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Alaska Frontier – You Tube August 26, 2016

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Selfie With Mona And Other ParisMuseum Highlights

We had comfortable weather last week in Paris, but now that we’re back it’s hot. My computer says it’s 38 C (100 F) now at 7:30 pm.  We decided the best place to be was inside the air conditioned museums.  So we got museum passes and we’re using them.

Selfie With Mona And Other ParisMuseum Highlights

 

Anatomy of a Sleepless Night

When I discovered the Big Three recommendations for a good Third Third (structure, purpose, and a sense of community), I knew my most obvious challenge was probably going to be sleeping. Or rather, sleeping on a regular basis on a regular schedule for a regular number of hours. Or, to be more accurate, sleeping. Period.

Anatomy of a Sleepless Night

 

Alaska State Fair August 25, 2016

Yes it is raining!

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Alaska State Fair, 2016

 

 

907 Updates August 25, 2016

Heather Shade and Sean Copeland Distill It Down

Presented by First National Bank Alaska

MAKING IT: Building Southeast Alaska’s first distillery
SPONSORED: One couple navigated uncharted straits to infuse whiskey and other spirits with Alaska flavors and history.

 

No harm, no foul?

Alex DeMarban: SEC targets North Slope Borough over false statements during bond sales

The settlement does not provide a fine, and there is no admission of wrongdoing by the borough. The settlement calls for the borough to take remedial steps to prevent the problem in future bond sales, a step that borough officials say has already occurred.

 

Andrew Reid & Wassillie Gregory Dancing with their devils

Lisa Demer:  Former Bethel cop must serve time for violent 2014 arrest caught on video

Gregory already received a $175,000 civil settlement from the city of Bethel. A harassment conviction against him from the incident was dismissed last year.

The money hasn’t really helped, his sister said. Mainly, she said, he drinks it away.

 

Angela Gonzalez Alaska Native Heritage Center August 24, 2016

Thank you for all who have been watching my videos on the Athabascan Woman Blog Facebook Page and the YouTube channel! Here is my latest video with a shout out to the Alaska Native Heritage Center. Check it out!

 

Angela Gonzalez Alaska Native Heritage Center August 24, 2016

 

Jahna Lindemuth, 46, will be the state’s second female attorney general. August 24, 2016

Lindemuth’s first day as Alaska attorney general — the job pays $138,000 a year — was Aug. 8. She only had to move down the hall from her old partner-in-charge office at Dorsey and Whitney to her new digs with the Alaska Department of Law on the sixth floor of the Brady Building in downtown Anchorage.

In addition to her private work, Lindemuth is known for providing free legal work to people who need help. She played a key role in the Fairbanks Four case that ended in December, helping to challenge the convictions of four men for a 1997 murder they said someone else committed.

Lindemuth will face a confirmation decision by the Legislature this spring.

Alex DeMarban, Nathaniel Herz: Jahna Lindemuth, 46, will be the state’s second female attorney general.

Mat-Su River August 24, 2016

Workers on Tuesday afternoon were piling rock next to the highway but the plan is to lay the trench on the river side of the Matanuska Electric Association power poles, officials say. As of late afternoon, crews lacked permission to dig from a private landowner at the start of the trench; the rest of the project falls on Matanuska-Susitna Borough land.

 

Zaz Hollander: Works begins on $1M trench to stave off Matanuska River erosion

 

 

Our Third Thirds: Mia August 24, 2016

“I came from a business where you’re in a fight all the time, and it’s a physical team thing. I didn’t find that in the normal day-to-day life. Then I saw that being a Soldier would keep me hands-on, active and keep me in that team environment that I craved and needed so much.

Profiles in Third Thirds: Mia

Jenny Alowa, 25 years of teaching at McLaughlin Youth Center August 23, 2016

She said, “I look at them and say, ‘What can you do for me? Show me what you can do.’ They use labels, because they’ve been labeled so many times. ‘I’m ADD. I’m special ed.’ I said, ‘Nope, you’re not a special ed when you’re in this class.’ They’ve learned to label themselves because society has labeled them. They’re embedded in it. And then they’d say, ‘I can do this?'”

She saw some students go on to success in life. And others she cried over, when she saw them on the evening news having committed terrible crimes a adults.

Charles Wohlforth : How a teacher’s respect for delinquent teens opened their eyes to learning