My old buddy Kitora Naeme is retiring from CKOK radio and the Society today. This is taken from OK web site:
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This is a fairly emotional week for staff members at the OKalaKatiget Society.
A long time staff member is retiring. K. Naeme Tuglavina the Interpreter/Translator will be working her last day on Thursday, March 26th.
She's leaving OKalaKatiget after being with the Society twenty years or more. She has worked in all the departments within the Society, including kinatuinamut Ilingajuk Newspaper, the television and radio departments and as the Interpreter/Translator for the whole Society.
The staff at OKalaKatiget would like to take this opportunity to thank K. Naeme for all her hard work and hope she enjoys a long and happy retirement.

Not mentioned are the couple of times Naeme took ;sabbaticals' over those years, this is not a criticism but a testament to her commitment to her language and people, Naeme always came back to her second home.

I first met Naeme for the first time down at the dock on my first visit; she was funny, spoke openly and to the point back then as she does today.

A very unique lady.