Alyse Galvin, Alaska’s independent candidate for U.S. House of Representatives, holds a town hall-style meeting to an overflowing room at Centennial Hall on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Alyse Galvin, Alaska’s independent candidate for U.S. House of Representatives, holds a town hall-style meeting to an overflowing room at Centennial Hall on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Photos: Best Pictures for the Week

  • By Michael Penn Juneau Empire
  • Monday, October 29, 2018 6:33pm
  • NewsPhotography

Best photos of the week by staff photographer Michael Penn from Oct. 21-26, 2018.


Contact staff photographer Michael Penn at 523-2262 and mpenn@juneauempire.com.


Ty Grussendorf, 24, center, hugs his parents after pleading guilty to two counts of sexual abuse of a minor in Juneau Superior Court on Monday, Oct. 22, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Ty Grussendorf, 24, center, hugs his parents after pleading guilty to two counts of sexual abuse of a minor in Juneau Superior Court on Monday, Oct. 22, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Lillian Hillman, left, watches as Woosh.ji.een Dance Group dancer John Garcia performs during a Celebrate Survivors gathering sponsored by Central Council Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska and AWARE in the Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Lillian Hillman, left, watches as Woosh.ji.een Dance Group dancer John Garcia performs during a Celebrate Survivors gathering sponsored by Central Council Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska and AWARE in the Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Nancy Keen, left, and Leona Santiago, right, pay tribute to the Woosh.ji.een Dance Group as they perform during a Celebrate Survivors gathering sponsored by Central Council Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska and AWARE in the Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Nancy Keen, left, and Leona Santiago, right, pay tribute to the Woosh.ji.een Dance Group as they perform during a Celebrate Survivors gathering sponsored by Central Council Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska and AWARE in the Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Carl Stepetin draws with his daughter, Pauline, 6, during a Celebrate Survivors gathering sponsored by Central Council Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska and AWARE in the Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Carl Stepetin draws with his daughter, Pauline, 6, during a Celebrate Survivors gathering sponsored by Central Council Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska and AWARE in the Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Members of the Woosh.ji.een Dance Group perform during a Celebrate Survivors gathering sponsored by Central Council Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska and AWARE in the Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Members of the Woosh.ji.een Dance Group perform during a Celebrate Survivors gathering sponsored by Central Council Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska and AWARE in the Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Conrado Ebron, 62, talks about working for the United States Postal Service on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018. Ebron is retiring as a postal carrier, mostly on the downtown route, after 33 years. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Conrado Ebron, 62, talks about working for the United States Postal Service on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018. Ebron is retiring as a postal carrier, mostly on the downtown route, after 33 years. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Charles Schneider, of the city’s park maintenance division, decorates a lamp pole with holiday lighting along Franklin Street on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Charles Schneider, of the city’s park maintenance division, decorates a lamp pole with holiday lighting along Franklin Street on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

A Juneau Police Department Officer gives a woman driver a sobriety test after a four-vehicle accident on the inbound land of Egan Drive between Glacier Highway and Mendenhall Loop Road on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

A Juneau Police Department Officer gives a woman driver a sobriety test after a four-vehicle accident on the inbound land of Egan Drive between Glacier Highway and Mendenhall Loop Road on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Lisa Daugherty, owner of Juneau Composts!, talks about her year-old business on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018. Currently locationed out the road near mile 25, Daugherty is working to lease city land in the Lemon Creek area to expand her business. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Lisa Daugherty, owner of Juneau Composts!, talks about her year-old business on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018. Currently locationed out the road near mile 25, Daugherty is working to lease city land in the Lemon Creek area to expand her business. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Lisa Daugherty, owner of Juneau Composts!, shows her finished, screened product on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018. Currently locationed out the road near mile 25, Daugherty is working to lease city land in the Lemon Creek area to expand her business. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Lisa Daugherty, owner of Juneau Composts!, shows her finished, screened product on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018. Currently locationed out the road near mile 25, Daugherty is working to lease city land in the Lemon Creek area to expand her business. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Lisa Daugherty, owner of Juneau Composts!, uses a front-end loader to move wood chips to used in her year-old business on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018. Currently locationed out the road near mile 25, Daugherty is working to lease city land in the Lemon Creek area to expand her business. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Lisa Daugherty, owner of Juneau Composts!, uses a front-end loader to move wood chips to used in her year-old business on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018. Currently locationed out the road near mile 25, Daugherty is working to lease city land in the Lemon Creek area to expand her business. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Mary Lou Spartz reads the names of victims buried at the Evergreen Cemetery during a memorial service on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018, on the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Princess Sophia. The service takes place at the gravesite of Walter Harper and his wife, Frances Wells. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Mary Lou Spartz reads the names of victims buried at the Evergreen Cemetery during a memorial service on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018, on the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Princess Sophia. The service takes place at the gravesite of Walter Harper and his wife, Frances Wells. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

The Reverend Gordon Blue, of The Church of the Holy Trinity, leads a memorial service at the Evergreen Cemetery on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018, on the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Princess Sophia. The service takes place at the gravesite of Walter Harper and his wife, Frances Wells. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

The Reverend Gordon Blue, of The Church of the Holy Trinity, leads a memorial service at the Evergreen Cemetery on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018, on the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Princess Sophia. The service takes place at the gravesite of Walter Harper and his wife, Frances Wells. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Members of the Princess Sophia Opera sing the national anthems of the United States and Canada during a Centennial Commemoration Ceremony at the Father Andrew P. Kashevaroff Building on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018, on the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the S.S. Princess Sophia. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Members of the Princess Sophia Opera sing the national anthems of the United States and Canada during a Centennial Commemoration Ceremony at the Father Andrew P. Kashevaroff Building on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018, on the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the S.S. Princess Sophia. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

The Reverend Gordon Blue, of The Church of the Holy Trinity, gives a prayer during a Centennial Commemoration Ceremony at the Father Andrew P. Kashevaroff Building on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018, on the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the S.S. Princess Sophia. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

The Reverend Gordon Blue, of The Church of the Holy Trinity, gives a prayer during a Centennial Commemoration Ceremony at the Father Andrew P. Kashevaroff Building on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018, on the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the S.S. Princess Sophia. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Senate District Q candidate Don Etheridge, left, and House District 34 candidate Jerry Nankervis, right, talk with Thunder Mountain High School senior students Arianna Csech, center, and Eric Sidney during their government class on Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Senate District Q candidate Don Etheridge, left, and House District 34 candidate Jerry Nankervis, right, talk with Thunder Mountain High School senior students Arianna Csech, center, and Eric Sidney during their government class on Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Democrat gubernatorial candidate Mark Begich watches as Thunder Mountain High School senior students Tristan Weissmuller, center, and Briannah Letter work on a candidate voter page during their government class on Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Democrat gubernatorial candidate Mark Begich watches as Thunder Mountain High School senior students Tristan Weissmuller, center, and Briannah Letter work on a candidate voter page during their government class on Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Juneau residents react to scares and chills as they make their way through the Haunted Station at the U.S. Coast Guard’s Station Juneau on Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. Station personnel pay for all the decoration themselves and take three weeks to ready the station. Entry is non perishable food items for the Southeast Alaska Food Bank. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Juneau residents react to scares and chills as they make their way through the Haunted Station at the U.S. Coast Guard’s Station Juneau on Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. Station personnel pay for all the decoration themselves and take three weeks to ready the station. Entry is non perishable food items for the Southeast Alaska Food Bank. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Juneau residents react to scares and chills as they make their way through the Haunted Station at the U.S. Coast Guard’s Station Juneau on Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. Station personnel pay for all the decoration themselves and take three weeks to ready the station. Entry is non perishable food items for the Southeast Alaska Food Bank. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Juneau residents react to scares and chills as they make their way through the Haunted Station at the U.S. Coast Guard’s Station Juneau on Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. Station personnel pay for all the decoration themselves and take three weeks to ready the station. Entry is non perishable food items for the Southeast Alaska Food Bank. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Juneau residents react to scares and chills as they make their way through the Haunted Station at the U.S. Coast Guard’s Station Juneau on Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. Station personnel pay for all the decoration themselves and take three weeks to ready the station. Entry is non perishable food items for the Southeast Alaska Food Bank. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Juneau residents react to scares and chills as they make their way through the Haunted Station at the U.S. Coast Guard’s Station Juneau on Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. Station personnel pay for all the decoration themselves and take three weeks to ready the station. Entry is non perishable food items for the Southeast Alaska Food Bank. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Juneau residents react to scares and chills as they make their way through the Haunted Station at the U.S. Coast Guard’s Station Juneau on Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. Station personnel pay for all the decoration themselves and take three weeks to ready the station. Entry is non perishable food items for the Southeast Alaska Food Bank. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Juneau residents react to scares and chills as they make their way through the Haunted Station at the U.S. Coast Guard’s Station Juneau on Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. Station personnel pay for all the decoration themselves and take three weeks to ready the station. Entry is non perishable food items for the Southeast Alaska Food Bank. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Thunder Mountain’s Leilani Eshnaur dives for the ball against Juneau-Douglas at TMHS on Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire                                Thunder Mountain’s Leilani Eshnaur dives for the ball against Juneau-Douglas at TMHS on Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire

Thunder Mountain’s Leilani Eshnaur dives for the ball against Juneau-Douglas at TMHS on Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire Thunder Mountain’s Leilani Eshnaur dives for the ball against Juneau-Douglas at TMHS on Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire

Thunder Mountain’s Audrey Welling spikes the ball against Juneau-Douglas’ Shaylin Cesar at TMHS on Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire

Thunder Mountain’s Audrey Welling spikes the ball against Juneau-Douglas’ Shaylin Cesar at TMHS on Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire

Thunder Mountain celebrates a point against Juneau-Douglas at TMHS on Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire

Thunder Mountain celebrates a point against Juneau-Douglas at TMHS on Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire

Photos: Best Pictures for the Week

Thunder Mountain celebrates a point against Juneau-Douglas at TMHS on Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire

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