"Feds to bring indoor plumbing to Alaska village" by Rachel D’Oro | Associated Press October 24, 2014
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Phillip Peter, chairman of the village tribal council, lives in one of the homes without plumbing. The 63-year-old has lived in the village most of his life and said everyday conditions will hugely improve after remaining homes have indoor plumbing. These days, he collects river or pond water. In the winter, that means chipping away at the ice and carrying it home to melt.
Like other residents without plumbing, his home relies on the honey bucket system — large buckets that serve as toilets. His grandchildren are called upon to haul away the human waste and dump it in village receptacles, which sometimes leak when too full, Peter said Wednesday during an interview in Anchorage, where he and other Akiachak representatives traveled to attend the annual Alaska Federation of Natives convention this week.
He looks forward to the day when his home will have what most Americans take for granted.
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Look who is already in there:
"US Rep. Don Young apologizes after suicide comment" Associated Press October 23, 2014
JUNEAU, Alaska — Representative Don Young has apologized after telling students at a high school where a youth recently committed suicide that people kill themselves when there is a lack of support from family and friends.
During an appearance Tuesday in Wasilla, a teacher asked Young about Alaska’s high suicide rate.
‘‘He was talking about the role alcohol plays, and he mentioned depression,’’ Wasilla High School principal Amy Spargo said. ‘‘But he also went on to say that suicide happens when there’s a lack of support from friends and family, and that’s when the students in the room and the adults just took offense, because it’s like blaming the people who are left.’’
She said after that, the event became confrontational Spargo said she went for the microphone after a student asked about same-sex marriage. ‘‘And Representative Young told him that this was a question about marriage, and you can’t have marriage with two men,’’ she said.
On Wednesay, Young spokesman Matt Shuckerow said: ‘‘In no way did congressman Young mean to upset anyone with his well-intentioned message. In light of the tragic events affecting the Wasilla High School community, he should have taken a much more sensitive approach.’’
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He just killed his own political career.
