Recent births at the Juneau Family Health and Birth Center:

• On May 18, 2012, a son, Olie James Bradeen, weighing 9 lbs. 2 oz., to Jennifer and James Bradeen.

Recent births at Bartlett Regional Hospital:

• On June 5, 2012, a son, Caleb Isiah Gucker, weighing 7 lbs. 6 oz., to Sabrina Storey and Christopher Gucker.

• On June 5, 2012, a daughter, Raynee Jackalynn Demmert, weighing 8 lbs. 7 oz., to Allison Rhyner and Timothy Demmert.

Max Mertz CPA from Juneau was honored, along with Lisa Rogers CPA from Anchorage, by members of the Alaska Society of Certified Public Accountants at their 2012 Annual Business Meeting recently held at Land’s End Resort in Homer May 31, 2012. The Jay A. Ofsthun Distinguished Service Award was given to Mertz and Rogers for their many years of service to the Society. They have both served on the legislative committee and worked with the legislature on important legislation affecting the accounting profession.

The Friends of Jensen-Olson Arboretum thank the attendees and the following businesses, individuals and volunteers who made our May 24 fundraising event at the Glacier Gardens a success:

Frame Your Art at The Art Department would like to thank our customers who donated canned food for the SE Food Bank Food Drive during the month of May. We delivered 312 pounds of canned goods to the SE Food Bank! The month of June is our Sock Drive for the Glory Hole.

Bobbi Epperly, The Art Department