(Courtesy/Sofia Shumelda) Former Haines resident Sofia Shumelda is in Ukraine volunteering in various communities around the country. Currently, she is in Lviv helping move wartime refugees at a local train station.

Judah James Russell was born at 10:47 a.m. on Dec. 31 at the Juneau Family Birth Center. He weighed 9 pounds, 4 ounces. Parents are Katie and Nick Russell. Grandma Nancy Jones and auntie Adonai alsowere present at the birth. 

Irene Mulyca, 69,died…