Zachary Snowdon Smith

Zachary Snowdon Smith
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Zachary Snowdon Smith was the editor of The Cordova Times from February-December 2021.
Reid Williams, 18, on his father’s boat, the F/V Pelagic on Aug. 15, 2019. Williams was awarded a $2,000 scholarship by Cordova District Fishermen United. Photo by Zachary Snowdon Smith/The Cordova Times

CDFU scholarships send fledgling fishermen to college

"There’s a lot of fishermen that just know how to fish, and I want to expand my horizons," scholarship recipient Reid Williams said. "I want to learn what else is out there."
A pad-mounted transformer awaits repair on Lake Avenue. The blackouts of Aug. 14, 2019, were caused by a faulty distribution cable, said a Cordova Electric Cooperative spokesperson. Photo by Zachary Snowdon Smith/The Cordova Times

CEC: Blackouts were caused by random glitch

"This is a random failure," said Scott Newlun, manager of generation and distribution for CEC. “It’s nothing that we’re too concerned about happening again."
Chad Hyatt is a classically trained chef specializing in mushrooms. In 2018, Hyatt published “The Mushroom Hunter's Kitchen,” a guide that works mushrooms into everything from pork belly to ice cream. Photo courtesy Cordova Chamber of Commerce

Mushroom gourmet to lead foraging, cookery workshop

“Mushrooms are so mysterious, so ephemeral and fleeting,” Chad Hyatt said. “Even the people I know who know more about mushrooms than anybody are constantly puzzled by them."
Antonina Hosick celebrates her 100th birthday on Aug. 27, 2018. Photo courtesy Kory Blake

Hosick prepares for 101st birthday

“Personally, I didn’t like tending bar,” Antonina Hosick said. “We used to have some real characters, years ago. They were out having fun, but they did a lot of weird things. One man got drunk and they got a coffin out and stuck him in the coffin! When he woke up, he was kind of perturbed.”

Forest Service teaches kids about ecology

"We took precautions to keep the kids from getting worn out and/or hangry," said Emily Stoddard, prevention coordinator for the CFRC

Sudden arts council closure leaves programs in limbo

“It’s like being a government in exile," said Ben Brown, chairman of the Alaska State Council on the Arts. "We’re definitely in uncharted territory here.”

Unwitting resident taxied missing children and their mother from airport

It wasn’t the first time Keesha Hodges had given out-of-towners a ride from Cordova Municipal Airport.  When a Seward air taxi pilot asked Hodges...
“No. 1” plastic bottles, seen here, are typically transparent and have dimpled undersides. The Copper River Watershed Project compacted a bale of plastic bottles for recycling on Aug. 7, 2019. Photo by Zachary Snowdon Smith/The Cordova Times

Recycling plastic is more complicated than it looks

What's the difference between "No. 1" plastic and "No. 2" plastic? Click here to find out.
Mike Jackson fires one of his cannons across Eyak Lake. Photo by Vivian Kennedy/The Cordova Times

Cordova’s amateur artillerymen

“It seems appropriate on the Fourth of July to set off something that’s bigger than fireworks,” quipped cannon hobbyist Mike Jackson.

Census Bureau seeks workers for regional surveys

“It’s not a very difficult job, to be honest,” said Jameson Mariano, assistant recruiter for the Census Bureau. “A majority of our employees that take the field representative jobs are 70 or 80-year-olds."
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