I would like to thank the Elks Lodge for the use of their facilities. It was a real blessing. And a big thank you to IGA and Olerud’s grocery for their food donations. Without their support, half the money raised would have gone to buying food. We raised $244 even though it was lousy weather. […]
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Halloween party frightfully fun
I would like to thank everyone who assisted with this year’s Halloween party: Lee Heinmiller for the use of the ANB Hall; the Uglies of Haines and American Legion for the haunted house; the Women’s Club, Emblem Club and the Elks, Haines Volunteer Fire Department, and American Bald Eagle Foundation for the owl viewing; and the American […]
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Students share in learning
The Haines School third-grade class would like to thank the Klukwan School students for coming to our classroom to share in an afternoon of learning. The older students taught us about seals. We learned about seal anatomy and how the Tlingits used each part of the seal for a special purpose. We also learned how seals stay warm […]
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Police Blotter
Monday, Sept. 6 A caller reported two bears walking up Second Avenue, north of Main Street at 2:30 a.m. Officer responded and found the bears had gotten into the bank trash can and a dumpster in a nearby alley. Officer chased them into the woods near Fourth Avenue. A caller reported two bears on Third […]
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Police Blotter
Monday, Oct. 31 A caller reported a possible fire in the Porcupine area. A fireman responded and reported it was a structure being burnt down in a bonfire. Sunday, Oct. 30 A caller reported possible explosive equipment at 1 Mile Lutak Road. A worker was advised and cleaned up the debris, which did not include any active […]
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“Gold Rush” returns; Schnabel featured
The second season of the Discovery Channel reality television show “Gold Rush” debuted Friday, with “Dakota” Fred Hurt buying a Porcupine mining district claim and kicking Todd Hoffman’s Oregon crew off the property. Hoffman appears headed to Dawson City, Y.T., to continue his mining venture. A Discovery news release this week, titled “Men Find Gold […]
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Duly Noted
Hazel Englund celebrated her 95th birthday in Anchorage with her daughter Jo Kauffman on Sept. 16. Hazel and daughter, Emily Zimbrich, drove to Anchorage together, enjoying nice weather and bright fall colors along the way. The party was attended by Hazel’s granddaughter, Mikki Chandler, and her great-granddaughter, Shelby Chandler, as well as Hazel’s niece, […]
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Bear swimmers short of state
Three of four Glacier Bear swimmers made final heats at the Region V championship meet last weekend, but came up short of qualifying for the state championship. Senior Jackie St. Clair finished fifth in the 100-yard backstroke (1:08.84), the highest-ranking finish by a Haines swimmer. Winners in each event advance to state, as do a […]
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KHNS reports on income, programming
Public radio station KHNS saw an increase in income in the last fiscal year and topped it off with a record-breaking membership drive, staffers told members at the station’s annual membership meeting Friday. Income from July 2010 through June 2011 totaled more than $450,000, up from last year’s $377,000. The figure doesn’t include the $70,000 […]
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Picture Point, parks to be addressed in borough code
The Haines Borough would establish a public park at Picture Point and increase regulation of parks borough-wide under two ordinances the assembly introduced last week. Borough manager Mark Earnest said the Picture Point park ordinance was required as compensatory mitigation for aquatic resources lost through recent expansion of the Port Chilkoot Dock project, which included new restrooms and a […]