Wesley Reid Hall was born to Candace and Riley Hall on Oct. 6 at Juneau’s Bartlett Regional Hospital. Wesley weighed 7 lbs., 11 ozs., and measured 20 inches. “Wesley is healthy with lots of hair,” said Candace. He joins sisters Heather and Eliza and brother Luke.
Britney Bradford surprised brother Casey Bradford on his birthday with a visit from college and a puppy. “She is an eight-week-old golden retriever puppy from Washington and Casey named her Daisy. It’s been a blessing after what Casey has gone through,” said mom Candi Bradford. Casey was mauled by a brown bear while moose hunting in October.
Alex Weersinghe and Bruce Smith hit 9 of 10 clays to win the “father-son” competition at the Haines Sportsman’s Association annual Turkey Shoot at the Mud Bay rifle range last weekend. Bruce was standing in for Alex’s dad, Nishan Weersinghe. About 20 people participated. Jim Stickler also won his first turkey after besting son James Stickler. “It was a great event, good turnout. We are looking forward to our next Christmas Shoot in mid-December,” said volunteer Charlie DeWitt. He won two turkeys and the outing’s first round of cutthroat.
Artist Symaron Marquardt hosted her first painting event for her studio Dancing Flames Art. “It’s been very popular and selling out,” said Symaron. About 10 people showed up to paint cardinals on a snowy branch.
Horizon Airlines pilot Mike Denker of Haines was featured in a photo on social media sporting the airline company’s new, blue uniforms designed by Seattle-based clothing designer Luly Yang. Mike was helping passengers off a plane when a company photographer asked to snap the shots.
The Turkey Bowl, the town’s only scheduled football game of the year, starts 9:30 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day at the Parade Grounds, following the 9 a.m. Turkey Trot fun run. Marnie Hartman, who launched the run about 10 years ago, said the touch football game was started by runners and walkers looking to extend the morning’s activities. Everyone is invited.
Saturday’s 88th annual Haines Woman’s Club Holiday Bazaar was the most profitable ever for the local service group. All proceeds go to scholarships for local students. Forty-six vendors participated and the club sold out all its chili, said club president Judy Ewald. She attributed the great turnout to a “captive audience” created by limited travel options.
Margaret Sebens spent a month touring the Lower 48, including a two week visit with friends Michelle Drucker and Steve Williams in Viroqua, Wis. She participated in a retreat at the Franciscan Spirituality Center in LaCrosse, Wis., and celebrated daughter Bozhi Dellinger’s 21st birthday in Laguna Beach, Fla., meeting up with former Haines resident Janine Palombo. In Fayetteville, she saw sister Katherine Haigh Arends and on a hike with brother Charles T. Haigh, nearly stepped on a cottonmouth snake.
Prose, poetry and digitized artwork by Southeast residents can be submitted by Dec. 1 for consideration for publication in the journal “Tidal Echoes,” published by University of Alaska – Southeast. Submission guidelines are available at uas.alaska.edu/pub/tidalechoes.
Dozens of residents in Skagway toasted the memory of Buckwheat Donahue during a tribute Saturday at the Eagles Hall on Broadway. In Haines, Lynn Canal Community Players publicly dedicated the “howl” at Saturday’s staging of “Lust for Dust” to Donahue, a famous howler who donated generously to KHNS and supported other local causes. Thom Ely of Haines attended the Skagway event.

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