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Sarah Cohen and Chorus Bishop were married Saturday at their property on Mud Bay Road near Mount Riley. Ann Myren officiated. Cohen is the daughter of Gershon and Kerry Cohen of Haines. Chorus is the son of Han Bishop and Susan Rackza of the San Francisco area. Out-of-town guests included Sarah’s grandmother and former resident Rosalie Cohen, now of Philadelphia; uncle Bob Cohen of Doylestown, Pa.; grandfather Jack Lyon of Missoula, Mont.; aunt Kendal Lyon of Hilo, Hawaii and great uncle Ed Allen of Anchorage. Besides his parents, Chorus’ friends and family members on hand included martial arts mentor Julio Toribio of Monterey, Calif., and childhood friends from San Francisco and New York. More than 200 guests attended a reception including halibut, salmon, crab and shrimp at “The Great Hall” at 7 Mile Mud Bay Road. Music included songs by the Haines band Amasia. Mud Bay neighbor Joan Sizemore, a pilot aboard the 2,600-passenger cruise ship Star Princess, tooted the vessel’s foghorn as the vessel sailed by the celebration around 9 p.m. “She was paying respect to the newlyweds,” said husband and wedding guest Mark Sizemore.
A Haines High School “mega-reunion” for those who graduated in 1977 or earlier is scheduled for July 31- Aug. 3. Haines High School Class of 1972 graduates Marsha (Alex) Rutherford and Peggy (McHenry) West came up with the idea. The women initially planned to just visit Haines this summer. Through Facebook connections, the visit turned into a reunion, which now has a Facebook page. Rutherford, of Corpus Christi, Texas, was last in Haines in 1995. West, of Springfield, Ore., was here in 1982. Resident and high school class of 1973 graduate Judy Heinmiller is organizing the event. Reunion plans include a reception, nametags with graduation year and yearbook photo, tug-of-war, a Southeast Alaska State Fair parade float, live music, and a salmon barbecue. If interested, visit the “Haines Reunion 2014” Facebook page.
Rob Goldberg recently received a $7,500 individual artist project grant from the Rasmuson Foundation. He sought money to add space to his local shop in which he makes musical instruments. He said that more space will allow him to teach apprentices. Writer Caroline Van Hemert of Anchorage, who lives in a cabin at Glacier Point in the summer, also received a project award. This year, there were 274 applicants, with 36 awards given out. In 2005, Goldberg received a project award for his paintings. He has now received awards from the foundation for two different art forms.
Christina Baskaya will be working with Carol Tuynman and the Alaska Arts Confluence this summer as its community enhancement coordinator.  Her focus will be to organize informational workshops to be held in July on new Fort Seward interpretive signs. She’ll also help with the group’s ArtPlace America grant projects. She plans to gather interested groups from the community for the signage project and future improvement projects, such as Art on Main Street and Dalton City.  To learn more about these projects and how you can help enhance your community, email Baskaya at [email protected].
The Hammer Museum welcomed summer interns Emily Mathay of Seattle and Rachel Cannon of Washington D.C. Mathay recently graduated from Lewis and Clark College in Portland with a bachelor’s degree in history. She looked into “cool summer internship” options in Alaska, as she was impressed by the state’s beauty during a previous visit. She jumped on the museum’s opening, as it looked particularly “interesting and unique.” The job is Cannon’s first experience of Alaska. She’s working on a master’s degree in museum studies at George Washington University. She worked with sledge hammers at her last job, installing bicycle racks, and figured “a museum full of hammers would be a good place to go.”
Zack Sheets of Grants Pass, Ore. is in town, while working with miner Dustin Hurt for a couple of weeks at Dustin and father Dakota Fred Hurt’s claim outside of town. The father-son duo have appeared on the Discovery Channel’s “Gold Rush.” Zack heard about the opportunity from mother Jen Sheets, who was in Haines last summer working for Fred. Zack, 22, recently returned from a four-month stay in Siberia, where he was filmed for “Siberian Cut,” a new reality show scheduled to premiere June 3. He and three other American loggers were chosen for the show, which follows the loggers as they cut down thick pine and spruce trees in 60-below temperatures. The loggers are working for a chance at a logging future in Russia, where the timber industry future seems to be, Zack said.
The American Bald Eagle Foundation’s summer interns have started work. This year’s interns include Samantha Wilson, a recent graduate of the University of Alaska Southeast with a bachelor’s degree in biology; Sidney Campbell, a University of Alaska Southeast junior working toward a bachelor’s degree in biology; Leah Girard, a veterinary medicine student at the Michigan State University School of Veterinary Medicine; Emily Warman, a veterinary medicine student at the Auburn University School of Veterinary Medicine; Leia Minch, a 2013 graduate of the University of Oregon who has spent the last four months interning at the Center for Biological Diversity in Silver City, N.M.; and Mikenzie Hart, a University of Missouri senior majoring in fisheries and wildlife sciences.
Melanie Jarvi of Atlanta as well as Cathie and Pat Burmester of Paw Paw, Mich. are in town for nephew Zeke Frank’s high school graduation. Frank’s mother Brenda Josephson said that in addition to the graduation, plans for her sisters and brother-in-law include fishing and whale-watching. This is the group’s first Haines visit. They’re in town until Memorial Day.
Haines High 2009 graduate Ryan Olsen was recently accepted into the doctor of physical therapy degree program at Touro University Nevada in Henderson, Nev. The three-year, year-round program starts July 1. Olsen graduated from Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff in 2013 with a bachelor’s degree in exercise science. Parents are Tina and Dean Olsen.
Monroe and Barbara Hunsberger of Perkasie, Penn. are enjoying their visit with daughter Crystal, husband Al, and children Hunter and Serena Badgley. The couple attended Serena’s track meets and high school graduation. Hunter, who attends Whitworth University, met the family last weekend in Juneau, where Serena’s regional track meet was held. Hunter will be in town until the end of May, when he goes back to work as a mountain guide for Peak 7 Adventures.
Alyssa Magnone will serve as intern at the Sheldon Museum through mid-July. Magnone is a graduate student in museum studies at the University of Florida and hails from Pittsburgh, Pa. She’ll be splitting her time between collections, the front desk and the museum store, said museum director Helen Alten. Magnone arrived in town this week, her first trip to Alaska.