BEVERLY:  Anyway, I did write to our mayor, Eben Hopson, and you know, he -- they were building a new triplex in Anaktuvuk Pass.  They were going to be using it for teacher housing, or a four-plex, I believe. 

And -- and I asked him, you know, we really need a clinic, you know.  And can you have us have one of the apartments for a clinic.  And, you know, ask and ye shall receive, you know. 

And Eben Hopson let us have the -- one of the apartments in the -- in the Bora (phonetic) housing unit as a clinic, so it was really a great, great improvement, you know. 

There was running water, of course it's potable water, but there was running water for -- for, you know, some wounds have to be cleaned real thoroughly, and many times it was very hard to, you know, do it when you have no running water. 

And -- and then before long, I believe in 1980, they -- they put in a phone in the clinic, or they moved the satellite phone to the clinic, so it was the -- we called it the sat -- the black phone.  We had our black bags and our black phone.  And for, you know, talking with the doctors. 

And so, you know, I think we were coming along and as -- as I got the facility, I started to order equipment, you know.  Because we have space now. 

So I ordered everything I could possibly get, you know, like a couple of exam tables and -- and, you know, they were government issue, but they were still good.  And we -- we just, you know, progressed right along and we got medicine cabinets and -- and just -- and supplies that we need to have in a clinic. 

And -- and you know, it just was -- I loved doing -- oh.  I was going to share that when I first got hired, you know, my pay was 5.06 an hour.  And, you know, I didn't really do it for money, it was just somebody had to do it.  And I just felt compelled to -- to take that role, you know. 

And I believe I was always one of those growing up, you know, in my large family of 12, I'm always taking on the nurturing role of when somebody's sick or somebody's hurt.  I just had this, you know, knack or common sense or probably both, but I would try to make my brothers or my sisters comfortable. 

And one time we were at Tuchemesoa (phonetic) camping, summer camp, (Native word) in Tuchemesoa, and somehow one of my sisters cut her hand on the chain saw.  And she just went a little bit, you know... 

She was bleeding all over, and I finally had to grab her, and here I'm trying to wrap her hand with a towel and, you know, she was still going... 

Finally, I just slapped her on her face and, you know, I think that shock must have -- you know, she -- she was able to get back to her senses and we were able to, you know, dress her hand and elevate it and until my parents or my father came back from hunting and we had to bring her back -- bring her back to Barrow.  And we did it by skin boat, you know, (Native word).  And she -- she did okay, you know.  Her hand, she never lost use of her hand or anything.  But just, you know... 

And then watching our mother as she cared for us, you know, that she was my foremost educator.  My mother Mary (Indiscernible) Edwardsen, and she just was a good mother and very nuturing and always making sure she meets our needs. 

And if we're sick, she -- and all of those memories of what she used to do when we had stomachaches or when we had cuts or when we had a fever, you know.  Those kind of things were what I drew from. 

And the other thing is that her faith in God, I grew up blessed with a mother that, you know, when all else fails, you pray.  You know.  When there's nothing else you can do, and many times it was just with a prayer that when you've done all you can for -- for the individual, you give it to the Lord and help always comes, you know. 

And I've never -- I've never -- you know, it don't hurt to pray.  So I always try to pray and try to make my patients comfortable.  And -- and we've had some pretty very scary times of trying to bring people here or to Tanana.
And to try to rescue hikers that often would go to the Gates of the Arctic and Park Service and their choppers and the North Slope Borough and their choppers would often be coming to the aid.