Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Ron Robertson, of S&R Enterprises demolishes a portion of the Kenaitze Indian Tribe's Tyotka's Elder Center building at the corner of Mission Avenue and Upland Drive on Monday April 20, 2015 in Kenai, Alaska. The tribe is currently accepting bids for the construction of a new elders building to be constructed this summer on the same plot of land. Tyotka's provides meals, healthy activities and advocacy to elders.

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Ron Robertson, of S&R Enterprises demolishes a portion of the Kenaitze Indian Tribe's Tyotka's Elder Center building at the corner of Mission Avenue and Upland Drive on Monday April 20, 2015 in Kenai, Alaska. The tribe is currently accepting bids for the construction of a new elders building to be constructed this summer on the same plot of land. Tyotka's provides meals, healthy activities and advocacy to elders.

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Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Emmanual Middleton, of S&R Enterprises, hoses down debris to keep it from getting into the air on Monday April 20, 2015 in Kenai, Alaska. Workers are demolishing the Kenaitze Indian Tribe's Tyotka's Elder Center building at the corner of Mission Avenue and Upland Drive on Monday April 20, 2015 in Kenai, Alaska. The tribe made a decision to replace the building after structural damage requiring extensive repairs was discovered in 2014, according to a media release.

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Emmanual Middleton, of S&R Enterprises, hoses down debris to keep it from getting into the air on Monday April 20, 2015 in Kenai, Alaska. Workers are demolishing the Kenaitze Indian Tribe’s Tyotka’s Elder Center building at the corner of Mission Avenue and Upland Drive on Monday April 20, 2015 in Kenai, Alaska. The tribe made a decision to replace the building after structural damage requiring extensive repairs was discovered in 2014, according to a media release.

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