To Fairbanks in October

Dark nights gobble up the precious minutes of daylight.  Cheechakos imagine that a curtain drops in Alaska when winter comes, six months of daylight, then six months of darkness.  However, the summer sunlight gradually surrenders to winter with an average loss of six minutes of daylight per day.          Hunters store their winter's food supply in the freezer.         Ice chunks float down the Chena River, and it's below freezing most of the day.  Snow may fall at any time. Why would anyone want to come to Fairbanks in October?         October is the month when the Permanent Fund dividend checks arrive.  In 1969 the ten-year-old state government received about 900 million dollars when Alaska auctioned the drilling rights at Prudhoe Bay.  Oil revenues deposited on February 28, 1977 created the Permanent Fund savings account.  A portion of the income of this savings account is distributed each year.         A direct deposit check for $1,850.28 is credited on October 10.  For those who wanted the check sent directly to them, the date is later.  Each application is processed in the order it is received.  Every resident of Alaska receives a check, every man, woman, and child.  Is that enough to convince you to move to Alaska?         If not, maybe the beautiful northern lights, or the wildlife, or the snow in October will.         For some the prospect of no more lawn mowing or gardening for the next seven or eight months lures them north.  Others come for the fresh air, bright stars and open spaces.         The first snow comes on October 14.

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