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	Pilgrim Hot Springs Sale Goes through By Mary Beth Smetzer News-Miner March 12, 2010 http://newsminer.com/view/full_story/6679885/article-Pilgrim-Hot-Springs-sale-goes-through?instance=home_news_window_left_bullets FAIRBANKS – The Pilgrim Hot Springs sale to Unaatuq LLC, a consortium of Alaska Native and nonprofit entities from the Bering Straits region, is being carried out without obstruction. The 320-acre parcel was auctioned off March 5 for $1.9 million in U.S. Federal Bankruptcy Court as one of the final conditions fulfilling the Fairbanks Catholic Diocese’s Chapter 11 reorganization plan. Within an hour of the auction last week, a U.S. District Court judge in Anchorage issued a temporary stay order of the sale at the request of legal representatives for Louie and Nancy Green, of Nome, who have been seasonal caretakers for a former hot springs lessor since 1975. The Greens, who were asking for title to the property, were previously unsuccessful in getting the sale stopped. Before the diocese could file a response to the stay Tuesday, the District Court judge vacated the order and denied the Greens the stay they requested, said Kasey Nye, a Tucson attorney representing the diocese. “We’re lodging an order approving the sale to Unaataq,” Nye said. The diocese recently provided a $9.8 million financial settlement to be divided among almost 300 abuse victims. Fifty thousand dollars of the hot springs sale will be added to the victims settlement amount and $1.85 million will go to cover the diocese’s remaining administrative and legal fees. Contact staff writer Mary Beth Smetzer at 459-7546 or msmetzer@newsminer.com
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