Alaska Whitefish Trawlers Association

01/01/2022

Announcing the
2021 Winners for Light the Rock Holiday Home Lights Tour!
Your voting results for People’s Choice Favorite Home is awarded to:
1st place House #8 at 1008 Larch The Fruto Family
2nd place House #7 at 218 Birch The Yacas family
3rd place House #17 at 3365 Balika The Solomon family

Favorite Street is awarded to:
Birch Street from Larch to Thorsheim followed closely by
Willow Street & Circle from the Hemlock intersection towards the Post Office

Judges Choice:
1st place awarded to House #10 at 352 Teal Way Scott & Jamela Wight
2nd place awarded to House #26 at 320 W Rezanof The Cruz-Bishop family
3rd place awarded to House #19 at 3421 Chirikof Circle The Iraheta family
4th place awarded to House #21 at 3621 Gull Drive The Minio family
5th place 4 way tie to –
House #2 at 510 Hemlock The Battad family
House #4 at 419 Willow The Alejandro family
House #14 at 1712 Rezanof The Medrano family
House #16 at 2368 Beaver Lake Loop Rd The Moises family

Well Done Everyone! Thank you to our sponsors, KEA
and the Alaska Whitefish Trawlers. See you next year!

12/27/2021

Light The Rock judging teams will be visiting the contestant homes beginning this evening through December 29th. If you're a participating home, would you please make sure your home number is visible and your displays are turned on and ready? Winners will be announced before the end of the year! (Note house #25 at 315 Shahafka Circle and #26 at 320 W Rezanof are not listed below.)
Be sure and visit the AWTA page, click on the Light The Rock tab and cast your vote for your favorite homes and streets. Thanks everyone! And a special thank you to the Rabang family (house #18) for their beautiful display! It will not be forgotten.

12/27/2021

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Rabang family, house #18 for their loss yesterday. The entire community is ready to support you in any way you need.

12/17/2021

We are LIVE! Our Light the Rock map is now available!
https://www.alaskawhitefishtrawlers.org/light-the-rock

We have 24 beautifully decorated houses listed on the map. We understand that the weather may have inhibited decorating this year, so we are still accepting nominations. Feel free to message us on Facebook or fill out the form on our website to add a house to the map!

VOTE for your favorite houses and streets after touring the neighborhoods!
https://forms.gle/U1Uiru8tZunR4QLF9

Light the Rock 2022 is underway! Nominate your favorite holiday homes today! Tour begins December 13!

12/01/2021

NOMINATION DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO 12/15
Nominate your favorite holiday houses today!

https://www.alaskawhitefishtrawlers.org/light-the-rock

Light the Rock timeline // We are now accepting nominations for best decorated houses! Voting begins December 16th.

This event was created last year in hopes of providing the community with a safe holiday event after very hard pandemic year. We look forward to hosting this annually!

Something new for 2021? In addition to voting for your favorite houses, you can ALSO vote for your favorite street! Tell your neighbors! Big thanks to KEA for awarding electricity coupons to the winning street this year!

11/27/2021

Nominations are now open for Light the Rock! Nominate your favorite decorated homes now until December 12th.

Our website and map will go live on December 13th.

Cash Prizes and KEA electricity coupons will be awarded to best decorated houses and streets this year!

Click the link below to nominate!

Light the Rock 2022 is underway! Nominate your favorite holiday homes today! Tour begins December 13!

11/03/2021

It's almost that time of year again!

Check back later this month for more details about our 2nd annual Light the Rock. We look forward to seeing the beautiful holiday displays our community creates! Spread the word! Cash prizes for the best decorated house AND street this year!

(Thanks to Breanna Peterson Photography for photos from last year's event)

09/21/2021

Please spread the word!

Dave Masinter, well-known to the Kodiak fleet through his work at Radar Alaska, passed away on August 30, 2021. Dave always had a smile on his face and will be fondly remembered by the commercial fishermen he helped over the years. Dave left behind his wife of 10 years, Judi Kidder. Dave was the sole financial support for he and Judi, and a memorial fund account has been set up at Wells Fargo bank to help Judi in this difficult time. If you wish to make a contribution at the local Wells Fargo branch you can let them know it’s for the Dave Masinter Memorial Fund, and/or provide the account number (No. 3057978474). Checks can be made payable to Dave Masinter Memorial Fund.

If you have any questions, or problems contributing, please contact Rebecca Skinner at (907) 512-0467.

Account Name: Dave Masinter Memorial Fund
Wells Fargo Account Number: 3057978474

09/16/2021

https://www.alaskaseafood.org/recipe/wild-alaska-rockfish-nachos/

Grilled Alaska rockfish gives this classic nacho recipe a new spin.

09/15/2021

In today's messages:

Hi- my name is Jake Knutzen and I work for Bornstein Seafoods. We recently purchased a plant in Seward, AK and are looking for Po***ck and P-Cod Fishermen for 2022 starting in January. Please contact me if you're interested:
[email protected]
360-630-9399