This is it, Juneau: any person who wants to appear on the ballot as a candidate for either the City and Borough of Juneau Assembly or the Juneau School District’s Board of Education this October has until 4:30 p.m. Monday to drop off his or her nominating petition at the city clerk’s office.

As of the close of business Friday, three candidates have been certified for school board and four candidates have been certified for Assembly, including one candidate for mayor, former Assemblymember Merrill Sanford.

Aaron Blust whipped up a salmon dish that hit the spot. Now he and his family are headed to Washington, D.C.

Blust, 10, is one of the winners of the national Healthy Lunchtime Challenge, a contest organized by Epicurious.com, the United States Department of Education, the United States Department of Agriculture and Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move!” health initiative.

This summer, parents of children between the ages of 8 and 12 from all over the country were encouraged to send in their kids’ original recipes for a nutritious, delicious lunch.

The number of certified candidates for the Juneau School District’s Board of Education grew to two Thursday after clinical psychologist Destiny Sargeant filed for one of three school board seats up for election this year, and a third person declared her intent to get in the race.

Barbara Michelle Johnston, a mother of five who works for the State of Alaska, has filed her letter of intent with the Alaska Public Offices Commission. She said Thursday evening that she wants to run for school board to get involved with local education.

As expected, Suicide Basin is filling back up with water after emptying into Mendenhall Lake early last month, Juneau’s emergency programs manager said Wednesday, but the rate of buildup is slow enough that another drainage event might not occur before the winter freeze.

Tom Mattice told the Juneau Local Emergency Planning Committee at its Wednesday meeting that monitoring equipment placed in the basin, which is dammed by the Mendenhall Glacier, by University of Alaska Southeast researchers is showing water levels rising again after last month’s release.