timothy Schantz (Valdez High School) won by fall over Keenan Caldwell (Redington
Sr. Jr/Sr High School) (Fall 0:21)
● Round 4 – Marcus Lastimosa (Seward High School) won by fall over Timothy Schantz (Valdez
High School) (Fall 2:00)
● Round 5 – Kayjai Schoneman (Wasilla High School) won by fall over Timothy Schantz (Valdez
High School) (Fall 0:34)
Varsity 285B
Gaspar DeLeon’s place is 3rd and has scored 7.0 team points.
● Round 1 – Gaspar DeLeon (Valdez High School) won by injury default over James Tuckfeild
(Barrow High School ) (Inj. 1:53)
● Round 2 – Kekoa Albino (Seward High School) won by fall over Gaspar DeLeon (Valdez High
School) (Fall 3:46)
● Round 3 – Gaspar DeLeon (Valdez High School) won by fall over Jana Allen (Valdez High
School) (Fall 2:36)
● Round 5 – Dylan Marcus (Seward High School) won by fall over Gaspar DeLeon (Valdez High
School) (Fall 2:47)
Varsity 285B
Jana Allen’s place is 4th and has scored 3.0 team points.
● Round 2 – Jana Allen (Valdez High School) won by forfeit over James Tuckfeild (Barrow High
School ) (FF)
● Round 3 – Gaspar DeLeon (Valdez High School) won by fall over Jana Allen (Valdez High
School) (Fall 2:36)
● Round 4 – Dylan Marcus (Seward High School) won by fall over Jana Allen (Valdez High School)
(Fall 1:02)
● Round 5 – Kekoa Albino (Seward High School) won by fall over Jana Allen (Valdez High School)
(Fall 1:20)
Varsity Girls 119G
Angelina Grande’s place is 1st and has scored 18.0 team points.
● Round 1 – Angelina Grande (Valdez High School) won by fall over Kalyn Ealey (Redington Sr.
Jr/Sr High School) (Fall 1:31)
● Round 2 – Angelina Grande (Valdez High School) won by fall over Alivea Kelly (Redington Sr.
Jr/Sr High School) (Fall 1:11)
● Round 3 – Angelina Grande (Valdez High School) won by fall over Faith Walker (Redington Sr.
Jr/Sr High School) (Fall 0:11)
● Round 4 – Angelina Grande (Valdez High School) won by fall over Cassandra Workman (Wasilla
High School) (Fall 4:29)
Courtesy of VHS Coaches – It was a tough 1st week for e-sports. 2 of our 5 League players were out sick, which forced us to forfeit Tuesday’s match against East Anchorage High. Valdez will play South Anchorage next week.
On Thursday, Valdez went up against Chugiak in a best-of-5-game Rocket League series. Chugiak won the first two games. Valdez won game 3 in overtime thanks to outstanding goalie play by Wyatt Mitvitnikoff. He had 10 saves and allowed zero goals. Chugiak came out in game 4 and scored 2 quick goals. Needing to pick up some points of their own, Valdez decided to press on offense and left the goal unguarded. Chugiak took advantage and scored 5 more, winning 7-2. Chugiak won the series 3 games to 1. Valdez plays Mt. Edgecumbe next week.
Boys A Team Wins Glennallen Tournament
Photos courtesy of Joe Prax
Crowds supporting GMS at their basketball games in Glennallen
Rylen Case with the ball
GMS Cheer Section at Glennallen Basketball Tournament
Girls A Team on the floor after a loose ball
VALDEZ GIRLS PLAYED TOUGH IN GLENNALLEN
Courtesy of Coach Laurie Prax – The Valdez Girls A Basketball Team beat Tok 17 to 15 in an exciting overtime to start off the Glennallen Tournament. Desi Woodgate led the team in scoring and had 9 rebounds. Carlie VanBuskirk added 4 points and 4 rebounds. Jasmine Hobson chipped in 8 rebounds and 3 steals. Kelsey Prax added 5 steals and 5 rebounds. Rachel Berkeley and Destiny Day had 5 rebounds apiece. “We brought down some monster rebounds,” said Coach Laurie Prax. “but we had a hard time putting the ball in the hoop. I was proud of the girls for hanging in there and bringing home the win.”
On Friday night, the Huskies faced an aggressive Glennallen team and did not get many attempts at the basket. In their final game, the Huskies stepped up their aggressiveness and fell just one point short of beating Northway. Jasmine Hobson and Desi Woodgate let the team in scoring with 4 points apiece. Woodgate pulled down 6 rebounds, Sofia Ramos played tough defense and grabbed 6 rebounds and Prax added five defensive boards. Hobson had four steals and VanBuskirk had five steals. “Without Moe Togague at the post for us this weekend the girls had to really step up their game. We learned a lot this weekend that will help us at our home tournament Nov 7th, 8th and 9th.
Kelli Malcuit, Lola Compehos, Rylee Wade and Bella Smelcer ready for an inbounds play
Coach Petersen – Our first game of the Copper River Tournament against Delta was a bit of a slow start. The low-scoring game ended 11-10 in our favor which was enough to take us into the winners bracket. Lola Compehos led in scoring with 5 points. Bright and early Saturday morning we played game 2 against Northway. Our sleepy defense and missed shots saw us behind at the half. Strong defense from Sydney Cronk slowed their high scorer in the second half but we weren’t able to make up lost ground and lost 8-19. The girls were able to regroup and come out excited and pumped-up for game 3 and it worked! They had a 23-7 victory over Delta, and more importantly played very well as a team and had a lot of fun! Rylee Wade led the scoring with 16 points thanks to some great assists by her teammates! Lola compehos was on fire on defense with 7 steals. This win took us to the championship game against Northway. We came out much stronger than the first time we saw them that morning and played a very exciting game that led to an emotional 23-25 loss after DOUBLE overtime. This team has seen much improvement in our short season and we’re looking forward to our home tournament in two weeks!
The Valdez City School District Board of Education is soliciting applications from the people interested in serving on the Board Curriculum Advisory Committee. Committee members will gain an understanding of what goes into curriculum development and will provide input into curriculum areas under evaluation or development. If you are interested in serving on this committee, please pick up an application at any of our schools or the District Office. Once the application is completed, please return it to the Valdez City Schools District Office, 1112 West Klutina Street, Valdez, AK 99686. Applications are due by December 13, 2019.
Friday, November 8th, 7pm, Valdez Civic Center
RupLoops is an interactive, live looping performance, using vocal percussion, rhythmic rhymes and an arsenal of eclectic instruments from around the globe. Rup utilizes his diverse skills as a musician to create a pulsating, entertaining and engaging musical experience. He is a gifted educator and performer and has a deep passion for intercultural work and intercultural sounds.
Adults only $20, Students and Youth only $10, Seniors (60+) and Military/Veterans: $10.
Special membership deals.
Where: Valdez Civic Center, Doors open at 630pm, show starts promptly at 7pm
Tickets available 2 weeks before the show at A Rogue’s Garden or available at the door the night of the show.
Debit and Credit cards taken at the door.
Audrey Lee Shepherd & Dustin Joseph Slocum welcomed River Moon Slocum to the world on October 16th, 2019 at 6:02 am.
She weighed 5 lbs. 6.5 ounces and was 17.5” long.
Congratulations!
The Valdez Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing on November 13, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers. The purpose of the hearing is to take public testimony on the request from Dunning Enterprises for a conditional use permit (CUP) for a towing, salvage, and recycling yard on the parcel owned by the City of Valdez located at 596 Hobart Street (Lot 1, Block 1, Airport Industrial Subdivision).
The public is encouraged to attend, but if attendance is not possible, comments may be presented to the Planning Department in writing prior to the November 13, 2019 meeting. A copy of any comments submitted will be presented to the Planning & Zoning Commission. Submissions by email may be sent to: khuber@valdezak.gov.
Anyone having questions concerning this notice, or who would like more detailed information should contact the Planning Department at 907-834- 3401.
Here are your responses!
Kathleen Todd:
Helping my kids get their Halloween costumes invented
Toni Emerald:
I really enjoy all the giggles & laughter from the young & young at heart.
