Dick Shellhorn
Dick Shellhorn is a lifelong Cordovan. He has been writing sports stories for the Cordova Times for over 50 years. In his Cordova Chronicles features, he writes about the history and characters of this Alaska town. Alaska Press Club awarded Shellhorn first place for Best Humor column in 2016 and 2020, and third place in 2017 and 2019. He also received second place for Best Editorial Commentary in 2019. Shellhorn has written two books about Alaska adventures: Time and Tide and Balls and Stripes. Reach him at dshorn44@gmail.com.
It’s been a very berry summer
It’s been a very berry summer, and in fact, that’s likely why it has not been a very bear-y summer.
Cordova Chronicles: Ode to a budget guru
Back on July 7, 1958, when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Alaska Statehood Act, my father Don Shellhorn was so excited, we built a big bonfire on the edge of the street near our Second Street home. Dad passed away in 1995, but I am sure sparks would have been flying from his pipe quite often if he had been around to read the headlines in the Anchorage Daily News regarding politics and state financial issues this past year.
How high can you go?
Remember the limbo, that dance contest, where to the beat of
music, participants try to slide under a continually lower bar, while not
falling backwards or...
Veterinarian in town
Six black-lab and red-bone hound mix puppies ponder their first visit to the vet, as co-owner Chasity Bourdess looks on.
Cordova Chronicles: Deer Season Outlook is Good
The 2019 deer hunting season began on Aug. 1, and the outlook for
success is good. The population of Sitka black-tailed deer, which were transplanted
across...
Cordova Chronicles: A Math Ferry Tale
In a packed hearing at the Cordova Civic Center on Saturday, July
27, 2019, the outpouring of protests over cuts in ferry service was loud...
Repairs underway on historic local road
A
$2.3 million project to solve continuing flooding issues at the far end of
Power Creek Road is underway.The
narrow and often one-lane seven-mile gravel road that...
When it comes to ferry cuts: Is it time to go jump off the...
Back in 1989, Cordova High School students held a dockside rally
over cuts in ferry service that would have eliminated travel for activities.The September protest...
A Memorial Day tribute to the tree fleet
For the past several months, the berth on the Coast Guard dock off the North Fill has been vacant. That’s because the USCG Cutter Sycamore left on Feb. 9 for a 44-day voyage that included stops in California and Mexico followed by passage through the Panama Canal enroute to the Coast Guard Yard in Curtis Bay, Maryland.
The gears will always be turning at Saddle Point Machinery Shop
Cordovans may have noticed the rapid construction of a large frame building on the North Fill beside Jim Poor Avenue. The 6,400-square-foot structure will be the new location of Rob Brown’s Saddle Point Machinery Shop
