Kimberly Chambers, 28, died Monday following an accident. A funeral service will be held 2 p.m. Saturday in Champagne, Y.T.
The mobile mammography van will be in Haines Saturday as well as Monday through Wednesday. The Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium’s Wisewoman Women’s Health Program in partnership with the Breast Cancer Detection Center is bringing the van here from the Breast Cancer Detection Center of Alaska in Fairbanks. For more information, or to make an appointment, call SEARHC’s Christa Clayton at 766-6366 or Pam Sloper at 766-6367.
Former resident Kate Maxwell is at the Olympic games in Brazil. She saw Germany beat Portugal in a quarterfinal men’s soccer game Saturday. The game was played in Brazil’s capital, Brasilia, where some Olympic soccer matches are held. She then attended women’s indoor volleyball Sunday in Rio de Janeiro, where she saw the Netherlands beat Serbia and South Korea beat Cameroon. Kate is teaching social studies at Brasilia International School.
A lot of filming has taken place at Kroschel Wildlife Center recently. Celebrity naturalist and Animal Planet TV host Jeff Corwin and film crew spent a few hours at Kroschel’s on July 31. They shot segments that featured a bear, porcupine, wolverine and reindeer for an upcoming TV show. Coyote Peterson and his upcoming TV show film crew were also at Kroschel’s, where they filmed for the popular children’s Internet show “Brave Wilderness.” The show features Coyote traveling around the world, meeting different animals. The crew filmed wolverines, mink, moose and weasel, said Steve Kroschel.
A group of Haines runners competed in the Yukon River Trail Marathon Aug. 7 in Whitehorse, Y.T. Local runners competing in either the marathon or half marathon included Sarah Elliott, Lizi Wirak, Alisa Beske, Sierra Jimenez, Bryan Harmon, Lauren McPhun and Alissa Henry. Tracy Wirak also attended the event.
Haines School librarian Leigh Horner recently attended a librarian collaboration training, a five-day intensive conference for public and school librarians. About 25 people throughout the state attended the event, which was held in Fairbanks. Leigh drove to Fairbanks via the Top of the World Highway. She also got to see daughter Elena Horner, who lives in Fairbanks and worked at Prudhoe Bay this summer through an internship.
Former resident Mario Juarez of Seattle and nephew Seth Juarez of Akron, Ohio, were in town for a weeklong visit, which they spent eating fish and staying out of the rain, Mario said. The duo also went to local museums and golfed at Valley of the Eagles Golf Links. A highlight for Seth was seeing bears along Chilkoot River. They stayed with Chip and Heather Lende.
Betty Banaszak completed her new book, “The Return from Babylon to Jerusalem.” It’s the sequel to her first book, “The Divided Kingdom of Israel and Judah,” which came out a few years ago. The new book covers 536 B.C. – 450 B.C., picking up where her first book, a Biblical history covering 975 B.C. – 536 B.C., left off. In 536 B.C., the Jews, who’d been held captive in Babylon, were freed by the conquering Persians. “The Return begins with the year that Cyrus the Persian conquered Babylon and brought in an empire that uniquely allowed the displaced captives to go back to their homelands,” writes Banaszak in the introduction. Daughter Lilly Boron helped design the covers of both books. The book is available online and will be available at the Babbling Book.
Sarah J’s Espresso Shoppe went through a lot of boxes of ice cream cones last week, said owner Sarah Jaymot. Free ice cream was offered daily as part of customer appreciation week. The promotion was previously held later in the season. Jaymot said she moved it up so more people could take advantage of it.
Dan Henry was recently informed that the University of Alaska Press Editorial Board approved publication of his book, “Across the Shaman’s River: John Muir, the Tlingit Stronghold, and the Opening of the North.” The book is scheduled to hit stands in fall of 2017. Henry also recently accepted a full-time teaching job at Lane Community College in Eugene, Ore., as part of the school’s Communication department. He’s also an adjunct professor for University of Alaska Southeast.
Jane Pascoe is presumably the woman with the “strong Australian accent” referenced in a recent article published in Outside magazine. The article is a first-person account of Outside contributing writer Gareth Wishart’s trip to Admiralty Island outside of Juneau. Jane works as a bear monitor on the island, known for its high concentration of brown bears. Gareth wrote that he was “thrown for a moment” by Pascoe’s welcome.
Heather Lende and daughter J.J. Hinderberger’s trip to Italy included stops in Rome, Florence, Venice and the Italian Riviera town of Vernazza. Traveling by trains and on foot, they attended the opera “The Marriage of Figaro,” swam in a public pool in Florence, attended Mass at St. Peter’s in Rome and a cooking class in Tuscany, hiked and swam in Vernazza, saw glassmakers, and listened to Italian Baroque chamber music. An elementary teacher, J.J. recently earned her master’s degree in school administration and will be filling in this fall as Juneau-Douglas High School assistant principal. Retired Klukwan teacher Teresa Hura will watch over J.J.’s first graders until she returns.
American Field Service, an international youth exchange program, is looking for Haines families to host for 2016-17. For information, call longtime AFS volunteer Connie Kreiss at 907-747-5387 or go to www.afusa.org.