We would like to thank the ambulance crew and the staff at the SEARHC clinic with all our hearts. Through your compassionate, calm care of our beloved Victor you made yourselves vulnerable to our pain, sharing it and holding us up with your strength. True caregivers, all of you. Also, a thank you to the […]
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Blessed to live amid concern
I know we have heard it often in the CVN but it really can’t be said enough: We live in an awesome community of really wonderful and caring people. To everyone who offered help, kind words, support, and medical assistance last weekend at our motorcycle accident, please accept our deepest thanks and appreciation. If we tried to name […]
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Thanks for help with youth soccer
Thank you, James Alborough, Greg Palmieri, Tia Heywood, and Scott Hansen for your help with CommunityYouth Development soccer! This program and all the other CYD programs would not be possible without volunteers like you! Thank you, Alaska Mountain Guides, for making the summer hiking program a success again this year. Sarah Elliott, Community Youth Development […]
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‘Breathe’ is a healthy message to send
Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “Nature is an endless combination and repetition of a very few laws. She hums the old, well known air through innumerable variations.” “Breathe” is a healthy message. Taking a breath, a conscious fill-the-belly-up breath, is one of the healthiest things we can do. It increases our circulation, allowing our bodies to […]
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Self-objectification a concern for all
Thank you for the insightful analysis into one of the most heinous problems of our time: the lurking threat of self-objectification. Sadly, I fear your article failed to address the equally dreadful and potentially more tragic problem of male self-objectification, the shame that dares not mention its name (though it does like to look at […]
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Lapham never lost award-winning smile
As I sit here this morning drinking my first cup of coffee and reflecting about the many trails Pete Lapham and I have traveled together over the years, I can’t help but shed a few tears even though grown men are not supposed to cry. My thoughts today are of the times Pete has been […]
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Duly Noted
Micah True and his wife Kim Dao were in Haines to catch up with friends and family, including Micah’s parents Tom and Shelley True. Micah, who received a PhD in French Literature from Duke University, is now teaching French Literature and Folklore at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. Kim, who also works at the […]
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Ward buys downtown corner building
Haines businessman Mike Ward has added to his property holdings and brought business back to an empty building downtown. Ward, who owns many local businesses including Howsers IGA and Alaskan Liquor Store and the Quick Shop near Fort Seward, recently purchased the building on the corner of Main Street and Second Avenue previously owned by […]
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Seats filled for rec committee
Mayor Jan Hill has filled all seven seats on the Haines Borough’s Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee. At the July 26 meeting of the Haines Borough Assembly, Hill appointed Logan Simpson and Jennifer Talley to terms through November 2012, and Ron Jackson, Jessica Kayser and Melany Zimmerman to terms through November 2013. Simpson, a Haines High School senior, […]
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Sealaska project develops Tlingit language tools
Sealaska Heritage Institute recently created several tools to help advance the teaching of Tlingit through the use of alphabet cards, an interactive online tool and a CD, and a fluent Tlingit speaker from Klukwan is one of the people behind the project. The project was the brainchild of Dr. Rosita Worl, president of the institute. The artwork […]