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Alaska Communications, Summer of Heroes Honorees Includes Seldovia Summer Resident
by Annie Drury – For Alaska Communications
Alaska Communications announced the 2012 Summer of Heroes honorees yesterday at the Alaska State Fair. The Summer of Heroes program is a partnership between Alaska Communications and Boys & Girls Clubs – Alaska to honor Alaskan youth who are making a difference in their communities. Each of the six heroes, five from the general program and one from the employee program, received a $1,500 scholarship. This year’s recipients included Keefer Brown, a Wasilla youth who spends his summers in Seldovia.
Spotlight – Northern Passage Leaves Seldovia
by Jenny Chissus
I happened to be down at the docks when Jen Gordon and Bruce Rein, along with their two children, Richard and Carmen (and their cat, Tiger) were taking off for sunnier seas from our own Seldovia harbor! Continue Reading
Chainsaw Magic
by Jenny Chissus
Sorry for the super delayed photo story about the fabulous Chainsaw Exhibition 2012!
Here is a great combination of photos – from beginning to end – almost like you were there! You can click here or on the image to the left to open the link for the large photo story! Another great feature of this format is that once you click on the image – you can click on any photo in the layout and it will open a slide show format, and you can view all the photos at your own pace in full size! (Depending on the size of your screen, some of the text on the left side may not be visible – but the “whole” story and more is below! Also, please note that there are a lot of photos and may take a few minutes to load, depending on your Internet speed.)
This Memorial Day chainsaw competition was a little different from the previous years. Due to a myriad of scheduling conflicts (a move out-of-state, opening a new gallery, moving a shop/workshop across town, building a home, etc.) many carvers weren’t able to make it to our event this year.
We were thankful that three great carvers joined us this summer, Ben & Silas Firth (2nd year), Jimmy Kitchens & Carisa Curtis (5th year) and Rob Younkins & Deveyn LaCroix (3rd year)!
Due to the small participant size, we modified the event to be an exhibition, Continue Reading
Seldovia Time
