...working years commercial fishing in Cook Inlet. He later joined Local Union 302 and traveled the state as a heavy equipment operator building the highways and roads that we use and count on every day.Ray enjoyed moose hunting, clam digging...
...considered an expert in numerous fields. Throughout his lifetime, he was a teacher, logger, commercial fisherman, heavy equipment operator, mechanic, oil platform worker, carpenter and home builder. He also spent time working on the Alaska Pipeline...
...Sacramento, Calif. He grew up in Moses Lake, Wash. and moved to Soldotna in 1990, where he worked for VECO as a heavy equipment operator on the North Slope and in the Cook Inlet as a crane operator. He was preceded in death by his father, Wayne...
...Glen Mintken. He came to Alaska as a soldier in the 1950s. Over the years he worked as a diesel mechanic and heavy equipment operator all throughout the state, eventually retiring in the Kenai area." "Alvin will be remembered for always living...
...and worked 5 years at ASRC (Arctic Slope Regional Corporation) in the oil industry as a crane operator and heavy equipment operator. Bob celebrated 35 years of marriage and raised four wonderful children with Celestina Stamer. He was a wonderful...
...give a much-needed boost to the region's ailing logging industry. Besides cutters, road engineers and heavy equipment operators would also get work and a virtually impenetrable forest would be opened to home builders, hikers and Winnebagos...
...Steve still lives on a part of the old homestead, as do two of his three brothers, including Jeff, a retired heavy equipment operator. Steve said he finds it interesting that Foster Avenue has sort of become a de facto family project. "We've...
...settled 30 miles from the original site, and Frank helped high schoolers design the new town. He also was a heavy equipment operator and helped run electric lines to villages over much of Alaska. Other endeavors included operating a general...
...Star. Joerg and Hansen, both 54, have known each other since 1983. Both live in Eagle River. Joerg is a heavy equipment operator, Hansen is a pipe fitter welder for Enstar. Joerg is a daredevil, Hansen more cautious, their wives say...
...the company has some projects coming up. He was there to tell students about the engineering, carpentry, and heavy equipment operator opportunities at CH2MHill. "Right now we're desperate for workers," he said. "We need welders. We need...
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