Skyler McIntyre learns a lesson about a grandparent's love in his essay "Grandparents and Swings." Students in Rebecca Himschoot’s fifth-grade class wrote “This I Believe” essays over the winter. The assignment was based on NPR’s well-known series of the same name by producer Jay Allison.
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Alaska Writer Laureate (and celebrity co-host) Peggy Shumaker discusses new work by Nicole Stellon O'Donnell and Amber Flora Thomas. She also reads poetry of her own. With KCAW's Robert Woolsey.
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Alaska First Lady Sandy Parnell honors local Fish-to-Schools program -- by eating with the students. Report from the Anacapa: Ghost Ship not contaminated by radiation, proves tough to sink.
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Alaska First Lady Sandy Parnell was in Sitka yesterday to honor a program that offers local fish lunches to students. The Fish to Schools Program grew out of a health summit in Sitka two years ago when someone suggested serving local fish in school cafeterias.
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Back in February, the Assembly approved something called a conditional use permit for a daycare center in the home of Dawn Mahoney-Menendez. It allows Mahoney-Menendez to care for more than four children and addresses a neighbor’s parking and traffic concerns. But a former Sitka mayor and her husband challenged the Assembly’s decision.
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Hames Athletic and Wellness Center and Youth Advocates of Sitka both operate on the Sheldon Jackson campus. They asked to be exempted from paying property taxes under the city’s “community purpose exemption.”
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Celebration of Radio celebrity guest co-hosts Mike Vieira and Andrew Friske remind listeners that Mt. Edgecumbe High School and Sitka High are about a lot more than a cross-bridge basketball rivalry.
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Assembly grants property tax exemptions to Hames, Youth Advocates of Sitka. Zero lot-line daycare wins conditional use permit over objections of former mayor. Sitka Chamber, Economic Development Association to hold a summit and forum to explore ideas for improving the economy. Local groups sign-off on Sustainable Outdoor Recreation Plan.
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Lily Hood views dance as a way change her attitude about frustration, in her essay "I Believe in Dance." Students in Rebecca Himschoot’s fifth-grade class wrote “This I Believe” essays over the winter. The assignment was based on NPR’s well-known series of the same name by producer Jay Allison.
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The Raven Radio time-warp is clearly in evidence in this picture. Many of these fresh-faced youth are still close to the station today. (l to r, top to bottom) Burt Augst, Lily Herwald, Emma Wilbur (in mom's arms), Clea Will (on dad's shoulders), Liz Will, Carolyn Servid, Jeb Sharp, Steve Will, and Dorik Mechau. This picture might have been taken just a few years ago except that Clea is a newlywed (alas, not a child bride) and Emma is a near-freshman -- in college!
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