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ACOA/CODA Meeting, Wed. & Fri., Noon-1 p.m., Northern Lights United Church, 400 11th St; Sun. 11 a.m.-Noon, Assembly Chambers.

ACOA/CODA Meeting, Wed. & Fri., Noon-1 p.m., Northern Lights United Church, 400 11th St; Sun. 11 a.m.-Noon, Assembly Chambers.

ACOA/CODA Meeting, Wed. & Fri., Noon-1 p.m., Northern Lights United Church, 400 11th St; Sun. 11 a.m.-Noon, Assembly Chambers.

ACOA/CODA Meeting, Wed. & Fri., Noon-1 p.m., Northern Lights United Church, 400 11th St; Sun. 11 a.m.-Noon, Assembly Chambers.

ACOA/CODA Meeting, Wed. & Fri., Noon-1 p.m., Northern Lights United Church, 400 11th St; Sun. 11 a.m.-Noon, Assembly Chambers.

JUNEAU - The United Way of Southeast Alaska recently announced Community Impact Grant awards totaling $24,000 to six partner agencies. The projects were selected by a volunteer committee of the board of directors chaired by Katherine Eldemar, from a pool of proposals. The Community Impact Grants were divided into two groups this year. One focused on early literacy and the second set was focused on matching grant funds to help on any issue of need.

ACOA/CODA Meeting, Wed. & Fri., Noon-1 p.m., Northern Lights United Church, 400 11th St; Sun. 11 a.m.-Noon, Assembly Chambers.

JUNEAU - There were no caps and gowns at one graduation ceremony last Friday, and only two attendees wore ties. Instead of mortarboards, graduates were encouraged to toss their baseball caps in the air.

Canned halibut has never been accepted by consumers. Attempts were made to preserve halibut in a can several times over the past 132 years.

ACOA/CODA Meeting, Wed. & Fri., Noon-1 p.m., Northern Lights United Church, 400 11th St; Sun. 11 a.m.-Noon, Assembly Chambers.

CRAIG - Hundreds of people attended the May 24 dedication of the Prince of Wales Health Care Center in Craig. The new 11,000 square-foot building replaced the Craig Clinic when it opened April 19. It houses the PeaceHealth Medical Group - Prince of Wales clinic, Ketchikan based Community Connections and a state Public Health Clinic.

ACOA/CODA Meeting, Wed. & Fri., Noon-1pm, Northern Lights United Church, 400 11th St; Sun. 11am-Noon, Assembly Chambers.

ACOA/CODA Meeting, Wed. & Fri., Noon-1pm, Northern Lights United Church, 400 11th St; Sun. 11am-Noon, Assembly Chambers.

Listed below are the names of the 2010 high school graduates from Southeast Alaska that were available at presstime.

ANGOON

ACOA/CODA Meeting, Wed. & Fri., Noon-1pm, Northern Lights United Church, 400 11th St; Sun. 11am-Noon, Assembly Chambers.

"Chums should be not canned at all!" Where did that statement come from? A new monthly fisheries trade magazine came out in 1903 covering the industry from California to Alaska. It also began a tradition of a yearbook.

KLAWOCK - The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) Health Promotion department is hosting free health screenings for adults age 18 and older this month in Craig and Hydaburg.

ACOA/CODA Meeting, Wed. & Fri., Noon-1pm, Northern Lights United Church, 400 11th St; Sun. 11am-Noon, Assembly Chambers.

ACOA/CODA Meeting, Wed. & Fri., Noon-1pm, Northern Lights United Church, 400 11th St; Sun. 11am-Noon, Assembly Chambers.

KLAWOCK - The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) Alicia Roberts Medical Center in Klawock was honored with the Outstanding Rural Health Organization Award during the awards luncheon on April 28 at the Alaska Rural Health Conference in Anchorage.

ACOA/CODA Meeting, Wed. & Fri., Noon-1pm, Northern Lights United Church, 400 11th St; Sun. 11am-Noon, Assembly Chambers.

ACOA/CODA Meeting, Wed. & Fri., Noon-1pm, Northern Lights United Church, 400 11th St; Sun. 11am-Noon, Assembly Chambers.

CRAIG - With more than 11,000 square feet, the new Prince of Wales Health Care Center in Craig will provide modern clinic and office space for PeaceHealth Medical Group, Community Connections, and Alaska Public Health Nursing.

KLAWOCK - SEARHC Dental Health Aide Therapist Dan Kennedy - who works at the Alicia Roberts Medical Center (ARMC) in Klawock - and ARMC dental assistant Chelsie Hobart will offer a dental outreach clinic for elders at their homes from 1-4 p.m. on Friday, April 23.

Southeast Alaska is a land of strong communities that manage to stay connected despite their extreme isolation. This weekend, over 650 high school music students from Craig, Haines, Hoonah, Juneau, Ketchikan, Klawock, Metlakatla, Petersburg, Sitka and Wrangell will close the distance between their hometowns by attending the annual Southeast Alaska Music Festival.

KLAWOCK - Klawock youth and adults completed 28 drums during spring break March 22-26 as part of the Klawock Tribal Youth Program, which is sponsored by the Klawock Cooperative Association and the SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) Behavioral Health Prevention Program.

ACOA/CODA Meeting, Wed. & Fri., Noon-1pm, Northern Lights United Church, 400 11th St; Sun. 11am-Noon, Assembly Chambers.

"This was the best Site Managers' Workshop ever," stated a couple of Southeast Senior Services managers. From March 15 through 19, 11 senior center managers living in Southeast Alaska travelled to Juneau where they participated in five days of intensive training. Senior center managers from Angoon, Haines, Hoonah, Juneau, Kake, Ketchikan, Klawock, Sitka, Skagway, Wrangell and Yakutat attended.