Firefighting Lesson Caps Fire Prevention Week
Seventh-grader Carson Crager douses a barrel fire behind the borough fireall Tuesday as Lyle Huff, left, and Al Giddings supervise. Fire Prevention Week activities included learning to escape a smokey room and firetruck rides. Tom Morphet photo.

When Christie Willis and family loaded onto the LeConte ferry in Haines  last week, her son Eli had Robbie,  his emotional support stuffed bunny, in hand. Eli, a 13-year-old with autism, uses Robbie to communicate when he is…