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Media Career

Business Skills

Awards

Personal Interests

Education

Hugh Andrew Dougherty

Publisher, Editor, Art Director, Writer, Reporter, Photographer,Page Designer, Graphic Artist, Marketer

Manager, Consultant, Researcher, Instructor, Marketer

National & State Accolades From Press Associations and Service Organizations

Avid Outdoorsman and Sustainable Living Enthusiast

Continuing Education Courses, Penn State University,

Cardinal Brennan High School

[email protected], 717.298.02861300 Ironville Pike, Columbia Pa. 17512

Areas o Experience: Workow and Technology Consultant; Design Consultant; Business Model Researchand Implementation; Educational Course Designer and Instructor; Management; Hiring and Discharging;Advertising Sales; Ofce Procedures; Accounting

Won as Individual: Feature Writing— Avery Journal, Scáthán; News Writing— Avery Journal, Scáthán;Publication Design—Colorez!Arizona, Inside Tucson Business; Page Design—Tucson Weekly , Inside Tucson Business, Scáthán; Illustration— Inside Tucson Business, Citizen Standard ; Photography— Avery Journal, CitizenStandard . Won by Publications During Tenure: Public Service—Tucson Weekly , Scáthán, Evening Herald ;

Specialty Publication—Tucson Weekly , Inside Tucson Business, Scáthán; Publication and Page Design—TucsonWeekly , Inside Tucson Business; General News Coverage— Avery Journal, Scáthán (The judge wrote, “ReadingScáthán makes me realize how much we have ‘dumbed down’ our daily papers.”); Website—tucsonweekly.com; Photography and Use o Photography—Tucson Weekly , Inside Tucson Business, Avery Journal, CitizenStandard ; Advertising Excellence—Tucson Weekly , Inside Tucson Business, Scáthán (Newspaper o the Year);Two Consecutive “Sweepstake” Awards Acknowledging the Citizen Standard as the Best Newspaper Its Size inPennsylvania

Major Activities: Hiking, Camping, O-Road Driving, Photography, Reading

Media Companies/Publications: National Association o Watch and Clock Collectors—Watch & Clock

Bulletin, Mart & Highlights, WatchDig.org, nawcc.org; Pines Media—Ocean Pines Progress (Ocean Pines, Md.),oceanpinesprogress.com; Journal Exchange Company—Colorez!Arizona; Territorial Newspapers—TucsonWeekly , Inside Tucson Business, azbiz.com, Daily Territorial; Valdez (Alaska) Star ; Cooke Communications— Key West Citizen, keysnews.com; Avery Journal (Newland, N.C.); Web Hosting Magazine (Washington, D.C.);Chesapeake Strategic Marketing Group— Maryland Times-Press, Ocean Pines Independent , Maryland Beachcomber ;Underbridge Enterprises—Scáthán; Evening Herald (Shenandoah, Pa.); Citizen Standard (Valley View, Pa.)

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Writing Samples The Mollies’ Jailer

Published in Scáthán

Imagine being dragged througha three-oot-thick archeddoorway with a solid iron outer

door and an inner door with barsspaced so close together that anopen hand wouldn’t ft betweenthem. Your hands and eet areshackled, so guards pull you downa narrow corridor into a long, darkroom lined with black iron doorson both sides and a vaulted ceiling.

A door is opened, and you arekicked inside - your body bruised

by striking the cold concrete. Theonly light in the cell comes rom anarrow opening at the juncture o wall and ceiling opposite the door.

Such was the introduction o the inmates to the Carbon Countyjail in the anthracite coal region o Pennsylvania.

Today, the site o the inamousMolly Maguire executions is amuseum and open to the public.

Visitors walk through the cellblock where Alec Campbell and

seven other Mollies were hanged.They walk past the cell—Number17—Campbell was held.

They walk down corridors,past other cells, and along narrowpassageways. Psychics, and otherswith a sixth sense, say troubledspirits lurk.

“I wanted to preserve a pieceo history. It’s a landmark,” saidThomas McBride, the man whobought the old jail in August 1994.

Perhaps the most amous parto the jail is that cell o inamy,

“Imagine the scene: In walks

the executioner. Campbell—a

man more than six eet tall—

turns, places his hand on the

wall, and says, ‘Here’s my

mark o innocence.’”

Cell 17, where a aint, mysterioushand print can still be seen on thewall today. The print has survivedcleaning, painting, even chipping.Legend is that Campbell placedit there on June 12, 1877, as atestament to his innocence.

“Imagine the scene: In walksthe executioner. Campbell—a manmore than six eet tall—turns,places his hand on the wall,and says, ‘Here’s my mark o innocence.’”

Campbell was executed in thecell block alongside three othermen accused o being MollyMaguries and convicted o murder.Six others were executed inPottsville, Pa., during what becameknown as Pennsylvania’s Day o the Rope.

During the days when coal wasking, coal barons and mine

bosses controlled almost everyaspect o lie in the anthracite coal

region. Most men worked in themines, on the railroad, or in othermine-related jobs.

As miners organized in anattempt to improve workingconditions, there was violence. Agroup called the Molly Maguireswas blamed by the press and mineowners or most o the randomacts o violence.

As the violence escalated,calculated assassinations wereblamed on the Mollies.

Molly trials became public

spectacles in which circumstantialevidence, hearsay and innuendowere used to send dozens o mento prison and 20 men to thegallows.

Today, the Mollies are almostolk heroes throughout theregion. Books chronicle the eventsrom 1862 to 1879 - the heyday o the Mollies. Mock trials, tours andspecial events bring people romacross the country.

In Jim Thorpe, Pa., at the OldCarbon County Jail, McBride hasset out to preserve that building’splace in Molly legend. He alsowants to preserve a piece o prisonhistory and show how prisoners

lived a century ago.The building served Carbon

County or 125 years as an activelockup.

In August 1994, the countycommissioners put the oldbuilding up or sale pending theopening o a new jail outsidetown. The old jail is on Broadwayin the county seat. Next door arebeautiully decorated Victorianhouses.

“I was quite surprised when

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Writing Samples The Mollies’ Jailer, continued

it went or sale. I elt the countyshould have maintained it as a

museum,” McBride said, recallinghow he elt when he read the newsin a local paper the day ater thecommissioners meeting.

I the county wasn’t going topreserve it, he would. He polled hisamily— and all were in agreement.McBride raised the $160,000 askingprice. The bid was approved at thenext commissioners meeting.

“We got it, now what are wegoing to do with it,” McBride said.There were ongoing expenditures

or electricity, heat and taxes tothink about—and “it wasn’t thecleanest place.”

The purchase agreement wassigned in August 1994, but becausethe jail was still in use pendingcompletion o the new acility,McBride didn’t take possessionuntil January 1995.

“I guess they (thecommissioners) were glad to get rido the white elephant,” McBridesaid. “They knew the maintenancecost. I didn’t. This is more emotionthan logic.”

The jail was built in 1871. Theoriginal design called or 29

cells in the main cell block and16 other cells in what is called the“dungeon.”

The warden lived in the rontpart o the prison. The quarterswere lavish, with large, spaciousrooms and 13-oot ceilings.

Wardens and their amilies—many with children—lived in the

apartment rom the building’sdedication until the 1970s.

As many as 50 prisoners at atime were in residence. A door inthe basement served as entranceand exit or the prisoners. Standingin this doorway, McBride notedthat some people describe a eelingo uneasiness as they pass.

“One described it as torture,”he said. More than 100 people,McBride says, have come to himunprompted and said they haveexperienced uneasy eelings atvarious locations in the building.

In one cell in the “dungeon,”people describe a eeling o “get outo here” when entering.

McBride hasn’t had any kindo supernatural experience, butadmits, “I’m beginning to believethat there is a sense.”

Legend has it that one prisonerin Cell 17, during the 1970s, was soterrifed that he awoke screaming.“They’re (the executed Mollies)coming to get me.” He was the lastone to occupy the cell, which stoodunoccupied when McBride becamethe jail keeper.

Since taking possession, McBridehas become somewhat o an

expert on the Mollies. “I admit Iwasn’t a student until I bought thejail.”

Now, he can cite trial transcriptsor quote rom any one o the manyMolly books. As a student, he hasormed his own opinions.

“I’m beginning to suspect thatthey were set up. There were people

who wanted to eliminate the AOH(Ancient Order o Hibernians),”

McBride said in an interview—sitting under the spot in the cellblock where the gallows waslocated.

McBride, a native o CarbonCounty, had relocated to Florida,where he was in the real estatebusiness. When children camealong, he and his wie moved backto Carbon County and opened asmall Irish shop called the TreasureShop.

His intention was to retire,

but being “warden” o the oldjail is now a ulltime occupation.“Some time I want to get backto my retirement,” he said. Thejail is maintained by a nonproftcorporation. McBride said his mainconcern now is fnancial stabilityor the museum.

Volunteers serve as tour guides.Last year more than 10,000 visitorstoured the jail—its frst year as amuseum. McBride expects morethis year.

He said people are genuinelyinterested in the jail, and it has hada lot o publicity since opening as amuseum.

McBride is sensitive to itshistory. He turned away “GoodMorning America” when thenational ABC morning magazinewanted to produce a Halloweenspecial at the site.

“Men were hanged here. Menwere executed here. We didn’t want

to sensationalize that. We don’twant to exploit that,” he said. •

“Men were hanged

here. Men were

executed here.

We didn’t want to

sensationalize that.

We didn’t want to

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Writing SamplesNews Analysis: TDA Actions, Public or Private

Published in the Avery Journal

Editor’s Note: Newspapersoer news analysis to provideinsight into the motivationsbehind a particular news story.The decision to write a newsanalysis is based on the overallimportance o the story. Newsanalysis is not opinion, butrather a mechanism to get atthe heart o a story.

T

he Avery TouristDevelopment Authority

has been the ocal point ormost o the county-based politicalpositioning in recent months. Atits regular meeting on Thursday,Oct. 5, its membership was themajor topic o conversation—overshadowing the decisions tospend portions o its remainingmoney on community groupssuch as the Avery Arts Council.

Prior to the TDA meeting atthe Tartan Restaurant in Linville,TDA treasurer Dave Peters was not

reappointed as a board memberrepresenting the county lodgingassociation. At last month’smeeting, it was announced thatthe county commissioners haddecided not to reappoint certainmembers and to change therepresentation o other members,including Peters. The board asa whole suggested removingPeters rom his role as thelodging association representativeand reappointing him as arepresentative rom the Chamber

o Commerce.The TDA is the spending

arm o a hotel room occupancytax. The 3-percent room taxwas eliminated by the countycommissioners in the spring. Thereasons stated at the time variedrom a lack o ability to spend theunds generated on community-based projects to disdain or theChamber o Commerce—one o the recipients o money rom theTDA—to sympathy or tourists

who had to pay the tax.At the regular meeting lastThursday, TDA member JimHughes voiced his opposition tothe tax, saying, “It’s about timepeople in this country realize thatthere is no such thing as a reelunch.

“These people might betourists, but they’re still workingmen,” Hughes said. Hughes hasmade his opposition to the taxknown since its inception in 1997.

His Pixie Inn in Linville, andevery other lodging and campingacility in the county, had toreport occupancy to the countyfnance ofce during the threeyears that the tax was collected.

Even though the tax wasrepealed, the TDA still has moneyto disperse, so it remains as anactive board. And it has been veryactive in the months since the taxwas repealed. The activity, though,has revolved around what theTDA will be in the uture and who

will be on its board.The TDA was created in 1997

by an act o the North Carolinalegislature. The law was writtenspecifcally or Avery County.Basically, it charges the countycommissioners with flling a nine-member board and establishesguidelines or reappointment.

It’s the state law and theestablished guidelines that havegiven rise to conusion andaccusations o law-breaking. This

newspaper’s publisher, GlennGrizzard, has been a vocal critic o the actions o the TDA board.

The state law charged theAvery County commissionersto, by local ordinance, peoplethe TDA board. They did thatin 1997 when Dan Vance waschairman o the commissioners.One commissioner would sit onthe board. Four people wouldrepresent the lodging association.Two people would represent the

chamber o commerce. The othertwo members o the board wouldbe members o the public chosenby the commissioners.

Each board with representationwas given the authority to nameits own members when theoriginal membership came up orreappointment. Terms were set atthree and our years initially—tocreate a staggered replacement—and then our years ater that.

This year marks the frst time

“These people might be tourists,

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Writing Samples TDA Actions, continued

there is a need to reappointmembers o the board.

The county commissionersnamed their members andproceeded to name themembers representing the otherorganizations—seemingly inviolation o their own ordinance.

They chose Troy Clark tofll Peters slot rom the lodgingassociation and moved Peters overto represent the chamber. Hugheswas reappointed to his spot as alodging association representativeas was Jim Heaton as one o the

members rom the public. DianeMartin rom the chamber was notconsidered or reappointment.

The chamber o commerce,Peters, Grizzard and otherschallenged the action verbally.They said the commissioners’actions were in violation botho their own ordinance and o the state law. Clark, who is acounty commissioner, said thatthe commissioners were notviolating the law. He went so aras to agree—albeit not verbally—when asked i the action o thecurrent commissioners’ board wasdiscussed with county attorneyDoug Hall.

Prior to the Thursday TDAmeeting, Peters orced a voteduring the lodging associationmeeting to name its members.The lodging association namedthe commissioners’ picks atera little discussion and a little

conusion as to who was actuallymeeting. The lodging association

meets immediately prior to theTDA meeting, and usually one

meeting runs into the other.Now it’s the chamber’s turn toname its member. The memberswill do so at an upcoming boardmeeting. I they name anyoneother than Peters, there is sureto be a fght that may not beresolved outside the courtroom.Whether or not the chamberhas the resources or the desire tochallenge the commissioners andTDA in court remains to be seen.

Newspapers can sue in the

public interest, but Grizzard hasalready ruled that out as an optionor the Avery Journal.

With the state attorneygeneral prepared to oer anopinion as to the legality o thecommissioners’ actions, it wouldseem that the matter is back in thecommissioners’ hands. And everyinterested party is waiting to seewhat happens.

Peters himsel may not beinterested in remaining on theTDA in any capacity. Ater thelodging association meeting, helet the Tartan, saying that hecould not remain because hedid not represent any body andthereore was not a member o theTDA.

The TDA opened its sessionwith fve o its nine memberspresent. That number was enoughto conduct business, but thatact was not noted until midway

through the meeting.The TDA conducts itsel in

a very inormal manner. Whileit is not unheard o or a public

board to meet at a nonpublicacility, it is worth noting thatthe TDA meets at a restaurantclosely linked to one o its ownmembers and a vocal opponent tothe very tax that it was charged toadminister.

Its meetings are rarely attendedby people rom the public. Usuallythose who attend are seekingmoney rom the TDA. Withinthe last three months, no oneaddressing concerns outside the

media and chamber has attended.The reason or a lack o

public interest may be genuine.The public may simply not beinterested in a board that has nosource o revenue and exists onlyto disperse its remaining unds. Orthey may be intimidated by thevenue or meetings. The publicmay not realize that as a publicboard, the TDA meetings must beopen to the public regardless o where they are held.

Ater the November electionsand a new board o countycommissioners are seated, it ispossible to reinstate the roomtax without urther action orthe state legislature—at leastin the opinion o some legalauthorities questioned by thisnewspaper. It may also be possibleby commissioner resolution todissolve the current TDA boardand name a new board. Again,

this is in the opinion o legal

The reason or a lack o

public interest may be

genuine. The public may

simply not be interested in

a board that has no source

o revenue and exists only to

disperse its remaining unds.

Or they may be intimidated

by the venue or meetings.








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Writing Samples TDA Actions, continued

authorities—including thoseamiliar with writing law and

amiliar with the law writtenspecifcally or Avery Countycreating the TDA.

However, in the absence o any action by the state legislature,anything the board does, just likeaction rom the current board,could be challenged in court. Inthe end, it won’t matter who’sright or wrong—or who is abidingby the law and who isn’t—it’swho can aord the litigation.Regardless, it will drain money

away rom the purpose o theTDA—and that is to promoteAvery County.

Hughes made another point atlast Thursday’s meeting. He statedthat it was possible to promoteAvery County without a room taxto pay or it. This is very true.

Hughes oered no insight intoexactly what that promotionwould be and how it would beunded. Given that those whoopposed the tax and helped repeal

the tax are now in control o theTDA, it will be interesting to seewhat plans they propose andimplement to ulfll the purposeo the TDA, that is, to promoteAvery County.•

In the end, it won’t matter who’s

right or wrong — or who is abiding

by the law and who isn’t — it’s

who can aord the litigation.








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Writing Samples Testimony About Addiction From an AddictPain Leads to Abuse of Oxycodone

Published in the Avery Journal

Bill is recovering rom anaddiction to oxycodone.He drives to a methadone

clinic in Asheville three timesa week or treatment. He’ll bemaking the trek and taking themedication or months to come.

His name really isn’t Bill—noteven close. He does live in AveryCounty, though. He’s lived herehis whole lie. He works here.His amily is here. His girlriend

is here. He’s going to get marriedhere. His riends are here, too.

Bill came to the ofces o the Avery Journal to tell his story. Hishope is that, by doing so, he canhelp others. He wants to deterpeople rom becoming addicts,and he wants to persuade peoplehe knows who are addicts to seektreatment.

He was sought out byreporters at the Avery Journal. Thenewspaper has been covering theoxycodone story or months. Thepolice have been reported on.The medical community has beenreported on. It was decided togive a human ace to a situationthat has been called a crisis byexperts.

Bill agrees that it’s a crisis. Healso doesn’t understand exactlyhow it happened here. He knowshow he became addicted, but hedoesn’t know exactly why.

Experts also are perplexed as tothe why behind the story. What

“What worries me is that there are so

many young people who don’t realize

what they’re getting themselves into.

When you start, you don’t know

what you’re doing. You want more,

more, more. You don’t have any kind

o lie. You can’t do anything except

fnd your next fx.”

everyone knows, though, isthat they have to deal withit.

Bill has been clean sinceFebruary. He has been intreatment since December1999. He thanks his amily, hisgirlriend and his riends orbeing there and helping him.He also attributes his success toprayer.

Journalists make a tough call

every time someone is givenanonymity. There’s no ormulato go by. It isn’t enough orsomeone simply to say “This iso the record” or “I don’t wantmy name used.” Essentially,telling something to a reporter onthe job is telling it in public.

When covering a story likeBill’s, journalists wrestle with itsreception. Will it be believed?Does Bill’s identity need to beprotected? What value is there istelling his story? How can it betold without being sensational?

Bill’s identity is beingprotected because the value o his words is more importantthan knowing who he is. He’sa real person. He lives in thecommunity, and he works in thecommunity.

Bill, a young-looking manin his 30s, came to the

newspaper ofces and sat oran hour or so with its editor.

Bill was very candid—not at allrehearsed. He wasn’t exactly atease during the conversation, buthe obviously wanted to tell hisstory. He in act needed to tell his

story.“What worries me is that there

are so many young people whodon’t realize what they’re gettingthemselves into,” Bill said.“When you start, you don’t knowwhat you’re doing. You wantmore, more, more. You don’thave any kind o lie. You can’tdo anything except fnd yournext fx.”

He started using oxycodonetwo years ago. He knew aboutthe pills three years ago. He alsoknows that the drug is more o aproblem now than it was two andthree years ago.

Bill started taking the pillsseeking relie or pain. He startedtaking about 20 milligrams,which cost roughly $20. When hewent to the methadone clinic, hewas taking 200 milligrams a day,costing $200. He was injectingthe pills intravenously—shooting

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When he couldn’t fndoxycodone, he sought out other

opiates—including heroin.“It helped a lot at the time.I didn’t really know what I wasgetting into. I really hadn’texperimented with opiates. All Idid was over-the-counter drugsand stu like that.” He alsoexperimented with marijuanaand alcohol, but he doesn’t seea direct correlation between hisaddiction and use o those drugs.

At frst it was a problemfnding the oxycodone. “More

than now,” he said.Soon ater he started, 20

milligrams wasn’t enough. Hestarted taking more. “At frst, 20milligrams would keep me eelingfne all day.”

Six months ater starting, herealized there was a problem. “Ithought I could just quit. It didn’twork that way.”

When he tried to quit orwhen a supply o the pills wasn’tavailable, he suered rom severepain. He was sick. He wouldthrow up. He would sweat andget chills. He couldn’t sleep. “Iwanted to die.

“It controls you. It takes overand becomes your whole lie.You go to bed thinking aboutit. When you wake up, the frstthing you do is think about it. It’snot a lie. It’s a terrible lie. It’sliving a lie every day.”

His brother and his girlriend

knew he had a problem. Billpleaded with them not to tell his

parents. Some riends knew, too.Bill promised these people that he

would quit.He didn’t. He said he couldn’t.He would stop or two or threedays, but then go back to thepills.

“It’s not like quitting otherthings. When you quit drinking,every day you eel a littlebetter. Every day, I elt a littleworse. I couldn’t get out o bed.Everything hurt. I needed it.”

So he continued. He knewhe was an addict. He went to

work. He paid or the pills sellingthings, with his salary, by othermeans.

He described how addicts getthe pills. There’s a trading system.Someone gets some. They sell toeach other. In that way, addictsget to know each other. Bill saidhe sees people he knows who areaddicted on the street all the time.

He’s out o it completely,though.

“All my tests come backnegative. I can’t have this in mylie,” he said.

He’s tested or drugs as parto his treatment at the clinic inAsheville.

“I’ve been clean.”

In December—Dec. 15, exactly—he went to Asheville. While he’s

thankul to his amily, he saidthat regardless o their reactionand concern, he knew he had

to do it. He knew he was at apoint where he needed to get o

oxycodone.“I knew or a year that I needed

to get o - to get o without mymother knowing. I knew thatgoing to Asheville was my lastgrasp. I didn’t have any choice.”

That decision meant that hehad to tell is parents, too.

He started going every day.That’s the way the treatmentworks. At frst, it’s seven days.Then six ater a ew weeks, thenthree ater three months. Aslong as Bill doesn’t test positiveor drugs, he will continue to

receive methadone. He takes themethadone when he eels theneed.

He leaves or Asheville on thedays he has to go very early. “It’snot easy to drive an hour and 20minutes like that.” He has to getback in time to go to work. Thereare two clinics in Asheville. Billswitched rom one to the otherbecause the second one openedan hour earlier.

“It’s a hard thing to do. Justtalking doesn’t help. When youneed oxy, there is no substituteother than methadone. Themethadone will bring you out o that world.

“You can get better i you willmake up your mind that you’refnished. You need some kind o help. I had my mother and myather and my girlriend. It washard or my girlriend. She stoodby me, though. It’s not happening

overnight, but I’m o it.”

“It controls you. It takes over

and becomes your whole lie.

You go to bed thinking about

it. When you wake up, the

frst thing you do is think

about it. It’s not a lie. It’s a

terrible lie. It’s living a lie

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Writing Samples Testimony About Addiction, continued

Bill came orward because hewanted to tell others that

there is treatment and he wantedto tell others to start it and hewanted to tell others that there isa need to do something about it.

When the question o whyit’s a problem was brought up,it wasn’t answered. The why isperplexing. One o the causesBill sees, though, is a lack o recreation or younger people.

Casually speculating, Billwondered whether a movietheater or a putt putt course

might help. And, it might havehelped him.

He drank, he tried dope. Hedoesn’t know exactly why. Heknew other people who did itlong beore he tried. He said hehas good parents and had a goodhome lie. The one question thatremains is why.

For Bill, the solution to theproblem is letting people knowwhat it’s like.

“Law enorcement and themedical community are doing thebest they can. It’s like every otherdrug. I there are people whowant it, they can get it. It takesunderstanding. The more peopleknow about this drug, the lessdemand there will be or it.

“I I knew what it would belike, maybe I wouldn’t havegotten into it. I don’t know. AllI know is that I wish I never saweven one o those pills.” •

“Law enorcement and the

medical community are

doing the best they can.

It’s like every other drug. I

there are people who want

it, they can get it.”








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Writing SamplesPart 2: Alaska Is a Land of Wonders ...Driving There Is Half the Adventure

Freelance Article Published in The Next Page, Harrisburg, Pa.

The United States’ LastFrontier was called agiant barren, rozen, wild

wasteland when it was acquiredin the 19th Century. It didn’t takelong or its value to be realized.Late in the 1890s, gold wasdiscovered in neighboring Yukonand euphoria spread around theworld. There were other goldrush stampedes in Alaska, andelsewhere, beore. None had theimpact o the Klondike fnd.

Historians have writtenvolumes about Klondike’ssignifcance. The gold rush cameat the right time and in the rightplace. It was the Gay Nineties andmankind had just passed througha century o industrializationand mechanization. Peoplethought that there weren’tmany unexplored, unconqueredlands let on the globe. Withthis mindset, tens o thousandsmortgaged their lives and headed

north on one last hurrah thatwould close out the gilded age.

Luckily or us, Alaska provedtoo much a giant, too barren,too rozen, too wild and too awe-inspiring to be tamed.

Just like a century ago, gettingto Alaska with meaningulexperiences is hal the battleand hal the un. It took a worldwar, threat o invasion and anengineering masterpiece to opena roadway into the great North.To get there, the trek begins some

Luckily or us, Alaska proved

too much a giant, too barren,

too rozen, too wild and too

awe-inspiring to be tamed.

1,500 miles to the southeast inCanada’s British Columbia.

Dawson Creek began as atypical prairie town. That

all changed in 1942 when itwas decided to carve a path toFairbanks, Alaska, at any cost. Just like in the 1890s, tens o thousands committed to the task.Somewhat like the gold-hungrypioneers, the U.S. Army came,built and withdrew. What they

let isn’t exactly tame—it doeschallenge and does oer obstacles.It’s the Alaska Highway.

Today, Dawson Creek, Mile “0,”has all the amenities o a “pass-through” town. All the chainhotels and motels have ranchisesso there’s no shortage o rooms.For a rustic, pioneering experience,book ahead at the Alaska Hotel.Even i you don’t stay the night,check out the saloon. Theatmosphere comes rom a mixture

o locals and travelers, and is airlytypical o what you’ll fnd alongthe highway and in Alaska. It’s agood introduction.

The emporium’s slogan is “55paces south o the Mile ‘0’ post.”Entertainment is oered mostnights during the travel season—there’s always something goingon. Be prepared, ater a night o revel-rousing, to stagger more than55 paces back to your bed.

I you’re lucky (and survivedthe previous night’s intake o

libation), dawn is the perecttime to hit the road. A ew milesoutside town, the highway makesa straight run toward the horizon.This is the lazy-drive part o thehighway. The terrain dips slightlyand way o in the distance itswoops back up. The RockyMountains aren’t visible yet, butthey are there, waiting.

The traveler passes throughseveral small towns. North o FortSaint John, the terrain becomes

noticeably hillier. Prairie armsgive way to woodland. Travelstops become more inrequent.

The Alaska Highway is wellmaintained (by Pennsylvaniastandards). It’s still obligatory toprovision appropriately. Makesure your spare tire is in workingorder and you have the tools toperorm feld repair i necessary.You should also pack campinggear, frst-aid kit and ood, just incase. Stop to fll up the gas tank

at every opportunity. Be sure toask the attendant what the roadconditions arther north arelike. They’re the best source o inormation.

Traveling the highway isrelatively sae. However, highwaybanditry has been reported. Thebest advice is the same advicebrow-beaten by parochial schoolnuns, “Keep your wits about you.”

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need. Remember, you’ve entereda true wilderness. Services can be

miles away. Don’t be surprisedi a local asks which directionyou’re traveling and then asks ora ride to the next town. Use yourown judgment and be cautious.I it works out, you may fnd ariend, or at least a knowledgeablecompanion who will gladly pointout local eatures and hideaways—oten with embellishment. Askingor rides is common and is otentimes the only means to get toa doctor appointment or ood

shopping. Your companion maybe a grandmother or a college-agebackpacker.

As you pass through FortNelson, you’re in the Rockies. Theroad climbs over ridges and windsdown steep inclines. It crossesrivers and passes alongside grandmountain peaks. Here’s where itcan get hairy. The biggest obstacleisn’t what you would expect.It’s recreation vehicles. Thereare passing lanes, but don’t besurprised to get stuck behind a lineo fve or six behemoths chuggingalong at a snail’s pace. The bestthing you can do is resolve totravel at the speed o the convoyand enjoy the scenery.

For many miles, you straddlethe border between BritishColumbia and Yukon. You’ll passinto Yukon and back into B.C. andthen back into Yukon. On oneo these dips, you’ll pass through

Watson Lake. Here, you’ll fndwhat amounts to the only tourist

Until you’ve seen this glacier-ed

mountain lake, you never would

have guessed that water could be

so blue. It shows o its depth and

its oreboding, fdget waters with

spectacular grandeur.

trap along the entire stretch. It’s

the great Northern Lights SignpostForest. It started as a placewhere U.S. soldiers vented theirhomesickness by posting boardspointing to their home townswith the number o miles away.Since then it’s grown to pointthe distance rom all over theglobe. I don’t know or certain i Harrisburg is represented, but I’msure it is.

Heading more westerly thannorth, you’re frmly in Yukon atTeslin Lake. The road path cuts soclose to the shore o the narrowlake that you can almost stretchyour hand out the window andtouch the water.

And then you arrive inWhitehorse, the capital o Yukonand its largest city. Just like inDawson Creek, you’ll fnd everyamenity. Entertainment aboundsand the Klondike Gold Rush spiritis preserved. You may almost

orget where your heading with allthere is to see and do. Whitehorse

makes a great camp base orexploring Yukon, and it oers a

much-needed respite rom therigors o driving.

Back on the highway,Destruction Bay and Kluane Lakeare next. Until you’ve seen thisglacier-ed mountain lake, younever would have guessed thatwater could be so blue. It shows o its depth and its oreboding, fdgetwaters with spectacular grandeur.

The last stop in Yukon is BeaverCreek. Arriving along the mainstreet, you eel relieved. Alaska is

within sight. Beore you pass theU.S. Border station, stop at the restarea a ew yards east. It’s a parkspanning the international line.It’s obligatory to snap a pictureo yoursel sitting on a benchstrategically placed with Canada tothe right and the United States tothe let.

You’ve made it. Welcome toAlaska. As you drive into it, youknow there’s something dierent.

The view rom the highwayis a vast wilderness devoid o people—The Last Frontier. Inspite o the loneliness, Alaskawelcomes you with the warm glowo accomplishment. But don’t getused to it. Challenging adventurehas just begun. •

(Part three will begin at “TheBar Far North,” the Tok Lodge,in Tok, Alaska. Delta Junction,Fairbanks, North Pole, Denali,

McCarthy, Valdez, Anchorageand much more awaits.)




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Last ing Impress ions

Illegitimi nonCarborundum

“...opening up a newspaper is thekey to looking classy and smart.

Never mind the bronze-plated stu about the role o the press in a

democracy—a newspaper, kiddo,is about style.”

—Garrison Keillor—

“Wise men speak becausethey have something to say. Fools speak because they have to say something.”

—Plato—

“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary saety,

deserve neither liberty nor saety.” —Benjamin Franklin—

De gustibus non disputandum est.

Wise men make proverbs,only ools repeat them.

A newspaper should refect the community,not as it is, but as it

might be.

“Too much philosophy makes men mad.”

—Alan Judd—

“It’s a recession

when your neighbour loses his job. It’s a

depression when youlose yours.”

—Harry S Truman—

Drive slow and enjoy the scenery. Drive ast and join the scenery.—Douglas Horton—






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