More than 100 residents turned out Sept. 11 for the tour and open house at the Soboleff-McRae Veterans Village. Former state Rep. Bill Thomas, at right, who secured most of the project’s funding, read a letter from U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski. Jean Clayton, sister to decorated veteran Howard McRae of Haines, was on hand for the event, as were the children of Walter Soboleff, an esteemed Southeast Native leader who served in the Alaska Army National Guard as chaplain.
