KETCHIKAN — A Houghtaling Elementary School student is sitting pretty thanks to Ketchikan High School junior Cameron Showalter and Kayhi shop teacher Steve Thomas.

Marggie Sweetman, a physical therapist at Kayhi, said that the child’s feet didn’t reach the floor — as ideally they should for good posture — when she was sitting at the same level as her peers.

Finding specialized equipment for the classroom can be a difficult task, and Sweetman was unable to find a quick solution for the child, who she said she could not identify.

HOMER — Small businesses and small, as in “young,” business owners are the driving force behind Lemonade Day, a national event that occurred Saturday. Joining the million kids in 100 cities across the nation, Homer’s participants are not only smart-minded when it comes to developing their businesses, but are warmhearted when it comes to their earnings.

ANCHORAGE — Former state probation officer James R. Stanton already has served jail time for targeting vulnerable women in his basement office at the Nesbett Courthouse downtown.

Now he’s facing a rash of civil lawsuits that accuse him of sexually preying on far more women than the three victims in the criminal case. The suits also target the state of Alaska, which employed Stanton. The suits contend the state either knew or should have known of his misconduct and failed to protect the women.

Cruise ship wastewater discharge does not harm fish habitats in Alaskan waters, and that will not change under a new law passed earlier this year that relaxes restrictions on the industry, the director of the Alaska Division of Water said at Thursday’s Juneau Chamber of Commerce luncheon.

Michelle Bonnet Hale made her pitch to a largely receptive audience that included many local businesspeople, saying that Alaska’s standards for cruise ship wastewater treatment are already as high as they can realistically be.