Shawna Hotch of Klukwan is credited with helping inspire an investigation into deaths of Native students at Chemawa Indian School in Salem, Ore. An Oct. 14 story in Indian Country Today says Shawna, an alumna of the school working there as the student archives assistant, suggested archivist Eva Guggemos dig into the school’s history. Along […]
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Cadet and trumpeter Haley Boron has earned a spot in the U.S. Air Force Academy Drum and Bugle Corps. Known as the “Flight of Sound,” the band plays at events including the Tournament of Roses Parade and Mardi Gras. Haley recently traveled with the band to an academy football game in Idaho aboard a C-17 aircraft, a […]
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Cadet and trumpeter Haley Boron has earned a spot in the U.S. Air Force Academy Drum and Bugle Corps. Known as the “Flight of Sound,” the band plays at events including the Tournament of Roses Parade and Mardi Gras. Haley recently traveled with the band to an academy football game in Idaho aboard a C-17 […]
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Duly Noted
About 75 residents, including Haines Borough school board members, turned out Tuesday for the unveiling and dedication of the Skate Park art project, recently completed by the high school art club, led by art teacher Giselle Miller. The project added colorful murals and pop art stylings to ramps there, including flourishes by guest artist Jeremy Settem of Haines. Haines High senior Aubrey Cook leads […]
Posted inDuly Noted
Duly Noted
About 75 residents, including Haines Borough School Board members, turned out Tuesday for the unveiling and dedication of the Skate Park art project, recently completed by the high school art club, led by art teacher Giselle Miller. The project added colorful murals and pop art stylings to ramps there, including flourishes by guest artist Jeremy […]
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Duly Noted
Haines High School’s class of 2014 celebrated with friends and family at Dalton City after graduation ceremonies. Christy Tengs Fowler performed a humorous “graduation rap” for graduate son Chevy Fowler. Immediately afterward, graduates were surprised by a “flash mom” dance to Michael Franti’s “Say Hey (I Love You).” At least 20 moms jumped in, including Fabiemme Paes, mom of Belgian exchange student Yael Paes. Mom Suzanne […]
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Science over fiction
It is unfortunate that Mayor Bronson of Anchorage does not know what more can be done to stem the spread of Covid in his town. One wonders if he has considered speaking with Dr. Anne Zink and the CDC. Those working on this problem do have ideas. During the 1918 Spanish flu epidemic when many Alaska villages were decimated by illness, Utqiagvik, Shishmaref, […]
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Haines High grad Kirby Faverty, 19, has won the Mark Robb Award at Central Methodist University in Fayette, Mo. The award recognizes a student athlete who “consistently contributes to the team’s success and leads through example by commitment, dedication and teamwork.” A shooting guard, Kirby was named spring MVP on the school’s hoops squad last […]
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Arts Outlook
Portland dance group to perform Seven performers from BodyVox, a contemporary dance group from Portland, Ore. will perform at the Chilkat Center at 7 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 12 as part of its Alaska tour. The show will be based on the modern fable of the sheep and the wolf, general manager Una Loughran told […]
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Students return to school with a greater sense of normalcy
Although pandemic mitigations are still in place, Haines School’s first day back Tuesday was more jovial than last year when elementary students were lined up, six feet apart, by grade, and led into the building by teachers. On Tuesday, children played on the playground, and the hallways were abuzz as students checked out each others’ […]