The HOPE Annual fundraiser, the Women Who Rock dinner held in the fall, is accepting nominations for extraordinary women - who rock.

Red and blue waves triggered by a magnitude 4.6 earthquake rippled outward from the Anchorage area and fizzled out after 45 seconds. Except in Cook Inlet basin, where the waves were trapped for another half-minute, bouncing back and forth, up and down, within the 7.5-kilometer-thick sedimentary basin.

For the past 13 years, Huna Totem Corporation has shared its people's culture and history with travelers who have visited the Huna Tlingit ancestral homeland, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, and their modern day home in Hoonah. This week that cultural tourism business takes another step forward, expanding beyond Southeast Alaska as Alaska Native Voices.

The Hoonah Alumni Gym transformed into a lively bowling alley March 30 for Big Brother Big Sisters' 9th Annual Bowl for Kids' Sake. With three 1½ hour sessions, 13 teams, record number of volunteers, four Turkeys (3 strikes in a row), record fun and funds raised, we had a strikingly successful day. Thank you, Hoonah, for your support of our one-to-one mentoring program. It changes lives, helps improve our school and community, and ensures a brighter future for our youth!

JUNEAU - Alaska Native artist Peter Williams will present a public lecture on the Subsistence harvest and use of sea otters in Alaska on Saturday, May 11, at 10 a.m. This lecture is part of the docent training series at the Alaska State Museum, but is open to the public.

Woosh Kinaadeiyí will partner with the Juneau Fine Arts Camp this year, offering spoken word workshops for 4th through 6th graders.

Aiding Women in Abuse & Rape Emergencies (AWARE), Inc. is celebrating the completion of the Spring 2013 Girls on the Run season in Juneau with "A Color-Full 5K Run." The mission of the Girls on the Run program is to inspire girls to be joyful, healthy and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum which creatively integrates running. More than 70 3rd-8th grade girls from Gastineau Elementary, Harborview Elementary, Mendenhall River Elementary, Riverbend Elementary, and Floyd Dryden Middle School have been participating in the 12 week curriculum, which ends with all participants walking or running a 5K at 10 a.m. on May 11 at Twin Lakes. The process of setting the goal of completing a 5K, working towards this goal, and then completing this goal alongside their teammates, family and friends is very empowering to these young girls. The 5K is a celebratory event with pre-run festivities including face and hair painting, poster making, music, cheering and more.

Public officials and Haines Assisted Living, Inc. (HAL) joined veterans and community members Saturday at the ceremonial groundbreaking for the Soboleff-McRae Veterans Village in Haines.

SouthEast Alaska Sailing (SEAS) announces their 2013 SEAS Cup race schedule. This series of races is designed to be fun, while remaining challenging and rewarding. The races began May 12 and continue all the way through Labor Day. Join us for a season kick-off party on Saturday, May 11, 5 p.m. at Sandy Beach picnic shelter No. 2.

Under provisions of the Pacific Salmon Treaty, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) announces that the preseason Chinook salmon all-gear harvest quota for Southeast Alaska in 2013 is 176,000 fish. This year's quota is 90,000 fish lower than the 2012 allowable preseason Chinook all-gear harvest level of 266,800.

SITKA - The University of Alaska Southeast (UAS) Sitka Campus will offer a three-day workshop June 5-7 called "Educators and Scientists: Putting our heads together to get kids excited about science." The workshop takes place at the Sitka Sound Science Center.

SITKA - The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) Health Promotion department is hosting a new program, WELL-Balanced, which helps Elders improve their quality of life and remain independent.

ACOA/CODA Meeting, Wed. and Fri., Noon-1 p.m., Northern Light United Church, 400 11th St; Sun. 11 a.m.-Noon, CBJ Assembly Chambers.

For decades, LEGOs have inspired creative impulses in people of all ages. They occupy children for hours at a time while providing imaginative outlets for the inner child in most adults. LEGOs themselves have matured to encompass much more than the simple, interlocking pieces in most children's toy chests, and it is the current generation of electronically operated LEGO robotics that has become a rapidly growing educational, recreational and competitive craze among students throughout Alaska. For the fourth year in a row, JEDC gives adults a shot at the fun.