Chilkat Valley News - Serving Haines and Klukwan, Alaska since 1966

The Haines Borough should encourage all residents to participate in local gardening, either cooperative or self, wherever there is space to plant. Encourage all commercial fisherman to market a portion of their catch for local consumption at local tax-free prices. With so many people out of work, encourage all residents to help their neighbors by bartering for things they need. In turn, encourage all subsistence people to share their catch with others whom cannot fish. In the 60s before oil, Haines was nearly a total subsistence community, with many gardens, and groceries/freight once a month. The Haines Highway was closed in the winter, and there was no ferry. We survived, we will continue.

Norm Smith