Madeline Germain, 10, helps Wayne Jensen draw a winning name during the Seward Statue raffle drawing at the Juneau Arts & Culture Center on Monday. The winners were Dennis Watson and Cindy Brady. Both won two tickets each to anywhere Alaska Airlines flies. About 150 people paid $100 per ticket to help pay to erect a life-size statue of William Henry Seward at the Dimond Courthouse Plaza.

Madeline Germain, 10, helps Wayne Jensen draw a winning name during the Seward Statue raffle drawing at the Juneau Arts & Culture Center on Monday. The winners were Dennis Watson and Cindy Brady. Both won two tickets each to anywhere Alaska Airlines flies. About 150 people paid $100 per ticket to help pay to erect a life-size statue of William Henry Seward at the Dimond Courthouse Plaza.

Photo: Alaska Day in the Capital

Madeline Germain, 10, helps Wayne Jensen draw a winning name during the Seward Statue raffle drawing at the Juneau Arts & Culture Center on Monday.

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