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The 3rd annual "Garden Soup at the Sullivan" was celebrated on Thursday, the 30th, under perfect skies.
Along with the perfect late summer day, the menu and the music, furnished by Colin Barnard were perfect too. Vegetables from the Sullivan Roadhouse garden – what? You didn’t know that there is a vegetable garden among the splendiferous flower display in the Mabel Olmstead Memorial Garden? Yes, tomatoes, rhubarb, peas, fava beans, zucchini.
The garden is planted in June, the province of Ms Christy Roden, volunteer garden coordinator, in conjunction with the UAF Cooperative Extension service. Ms Roden oversees the Master Garden Program as well.
The vegetables were harvested and made into delectable soups by several friends of the Sullivan Roadhouse, along with homemade bread and Ms McNabb’s ice cream.All in all it was a wonderful afternoon. If you were not at the 3rd Annual "Garden Soup at the Sullivan" you really missed out---put it on your calendar NOW for next year!
Article submitted by Ken Farrow
Photos Courtesy of Judith Farrow
This years Friends of NRA events include a 5 gun pre-event raffle and a banquet to be held at the Delta Junction Moose Lodge on Oct 13th.
Dinner Tickets are $40.00 each - and can be obtained by contacting Ann Rasmussen @ 873-3012, Melissa Luntz @ 895-3278 or Dave Luntz @ 590-9140.
Tickets can also be obtained on Wednesdays at the Fort Greely Shopette from 11:30 - 1pm or on Saturdays at the IGA from 10:00 - 2pm
The pre-event raffle encompasses 5 Kimber rifles in .338, 325 WSM, 300 WSM, .308 and a .270 - tickets are $20.00 each and each ticket gives you 5 chances to win with no limit on ticket purchases or amount of guns you can win. You do not have to be present night of banquet to win.
So come on out and enjoy a night of fun that will include either halibut or prime rib dinner, Live and silent auctions, bucket raffles and games.
We have a winner. Congratulations to Tom Theisen for finding this week's mystery photo. Tom wins a gift certificate from Buffalo Center Diner compliments of Ed and Ann Richards.
The mystery photo was a portion of the Delta Mine and Training Center logo, located on the side of their building, next to Buffalo Service Center. We had 8 correct entries.
This image of a mother cow moose and her four calves was taken during the summer of 2004 in Lori Meeks front yard. Approximately an hour after this photo was taken the cow expired. This moose phenomenon was written about at least twice in the Fairbanks Daily News - Miner and was seen by many people in the Clearwater area of Delta. Image by Dwight Phillips
Congratulations to Darlene Chaffin the winner of this weeks' mystery photo. Darlene wins a gift certificate from Buffalo Center Drive In, compliments of John and Linda Sloan. Just as a reminder, make sure you redeem your gift certificates by September 1, the closing date for this season.
This photo apparently was right up the ladies alley. The photo was a section of the Calico Cow fabric shop sign. Out of the 19 entries there were 15 female gender and 4 male gender. Congratulations to all who have submitted correct guesses.
The Delta Chamber of Commerce is looking for people interested in helping plan the Chamber’s annual Halloween event.
Upon finding a patch of white clover near by, I recalled my youth when I was pretty good at finding four leaf clovers. With in a couple of minutes I had discovered a half dozen and photographed this one. They are non-native to Alaska, but are becoming more prevalent. To learn more check out this link. Photo Courtesy Marlin Dunklebarger The Peterson family of Delta Junction has been selected the 2007 Farm Family of the Year by the Alaska State Fair and the Alaska agricultural community. The three generation farm includes: Bob & Brenda, their son Randy & his wife Becky along with their children Kasey, Dustin & Kraig. The Delta Junction family will be honored at the Fair Board Director’s reception on Thursday, August 23, opening day of the Fair.
As described in their nomination: “The way this family works with each other and the way they are always striving to improve their farm; the land, the products and the service, make the Peterson family and their farm, Insanity Acres, a prime example of a Family Farm.”
The Peterson family moved to Delta Junction from Missouri in 1996. They raise oats and barley for grain, seed grasses, hay and potatoes. Their straw bales are popular with dog musher’s (as bedding for sled dogs) and meet the certification requirements of the Yukon Quest.
The family is very active in their community, including involvement in the Salcha-Delta Soil & Water Conservation District, the Delta Farm Bureau, the Delta Chamber of Commerce and the Delta Fair.
“This family represents the hard work, determination, and cooperation that is necessary to be successful at farming in Alaska” says Franci Havemeister, Director of the Division of Agriculture. “I am pleased to support this award and look forward to hearing more about this family.”
The award, sponsored by the Matanuska Valley Federal Credit Union, was established by the Fair in 2000 to honor an Alaska farming family and show appreciation for all the hard working Alaskans committed to agriculture in the State. “The Alaska State Fair is about recognition of excellence and the Peterson family exemplifies the qualities of excellence in family farming and farm practices,” says Ray Ritari, General Manager of the Alaska State Fair.
Nominations are accepted annually, and a committee chaired by the Division of Agriculture selects the winning family based on production of quality Alaska Grown products, community and agricultural organization involvement, and overall image.
Previous Farm Family award winners include the Huppert Family (2000), the VanderWeele Family (2001), Havemeister Farms (2002), Rempel Family Farm (2003), P & M Gardens (2004), Calypso Farm & Ecology Center (2005), and Wrigley Farms (2006).
For more information please visit www.alaskastatefair.org or contact the Fair media center at 907-746-7181 or mediacenter@alaskastatefair.org.
Membership in the Deltana Fair Association is open to anyone who is a resident of the State of Alaska and is interested in the Deltana Fair. Dues are payable each September 1 and expire August 31. The annual general membership meeting will be held in October or November. This meeting date will be set after the financial audit is done.
Did you win something in the Multi-Item Raffle at the Deltana Fair? Have you gotten your prize yet?
The Deltana Fair needs a new theme and logo for the 2008 Deltana Fair. Put your thinking caps on and come up with something catchy for next year’s fair.
Exclusive to the Delta News WebStaff Sgt. Sean Fisher, Staff Sgt. Reynolds, Spc. Steven Jewell, Chief Warrant Officer Christopher Johnson, and Chief Warrant Officer Jackie McFarlane were killed August 14 in a CH-47 Chinook helicopter crash in the vicinity of Al Taqaddum Air Base, Iraq.

Fisher, 29, of Santee, Calif., was a flight engineer who joined the Army in June 2002 and was assigned to Fort Wainwright in February 2003.
Reynolds, 37, of Rock, W. Va., was an aircraft power plant repairman who joined the Army in March 2002 and was assigned to Fort Wainwright in December 2002.

Jewell, 26, of, Bridgeton, N. C., was CH-47 repairman who joined the Army in August 2005 and was assigned to Fort Wainwright in April 2006

Johnson, 31, of Grandville, Mich., was a CH-47 pilot who joined the Army in August 2004 and was assigned to Fort Wainwright in January 2006

McFarlane, 30 of Virginia Beach, Va., was a CH-47 pilot who joined the Army in August 1994 and was assigned to Fort Wainwright in August 2006.
This picture is of my friend Kaillee, who worked the Delta Visitor Center. One day she went outside and found herself face to face with one of these creatures. She rushed back inside and dialed her boss, Brenda, who was on vacation. "I just went outside, and there was a ten foot mosquito on the lawn!" she shouted. Brenda was not impressed, until she came back and saw the two mosquitoes for herself. Kaillee and co-worker Rebekah named the mosquitoes "The Blood Brothers". For a few weeks no one knew who left them there, but later Brenda found out. They are a great photo op for the tourists, and yeah, for the employees and their friends. One mosquito has sold and been replaced. I think they are three hundred dollars each, if you would like to go to the Visitor Center and see about buying one for your front yard.
Congratulations to Jeffrey Jones the winner of this weeks' mystery photo. Jeffrey wins a gift certificate from Buffalo Center Drive In, compliments of John and Linda Sloan. Just as a reminder, I was talking with Cory Sloan last night, and she said they are closing on September 1, so make sure you redeem your gift certificates by the closing date.
The photo was taken at the old Texaco Gas Station, now known as Buffalo Service Center. The photo was indeed the Michelin Tire man on the sign. Some people called him the marshmallow man, and Jeffrey knew the location and who he was, and being 9 yrs old, he called him the toilet paper man this morning when I called him to get his address. We had 8 correct entries. As far as I know, 3 of the guesses this last week were submitted by children. Congratulations to all who have submitted correct guesses. Keep trying, we still have a few weeks left in this summer mystery photo contest.
Craig Dvorak tackles a Bears runner as Jordan Jones (#30) comes in toassist. The Packers beat the Bears 26-6, giving them 2 wins in a row. Click on the photo for an enlargement.