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Jim and Leslie Boelens built their home from trees
felled, and logs milled, on their seven-acre tract.
Fishing, hunting and gardening sustain many
of tire villagers, a collection of earthy, self-sufficient
people who smoke and can salmon, hunt moose
aixf caribou, and grow cold weather crops such as
cabbage, carrots and potatoes during the brief, sunlit
summer in preparation for the long, cold winter, dur
ing which temperatures can dip to 50 befow zero.
Jim and Leslie Boelens plan to plant a large gar
den this spring on hind they own along the Aniak
River. Lest year, die Boelens built a modest, two
story home on the seven-acre tract.
"Its something I’ve always wanted to do," says
Jim, 45, who milled lumber for the Ixmx from trees
on die property. Boelens, a carpenter, median it and
lieavy equipment operaror, moved to Alaska 20 years
ago from Fremont, Mich.
Sitting on tlx steps of their home, Leslie, 34,
smiles at lier husband with a sense of accomplish
ment. The Wamego, Kan., native, wlio has lived in
Aniak since 1995, plans to stay and raise one of tlx
villages newest residents.
"Right now, there’s no place I’d rather be,"
says Leslie, who gave birth to a 9-pound baby
girl Feb. 7.
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