This bison was dust "bathing" when the photographer interrupted him.  These bison are privately owned but can been seen at approximately 3.7 Clearwater Road.
Delta News Web Photo.

Delta Junction and Ft. Greely aerials -- 40 years ago

Here is how Delta looked about 40 years ago as seen from an aircraft over Jarvis Creek.  Click here for an enlargement of this photo and a higher, more recent U-2 photo.  Image courtesy of Michael Kingston.  July 17, 2000

 

This is what Fort Greely looked like 44 years ago this summer.  Notice that many of the same buildings still stand.  Photo courtesy Michael Kingston.

 

Fishing on the Clearwater 
on a June Evening

 

Interior River Adventures' Jim Stephens (left) brings in his boat at Clearwater Lake landing with two guests on a June evening.  David Johnson photo.   

 

Interior grayling before going back into the water.  Photo by David Johnson.

 

An excited young angler with her first grayling.  Photo by David Johnson.

 

Delta News Web -- July 14, 2000

Aerial view of Bolio Lake looking north.  The brown on the ridge at the top is what it looked like not long after the 1999 burn.  Michael Kingston photo.

The Delta News Web snapped pictures of two of the three Alaska State Troopers in Delta on a sunny mid-July afternoon.  Pictured are Tim Tuckwood (l.) and J. Grieme.  Trooper Hughes was not available at the time.

Several of Delta's master gardeners volunteered their time to plant gardens and flowers at the Sullivan Roadhouse and the Visitor Center this summer.   Sheryl Mills from the Delta Chamber of Commerce sent this picture along with a note saying how much the Chamber appreciates their efforts.  The rest of us do, too!  From right to left are: Cinde Stam-Wear, Elaine Shannon, Bob Carpenter, Ray Dinger and Christy Roden.

Delta Junction Community 4th of July Picnic
Good Family Fun on the 224th anniversary of
American Liberty

The ever popular "Mud-boggs".

The Delta Chamber of Commerce and the Delta Convention and Visitor's Bureau co-sponsored a community 4th of July picnic.  Sheryl Mills snapped these pictures of square dancing, mud bogging, and a kid's watermelon eating contest.  

Sheryl Mills -- July 5, 2000

These moose calves seemed to enjoy the mowed yard outside the Rawalt's home off Nistler Road.  Photo courtesy Mike Rawalt.

Pike fishing guide Dane Hamilton (l.) of Easy Does It Charters holds a small to medium pike caught by Larry Johnson of Bozeman, MT during a June guided fishing trip on George Lake. 

Delta Junction Troop 56 Treks to Sitka

These three pictures are from Delta Junction Boy Scout Troop 56's recent trek to Sitka. The first picture is taken along Kluane Lake from the Soldiers Summit overlook. Our main goal was to spend four days on Kruzof Island and climb the dormant volcano, Mt. Edgecumbe. We had great weather for the climb (pictures 2 and 3). We were also able to explore Sitka's many trails, and learn of it's exciting Russian and Indian culture. Those participating in the trek are Uriah and Curtis Fellman, Matt Sharp, Jason Morgan, Mike Vecchiarelli, Trenton Zachgo, Caleb Parker, Troy Hawkins, and Fronty Parker.

Delta's PTI Alaska "telephone man" Lloyd Maggard makes a connection for a new customer at an important cross connect box.  This job is less fun when it's 30 below zero, eh Lloyd?  Delta News Web photo.

Ideas about the reuse of Fort Greely?

Want to be heard?  Have ideas about the reuse of Fort Greely?  Then join the ILRAAC Committee on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of the month at City Hall, 5:00 PM.  For more info. call 895-1081 

Delta News Web - June 26, 2000

New Delta Junction Website Nearly Complete

An improved website describing many facets of the Delta Junction area is nearing completion, and the editors are looking for corrections and improvements in the text.

The website is a project of the Delta Convention and Visitor's Bureau.  The recent update was made possible through a grant from the Delta Chamber of Commerce.

Design work for the substantial upgrade project was done by Northwest Web Craft, parent of the Delta News Web, and three students in Mr. Brannan's Desktop Publishing Class at Delta High School.  The students are Brian Aillaud, Jennifer Bealer, and Cale Wingfield.

Most of the information in the website came from the Delta Junction brochure originally compiled by the Delta Wind, and from material assembled by Chris Christopherson.

Some of the material is now out of date, and the editors of the new project are asking the community for additions, corrections, and improvements in the text.

The new website contains almost 50 individual web pages and many photos.  A site map can be found here.

Delta News Web -- June 22, 2000