On the trailside, a sign of a lonesome life
Posted by adn_jomalley
Posted: November 14, 2009 - 10:31 pm
http://community.adn.com/adn/node/145486The last is different. It says "Nora Jean York, 1951-2009," written in permanent marker. Underneath that, it says, "ALONE."
I visited the cross six weeks ago on a day when thick fog hung over the inlet. I could tell someone had been there recently. A daisy had been placed on the mound.
Later that day, I searched for an obituary for Nora Jean York but found none. I tried a couple of phone numbers but they didn't work. I put her name in a public records database. Little came up except a name change record from 1993. That wouldn't have been a big deal except Nora Jean York used to have a male name, Johnnie Uhl. It appeared she was born a man, but some time in the early '90s began living as a woman.
also
Troopers shoot and kill armed woman
911 CALL: Officers open fire after shotgun was aimed their way.
By KYLE HOPKINS
khopkins@adn.com
Published: November 14th, 2009 01:17 PM
http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/crime/story/1012873.htmlAlaska State Troopers shot and killed a 58-year-old woman who had threatened a companion with a shotgun and later leveled the weapon at troopers early Saturday morning, the agency says.
Five officers fired on the woman, who troopers say also had a handgun, outside a Mat-Su home. One trooper received a minor injury -- a cracked tooth along his gumline from what they suspect was a bullet fired in the episode.
