Speakingout
web-posted Wednesday, July 1, 2009
"Hopefully going to Haines to catch the fireworks show. Hopefully it will be large."
web-posted Wednesday, July 1, 2009
The 4th of July around our house was second only to Christmas, with it being a very close second. In our small town of Winona Texas there were two parades a year - July 4 in the summer and homecoming in the fall.
web-posted Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Editor's note: This is part of a series of essays about the experiences of AmeriCorps volunteers in Southeast Alaska.
web-posted Wednesday, July 1, 2009
The power of play and seeing the world through the eyes of a child again are just a few of the gifts that we have gained from participating in Big Brothers Big Sisters program.
web-posted Wednesday, July 1, 2009
What ever happened to the good old days when the worst things we had to fear on the 4th of July were traffic jams and wayward fireworks? According to the USDA's Meat & Poultry Hot-line, this year's top threat is food poisoning by nasty E. coli and Salmonella bugs lurking in hamburgers and hot dogs at millions of backyard barbecues. The Hotline's advice is to grill them longer and hotter. Of course, they don't bother to mention that the high-temperature grilling that kills the bugs also forms lots of cancer-causing compounds.
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web-posted Wednesday, June 24, 2009
News
- Juneau man's business aims to 'shelter the world'
- Unique Haida curriculum series distributed
- T&H Head Start now accepting applications
- Wrangell recognizes Mark Walker
- Small Town, Big Boggs
- Hoonah, Juneau recruits complete U.S. Navy basic training
- Photo: A Swim Meet Meeting: Glacier Swim Club swimmers encounter Olympians at a meet in California
- Shaun Nesheim earns Eagle Scout award
- 49th star flag to be raised on 50th anniversary celebration
- CES offers pressure canner gauge testing
- Photos: Gold Rush Days
- Mark Begich to speak at Native Issues Forum
- Photos: Looking back at the JDHS Class of '59
- Q & A with Douglas Grand Marshall Stuart Sliter
- Juneau Airman finishes military basic training
- Photos: Fools Ran at Midnight
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Outdoors
Business
- Halibut charters unlikely to win, D.C. judge says
- Read contracts carefully before signing
- Social networking site for fishermen launched
- Alaska USA acquires High Desert Federal Credit Union
- ASSE exchange program seeks host families
- JobX program receives stimulus funds
- 'Around Our Town' coupon book returns
