Note from Rep Gara: Action Alert- Toothless the Cat and Former Foster Youth Who Lost Everything in Monday’s Home Fire
July 17, 2013
A Time To Help
I came back from a great vacation to bad news – that two hard-working former foster youth who are struggling to succeed, and their roommate who works at Campfire and helps foster and disadvantaged youth, lost everything in Monday’s Eastside home fire. This is where we come in.
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Rep. Kawasaki’s Juneau Note: What’s Happening Around Town
July 16, 2013
Golden Days in the Golden Heart City
More than a 100 years ago, the trader ET Barnette steamed forward through the Chena Slough. Originally headed to create an outpost between Valdez and Eagle, he was forced to unload supplies on the banks of the slough near where the Barnette Street Bridge stands today. One year later, an Italian immigrant named Felice Pedroni discovered gold near Fox and the town quickly grew around the city center. By 1905, several thousand indigenous people, adventure-seekers from all over the US, and international immigrants called themselves Fairbanksans.
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Anchorage: July 13th Russian Jack Springs Community Picnic!
July 12, 2013
Hope you can join us for the opening of the Russian Jack Springs playground and community picnic. Nola the polar bear is looking forward to seeing you there!
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Anchorage: Update on Northern Access Work Group
July 12, 2013
Please find, linked below, three documents related to the work of the Northern Access Work Group. The meeting notes from the first two meetings contain the action items that require follow up. The first follow up report contains an answer to the question of the legality of the 2003 U-Med Plan. Look for other follow up reports to come.
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Note from Rep. Gara: HB 50: It Passed, was Bi-Partisan, and Makes Alaska an Even Better Place to Live
July 3, 2013
Dear Neighbors,
In most cities and towns you can walk downstairs and there’s a coffee shop, restaurant, day care, or other things we like nearby. I don’t know about you, but I love shoving a donut into a cup of coffee, and, frankly, downing a few (cups of coffee!) in the morning.
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