Neighbors

Slack Tide: Gut check

Slack Tide: Gut check

More and more lately, the youth of this community has expressed increasing interest in my gut.

Slack Tide: Gut check
League of Women Voters of Juneau Director Judith Mitchell and Vice President Marianne Mills draw a door prize during the League’s fourth annual Wine Tasting and Silent Auction Fundraiser on Oct. 5, 2018, at the Hangar Ballroom. (Courtesy Photo | Kim Andree Jones)

Thank you for making League of Women Voters Wine Tasting and Silent Auction successful

On Oct. 5, 2018, the League of Women Voters of Juneau held its fourth annual Wine Tasting and Silent Auction Fundraiser. We would like to… Continue reading

League of Women Voters of Juneau Director Judith Mitchell and Vice President Marianne Mills draw a door prize during the League’s fourth annual Wine Tasting and Silent Auction Fundraiser on Oct. 5, 2018, at the Hangar Ballroom. (Courtesy Photo | Kim Andree Jones)
A Year of Kindness: Thank you Juneau

A Year of Kindness: Thank you Juneau

Every act of kindness creates a ripple with no end. As we know, kindness comes in all shapes and sizes. Acts of kindness are the… Continue reading

A Year of Kindness: Thank you Juneau
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Floyd Dryden Middle School first semester honor roll

Floyd Dryden Middle School Honor Roll, Quarter 1, 2018-2019 ALL A HONOR ROLL 6th Grade: Hailee Bauer, Lucy Bennett, Mary Canapary, Bristol Casperson, Liana Gho,… Continue reading

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Living & Growing: Putting off falsehood and speaking truth truthfully

We live in a very diverse nation and world where exclusion and “otherizing” is an all too common reaction to people with whom we disagree,… Continue reading

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Thank you letters for Nov. 4, 2018

Thank you letters for Nov. 4, 2018

Thank you for ghost walk help Thank you to the community for making the annual Douglas Ghost Walk a success. It was well attended Saturday… Continue reading

Thank you letters for Nov. 4, 2018
The entrance to the festival decorated with colorful gourds, one wearing a hat on Oct. 21, 2018. (Bridget McTague | For the Juneau Empire)

Bridget Abroad: Jack-o’-lanterns vs. Jacques-o’-lanterns

Spooky Season doesn’t really exist in France. At school, there is definitely no “Halloweek.” October doesn’t feel the same without skeletons and spiderwebs everywhere. On… Continue reading

The entrance to the festival decorated with colorful gourds, one wearing a hat on Oct. 21, 2018. (Bridget McTague | For the Juneau Empire)
Dzantik’i Heeni Middle School first semester honor roll students

Dzantik’i Heeni Middle School first semester honor roll students

Dzantik’i Heeni Middle School released their list of students who made the Honor Roll for 1st Semester. Asterisk denotes all A grades. 6th Grade Jack… Continue reading

Dzantik’i Heeni Middle School first semester honor roll students
Harborview Elementary School students load up on fruit at a free school breakfast on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018. (Kevin Gullufsen | Juneau Empire File)

Grant helps build program for low-income kids

The first-year program aims to get children involved in camps and activities.

Harborview Elementary School students load up on fruit at a free school breakfast on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018. (Kevin Gullufsen | Juneau Empire File)
Thank you letters for Oct. 28, 2018

Thank you letters for Oct. 28, 2018

• The Southeast Alaska Food Bank would like to thank the employees of the USDA Forest Service Juneau for donating 315 pounds of food to… Continue reading

Thank you letters for Oct. 28, 2018
Election Day Trick-or-Treat

Election Day Trick-or-Treat

Imagine what would happen if Election Day fell on Halloween.

Election Day Trick-or-Treat
Halloween is more than just an opportunity to play ‘Thriller’ on repeat

Halloween is more than just an opportunity to play ‘Thriller’ on repeat

Break out the glow-in-the-dark skeletons and giant inflatable Frankensteins rigged to undulate in time to the “Monster Mash” and don’t take them down until Christmas… Continue reading

Halloween is more than just an opportunity to play ‘Thriller’ on repeat
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Nick Begich scholarship fund applications open

Alaskans pursuing degrees and/or careers in education, government and public service are invited to apply for the Nick Begich Scholarship Intern Fund for the 2019-2020… Continue reading

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Thumbing our nose at death

Thumbing our nose at death

Halloween is our way of facing our fears head on.

Thumbing our nose at death
Meditations on October

Meditations on October

Well, it’s October. It’s been October for weeks already, and it’s fixing to stay October for weeks to come. You know how I know it’s… Continue reading

Meditations on October
Neighbors recognitions for Oct. 21, 2018

Neighbors recognitions for Oct. 21, 2018

• Rob Sanderson Jr. has been named to the North Pacific Fishery Management Council’s community engagement committee. The NPFMC governs federal-waters fisheries in the waters… Continue reading

Neighbors recognitions for Oct. 21, 2018
Guy Crockroft, age 18. (Courtesy Photo | Guy Crockroft)

Living & Growing: My three fathers

“A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.” Psalm 68:5 Baby Boomers will remember the show… Continue reading

Guy Crockroft, age 18. (Courtesy Photo | Guy Crockroft)
Flags and students from around the world! You can see me and the other Americans holding the AK flag and a tiny Old Glory. (Bridget McTague | For the Juneau Empire)

Bridget Abroad: The Alaska flag afar

There was only one thing to do — whip out my Alaska flag.

Flags and students from around the world! You can see me and the other Americans holding the AK flag and a tiny Old Glory. (Bridget McTague | For the Juneau Empire)
Living & Growing: Learning to Love Everyone

Living & Growing: Learning to Love Everyone

This can be the tricky part.

Living & Growing: Learning to Love Everyone
Jeff Baird of Anchorage has been appointed chief of staff for the Rasmuson Foundation, the organization announced Oct. 8. (Courtesy photo)

Neighbors recognitions for Oct. 14, 2018

• The Rasmuson Foundation has hired Jeff Baird to serve as its first chief of staff, the organization announced Oct. 8. The foundation, created in… Continue reading

Jeff Baird of Anchorage has been appointed chief of staff for the Rasmuson Foundation, the organization announced Oct. 8. (Courtesy photo)