From The Editor

by Greg Lincoln On behalf of the Delta Discovery and our family, we would like to say how proud we are of your great win and extend our sincere congratulations. This accomplishment will forever be […]

by Greg Lincoln Coping with the loss of a loved one calls for the bereaved to adjust to the new reality that life will be different. Perhaps one of the most difficult things to adjust […]

by Greg Lincoln This weekend we enjoyed seeing many of our loved ones from villages across the YK delta at the 1A tournament held here in Bethel. We have looked forward to it every year […]

by Greg Lincoln There is something called Seasonal Affective Disorder, or SAD. The symptoms of SAD are thought to be caused by the lack of daylight in the winter months. About 6% of our population […]

by Greg Lincoln Every year on February 16th, Alaskans throughout our state remember and honor Elizabeth Peratrovich. Today, we will continue this tradition. Elizabeth Peratrovich was born in Petersburg, Alaska, on July 4, 1911, and […]

by Greg Lincoln As we continue on this journey, do you ever ask yourself what or how you would like to be remembered by those that are left? What legacy do you want to leave […]

I’m disappointed I missed the Alaska Press Club deadline. We won’t be winning any awards this year (sad face). I thought I would share my would-be entries here for your enjoyment. Thank you for your […]

by Greg Lincoln I remember listening to a song a few years ago where the singer talked that about all the hardships that he was facing in life. He sang about losing his job, his […]

by Greg Lincoln Courage is finding the strength to face our grief and our pain. When someone we love passes away, it is like a part of us also passes away with them. The person […]

by Greg Lincoln Not being able to sleep or having trouble staying asleep is called insomnia. Most all of us, unless you are one of the lucky few, have probably experienced insomnia which is very […]

by Greg Lincoln When a person has been experiencing grief from the loss of a loved one and it has been over a year and it is the second year, the components or characteristics of […]

by Greg Lincoln We welcome the New Year and are looking forward to see what it has in store for us. We will not know what is coming up unless we keep going forward. Do […]

by Greg Lincoln Quyana and many good Christmas wishes to you all! Dear friends, this issue of the Delta Discovery marks the end of another amazing year of publishing our project, our beloved newspaper. We […]

by Greg Lincoln Last week on Wednesday, the community of Bethel came together to celebrate the first ever Lighting of the Christmas Tree. Local dignitaries, organization members, community members, children, and some pets attended (because […]

by Greg Lincoln Every person is gifted with something that they like to do. Whatever it is that you like to do can be equivalent to treatment for grief. We must be active participants in […]

by Greg Lincoln When an earthquake hits, it happens unexpectedly without any forewarning. It occurs without any regard to what you may be doing or feeling, and without any consideration to how you will react […]

by Greg Lincoln Every one of us has that certain food that we like to eat. We will eat it and then after some time has passed we will want to eat it again. These […]

by Greg Lincoln Therapeutic heating for aches and pains in our bodies has long been practiced by the Yup’ik people through steambathing, or maqiq. For folks suffering from chronic pains like arthritis, a nice steam […]

by Greg Lincoln Last week we started talking about writing our thoughts down for ourselves, for our benefit. Have you considered starting a journal if you do not keep one already? Journalers sometimes get writers […]

by Greg Lincoln Dear comrades, writing this column every week has helped us talk about our grief. To us, it is like writing in a journal since it chronicles our feelings, our joys and pains, […]

by Greg Lincoln When you became ours, we made the decision to love and cherish you forever. It was a choice, knowing that we would have to someday lay you to rest, to say goodbye […]

by Greg Lincoln We all have some sort of heart issue that we are dealing with and living with. These heart issues are different in extremeness, intensity, and type since we are all different individuals. […]

by Greg Lincoln With the changing season comes reminders, small cues that trigger memory, those vast annals of things of the past. The air, the way the grass is colored, the way the sun and […]

by Greg Lincoln Last Wednesday we were honored to accept the Association of Village Council Presidents Small Business Award. That is a great honor and a humbling gift. What can we give in return for […]

by Greg Lincoln Dear friends, today marks exactly one year to the day, the day our precious daughter, our beautiful, loving, kind, adventurous child ceased to walk upon this earth as you and I are […]

by Greg Lincoln Transitioning due to new changes can sometimes be hard, especially if you are a parent, and those changes include when it comes time for your children to fly the coop. When one […]

by Greg Lincoln Today we celebrated the wedding of our son Mack to his beautiful bride Kaitlin. Our hearts are so full of love for the both of you and the happiness in your faces […]

by Greg Lincoln To all, we are very pleased to announce the upcoming wedding of our son Mack to his bride-to-be Kaitlin Andrew. They will be wedded in holy matrimony on Sunday, September 16th, 2018 […]

by Greg Lincoln This past weekend we took a trip back to our roots, to our home village of Toksook Bay. This trip was everything we wanted it to be: familiar, homey, comforting, relaxing, therapeutic. […]

by Greg Lincoln Each day we have tasks that must be completed and there are things that we must do to keep things moving, things that need to be done. I have found that every […]

by Greg Lincoln We must have the patience of Job. When someone is in deep grief and mourning, it is our task if we so desire to help, to support them through their suffering. I […]

by Greg Lincoln It is the strangest thing. When we who are so destined by fate to be the ones to bear the loss of a beloved one, the world continues to revolve around the […]

by Greg Lincoln Grief is like a guest in your home. It lives with you, it eats with you, it is there when you go to bed, when you wake. It even comes with you […]

by Greg Lincoln The things that we do while we are grieving are really for us, for our own healing of the mind and heart. We believe with all our being that we are doing […]

by Greg Lincoln What can we learn from grief? It is ever-present, shrouded underneath that outer shell. That shell is sometimes as thick as armor during the day but when we are alone, off it […]

by Greg Lincoln Friends, is there wisdom in grieving? Yes, it is your natural response when you lose someone that is meaningful, significant, and your whole life is intertwined with them that you love so […]

by Greg Lincoln This past week has been memorable. Firstly, thank you for your nomination for the Calista Shareholders Business of the Year award. We had prepared a short statement to be read at the […]

by Greg Lincoln When someone you love passes on, sometimes it is hard to separate yourself from the belongings of your loved one. You may feel like you want to keep them forever and protect […]

by Greg Lincoln There is so much to do, and so little time. A person who is bereaved can either go two ways. One way is to go through the grieving process, the acute grief, […]

by Greg Lincoln Last week we talked about how it is like to visit places once loved by those who have passed on. The memories are still there and they always will be. Visiting those […]

by Greg Lincoln Visiting the places where a loved one had once been can be difficult for those who are grieving from losing someone they love. The feelings that you may experience can range on […]

by Greg Lincoln Our backyard has been full of our little wild Alaskan songbirds visiting our birdfeeders. Their sweet singing, chirping, and occasional squabbles make us smile. So far we’ve been visited by black-capped chickadees, […]

by Greg Lincoln This Memorial Day we gathered together as a community to honor the Alaska Territorial Guardsmen who protected our land from enemy invasion during World War II. The solemnity and sincerity of the […]

by Greg Lincoln Today is your birthday. We miss you every minute, every second of our waking moments. You are constantly in our thoughts, in our minds, in our hearts. Our love for you will […]

by Greg Lincoln Talking about loss and bereavement has led us to the discussion of depression. Sometimes complicated grief can be confused with this feeling, this condition of depression. It is important to know the […]

by Greg Lincoln Friends, quyana for your continued support and great kindness while we are grieving for the loss of our beloved one. This grief has been unbelievable, unfathomable, the kind that completely decimates. Through […]

by Greg Lincoln Each spring we look forward to the Native Youth Olympics games and this past weekend we attended the State NYO games in Anchorage where we saw many of our great student athletes […]

by Greg Lincoln Last week we talked a little about our elders. Since then, we have had other thoughts that we would like to include. As an elder grieves, we think of the many times […]

by Greg Lincoln There are many stages of life. How does grief affect the elderly? We have elders among us and in our families that we love and cherish. How do they deal with bereavement? […]

by Greg Lincoln It has been hard to find sleep these days and when it is found, it only seems like a brief moment, not quite enough to feel well rested and ready to take […]

by Greg Lincoln We have not talked about anger, it is a sensitive subject because it is hard to talk about without feeling sad, it causes the absence of being happy or content. Everyone has […]

by Greg Lincoln We are so in love with this land that we live on. The beauty of the tundra, the rivers and the ocean is beyond words. I like to think that when our […]

by Greg Lincoln This past weekend we went to the State 1A basketball finals in Anchorage. It is the biggest tournament for small schools and teams from all over Alaska are there. It is different […]

by Greg Lincoln What is the meaning of compassion and empathy? Empathy is the ability to feel and understand what another person is going through. Compassion is to suffer together. These kinds of words and […]

by Greg Lincoln Friends, a while back we wrote about visiting the resting place of our beloved as we, who still walk this earth, ourselves await that happy day when we will all be together […]

by Greg Lincoln Bereaved parents may feel an overpowering sense or feeling to protect their other children. It is like a heightened parental reflex or response after the loss of a beloved child. Why? Because […]

by Greg Lincoln Hello with warm Christmas and New Year greetings to you all. This issue of the Delta Discovery marks the end of another great year of publishing our newspaper. We thank the Lord […]

by Greg Lincoln One thing that we have always enjoyed going to is the basketball tournament that is hosted here in Bethel each year for our villages. It features our hometeams and we get to […]

by Greg Lincoln Quyana for sharing your strength and happiness with us. How? When you show us your joy through your smiles, that happiness spreads like osmosis to us, filling us with something other than […]

by Greg Lincoln How nice it is to be in the company of friends. That feeling of trust and love is like a balm for our pain-weary minds, quyana for your thoughts of kindness, your […]

by Greg Lincoln Dear friends and readers, quyana for your encouragement to our family while we continue on week after week after the devastating loss of our precious child. You are always on our minds […]

by Greg Lincoln People are resilient. What makes them so strong? For one thing, it is their strong faith. We have seen that in you. Please keep holding on to that faith as we journey […]

by Greg Lincoln We are very blessed to live in a place where people care so much through their prayers and deeds of kindness. Thank you for lifting us up when you meditate each day […]

by Greg Lincoln Grief experts who have studied the loss of a child have attempted to put into words and even stages what we are experiencing and they have many different explanations. As we continue […]

by Greg Lincoln I thank you dear friends for allowing us to express our deepest feelings as we mourn the loss of our beautiful daughter. Each day that comes has had its difficulties. When we look […]

by Greg Lincoln It makes our hearts flutter with gladness when we hear our children laughing during these days as we struggle to survive after the loss of our beloved dearest one. This laughter comes […]

by Greg Lincoln Neighbors and friends, we are so privileged to call you our friends. Your presence in our lives has uplifted and eased much of our suffering, thank you. Thank you so much for […]

by Greg Lincoln Friends, talking with you and sharing our feelings has helped us so much these past weeks. We have been tested and tried and in our weakness, you have been our strength along […]

by Greg Lincoln Foremost, we thank you for your friendship and comfort to our family. Quyana to our Bethel family and others near and far for your care and kindness and for not forgetting our […]

by Greg Lincoln Sometimes it’s a song with words that remind us, or a photo, or just how the sun sets. Last week’s we spoke about how it felt like to lose someone precious to […]

by Greg Lincoln Moose hunting season is here in GMU 18. Here is a message to all hunters from the ADFG: The Alaska Department of Fish and Game would like to remind hunters to get […]

by Greg Lincoln The community of Kongiganak celebrated the 4th of July with events including a kids kayak race, intramural basketball, indoor and outdoor activities, adult night games, and raffles. There is a video on […]

by Greg Lincoln It is time for the celebration of art, athleticism, dance and song, and cultural traditions in Fairbanks at the annual World Eskimo-Indian Olympic Games. WEIO will take place at the Carlson Center […]

by Greg Lincoln The 2017 Calista Annual Meeting of Shareholders took place last Saturday, July 7th in the village of Sleetmute at the Jack Egnaty Sr. School. All incumbents who were running again won their […]

by Greg Lincoln We wish all of you a safe and happy 4th of July in your communities and hope that you enjoy your time with family and friends, wherever you may be. For Kelly […]

by Greg Lincoln Folks, it’s time to celebrate our nation’s holiday with festivities, food, and fun in Bethel. The annual 4th of July Celebration is kicked off with the annual parade through town followed by […]

by Greg Lincoln On June 14, 2017 flags across the nation that were ready for retirement, including here in Bethel, were honorably decommissioned through flame in a Flag retirement ceremony. June 14 is designated as […]

by Greg Lincoln Congratulations to the class of 31, including William Charles of the Bethel Police Department and Owen Martin of Kipnuk for the Association of Village Council Presidents who graduated from the Public Safety […]