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Community Signs Discussions to be held November 27
by Tim Dillon, Dillon & Dillon
To everyone in the community:
I am holding a community meeting on Wednesday, November 27 from Noon to One, in the Sea Otter Community Center to discuss SIGNS.
This discussion will be one of two community discussions I will sponsor over the next three weeks. We as a community need to prioritize where signs are needed, what types of signs they should be and what they should say. As a starting point I indicated on the Byways grant that we will have signs at the OtterBahn, Rocky Ridge Trail and in the new Gateway Pavilion to be built on the harbor front.
These signs will be interpretive and informational. They will be fairly large and are required per the grant award. In addition to these signs we need to prioritize directional signage through the community to assist visitors. We have all seen tourists standing here or there with maps in their hands wondering which way to go. We need to address this issue for sure.
Please show up and help out.
Tim, Ila & Amelia Dillon
KPBSD school board member named AASB President
by Pegge Erkeneff
Soldotna, November 19, 2013—Sunni Hilts, KPBSD school board member representing district 9, took leadership in her new position as President of the 15-member Board of Directors for the Association of Alaska School Boards (AASB) during the 60thannual conference and youth leadership institute in Anchorage, Alaska, November 7-10, 2013.
“I am honored to be president of an organization made up of men and women who believe children are our top priority,” said Hilts. “School board members are so important to our children and to our state. I believe that we will make a difference as we use our voice together—a difference for children.”
“All of KPBSD is proud of Sunni taking the helm of the AASB board,” said Dr. Steve Atwater, Superintendent. “I know that she is well regarded by her peers from across the state and will do an excellent job.”
“This recognition is another indicator of how highly esteemed our school district is throughout the state of Alaska,” said KPBSD Board President Joe Arness.
The Association of Alaska School Boards is headed by President Sunni Hilts of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School Board for 2014. Hilts is pictured here with the 15-member AASB Board of Directors. In front (from left) are Charlene Arneson of the Chugach School District; Sue Hull of the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District; Tiffany Jackson of the Aleutians East School District; President Hilts; Andi Story of the Juneau School District; Deborah Edwardson of the North Slope Borough School District; and Cass Pook of the Sitka Borough School District. In the back row (from left) are Sarah Welton of the Mat-Su Borough School District; Peter Hoepfner of the Cordova School District; Kathleen Plunkett of the Anchorage School District; Rich Mauer of the Delta-Greely School District; Lon Garrison of the Sitka Borough School District; Mike Swain of the Bristol Bay Borough School District; Ignatius Chayalkun of the Kashunamiut School District; and Angela Washington of the Northwest Arctic Borough School District.
Links
Association of Alaska School Boards, http://aasb.org
AASB Board of Directors, http://aasb.org/content/board-
KPBSD Board of Education, http://www.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/
Seldovia is Awarded Grant for Water Storage and Treatment Plant
USDA-Rural Development Alaska State Office
800 West Evergreen Avenue, Suite 201
Palmer, AK 99645-6539
Phone: (907) 761-7705
www.rurdev.usda.gov/AKHome.html
Release No.: 11-13-13
Contact:
Larry Yerich, Public Information Coordinator
(907) 271-2424, Ext. 125
lawrence.yerich@ak.usda.gov
Alaska Native Villages to Receive Upgrades to Water and Wastewater Systems
USDA-RD Awards Nearly $28 million in Grants to Nine Rural Communities
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – November 13, 2013 – U.S. Department of Agriculture-Rural Development (USDA-RD) Alaska State Director Jim Nordlund announced today the award of 11 grants to help rural Alaska villages finance water system upgrades and improve the quality of life for residents.
“These awards will dramatically improve living conditions for residents of these predominately Native rural Alaska villages,” Nordlund said. “They will enable residents to have safe, modern water and sanitation systems.” Continue Reading
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