"To be cold" = "alappaaq" in Inupiaq Eskimo

My grandpuppies Boomer & Jake. Tough dogs in the North!


To be cold = alappaaq
to be cold, of humans or animals = qiiya
to catch a cold = nuvaksi
to be cold, of a place, object, weather = qiiyanaq
to be very cold, of weather = irriliq

Okay, it's cold-it's really cold, I mean interior Alaska cold but it's not -60oF yet the old timers will say!
Scott went out and fed the bison and elk hay. We had a soldier come take a prime bison Saturday. We had a barrel with wood burning while Scott took care of the animal for the family who were visiting from Eielson Air Force Base. Yesterday I made the trek to Delta via son, Buckley's small, blue, fuel efficient car. It's a manual so it was nice at -40oF to be able to rely on the old trustworthy type of transmission. I ran into a few people getting groceries before the cold spell really hit. Saw Mike Kingston loading his arms up and had a nice chat about music in Delta and saw Mike from "The Pit" picking up groceries for his lunch orders this week. His said that his dad and brother have had quite the weather in Oregon, without power for days. This was the Portland area. I also heard about Seattle from our daughter, Aimee, she was excited about the snow but I'm sure the excitement subsided as she had to make her travels to work.

CNN has news about a outbreak of war update.

On a lighter note, I've discovered Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/) and I like it alot better than myspace.

Wherever you are, stay warm, stay dry, stay cool and have a great last week of 2008!


Ruby Hollembaek
PO Box 502
Delta Junction, Alaska
99737
business website: www.bisonandelk.com
art website: www.akmosaic.com

"Eye" Dominance = "iri" in Inupiaq Eskimo

Grandson, Colton, figures out how to look through a scope-----which eye dominance are you?

Ocular dominance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

There also appears to be a higher prevalence of left-eye dominance... It has been asserted that cross-dominance (in which the dominant eye is on ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocular_dominance#Determination_of_ocular_dominance

Are you left or right eye dominant? Are you left brained or right? It can get kind of complicated.

• The cellular age has finally reached village Alaska in a big way.

-- http://www.adn.com/front/story/634862.html --

• Chena Ridge land saved for greenbelt

FAIRBANKS -- An effort is moving forward to establish a 670-acre greenbelt to run across the base of Chena Ridge.-- http://www.adn.com/front/story/634833.html -

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05:00 PM William a Egan Civic and Convention Center Anchorage, AK

• Great Alaska Beer Barley Wine Festival

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Ruby Hollembaek PO Box 502 Delta Junction, Alaska 99737
business website: www.bisonandelk.com

Happy Holidays from the Hollembaek Family

Buck, Christy & kids at the ranch

Tracy & Beryl in Maui

Aimee & Brooklyn in Seattle- Ruby in Maui
Leslie & Mike in Maui

Russell & Hannah's Wedding-Pastor, Russ, Scott & Hannah
Hannah's beautiful bridesmaides

Ruby Hollembaek
PO Box 502
Delta Junction, Alaska
99737
business website: www.bisonandelk.com

Holiday Bazaar to become "acquainted" again = "ilitchugi" in Inupiaq

On a dark morning in December, I packed up my wonderful prime bison hides and headed in to town with 10 year old grandaughter, June. We were doing the Holiday Bazaar. Thank you to the guard for doing such a wonderful job setting up and helping us out! We had quite a day with lots of people coming through. There was an open house at Granite View Sports, Delta Meat & Sausage and the Calico Cow. What a busy day and it was well above zero degrees F. How 'bout that?

Erica Frenzl had some wonderful handwoven baskets that her grandmother from Tooksok Bay created plus some gorgeous hand crocheted gifts herself. There was jewelry plenty by varied artists and beadwork, home made knit sweaters and jackets, knives, Heart Fur Animals booth, the Cooperative Extension Service with berry cookbooks for Christmas and so much more.

With the holidays, I hear about wonderful parties going on plus the lighting of the Sullivan Roadhouse ~ a new tradition for Delta.

I got to see old friends and kids that are now parents themselves. The Deltana Fair sold all of their t-shirts from the 2008 season. I decided to collect additional new "old" t-shirts to create a raffle quilt with the old logos....feel free to drop one off at the AMC building if you have a "new" old Deltana Fair shirt that'd go with the quilt.

It's very windy today with a chill factor at about -40 degrees F so stay warm, secure your Christmas lights and cuddle under the blanket and enjoy the quiet season!

Ruby Hollembaek
PO Box 502
Delta Junction, Alaska
99737
business website: www.bisonandelk.com art website: www.akmosaic.com

UAF Department Takes on New Name

Dr. Milan Shipka


The Department of Plant, Animal, and Soil Sciences, or PASS, has a new name – High Latitude Agriculture.

Dr. Milan Shipka , department chair, said most people did not understand what PASS meant or what activities and research were included in the disciplines contained in the department. “With the concept of global climate change looming large in Alaska, it is most appropriate to have the word agriculture in a department name at UAF,” Shipka said. “Our faculty members are the primary force of agriculture at UAF.”After the PASS faculty voted in September for the name change, it was approved by SNRAS Dean Carol Lewis, Provost Susan Henrichs, Interim Chancellor Brian Rogers, and President Mark Hamilton.

The new name became official Dec. 2, 2008. High Latitude Agriculture provides statewide education, research and outreach in agriculture, soils, revegetation, and bioremediation through UAF at the Fairbanks Experiment Farm, Georgeson Botanical Garden, the Palmer Research and Extension Center, the Matanuska Experiment Farm, the Delta Junction Field Research Site, Nome, the Seward Peninsula, and other locations across the state.

The Department of High Latitude Agriculture faculty provide instruction in Fairbanks and Palmer, as well as through the Bristol Bay Campus, for undergraduate and graduate degrees in Natural Resources Management with an emphasis on concepts based on agricultural sciences. Non-credit short courses are also offered through the Georgeson Botanical Garden.
Examples of High Latitude Agriculture research include: reindeer research at Nome and Fairbanks reproductive performance in domestic ruminants the role of light in high latitude crop production controlled environment plant growth cultivar selection of vegetables in Alaska potato disease management practices for forage and turf grass peony cultivation and marketing arctic and subarctic soils.For more information about the department, visit the High Latitude Agriculture

See the story at http://snras.blogspot.com

Ruby Hollembaek
PO Box 502
Delta Junction, Alaska
99737
business website: www.bisonandelk.com