Rep. Tarr’s Newsletter: Our Short, but Strong, Growing Season
June 27, 2014
First, a reminder: The Mountain View Street Fair is tomorrow from 12-4 pm at Clark Middle School. Senator Ellis and I will have a booth, with Otter pops for the kids. See the flyer below for more information!
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Note from Rep. Gara: Foster Care Numbers Spike, Need for Laptops Rises; Good East High Stadium Progress
June 25, 2014
As you know, we’ve spearheaded a volunteer effort with Facing Foster Care in Alaska to get the word out that foster youth face yet another disadvantage in life. Many of them – probably most – don’t have a computer to do school work with. We want foster youth to succeed. That’s both our job as the legal guardian of Alaska’s foster youth, and the moral thing to do.
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Rep. Tarr’s Newsletter: Happy Solstice!
June 20, 2014
Tomorrow is the Summer Solstice – the longest day of the year! In Alaska, this means that we have 22 hours of daylight. This year is the first summer solstice to fall on a Saturday in eight years, and it won’t happen again for another eight, so come out and celebrate with us!
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Rep. Josephson’s Newsletter: A Busy Start to Summer
June 13, 2014
I want to start by saying thank you to all the people who came out to the U-Med/Midtown barbecue. It was great to see so many familiar faces and talk about issues that are important to the community. If you didn’t have time to make it the BBQ and there is an issue that you want to talk about please do not hesitate to contact my office.
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Rep. Tarr’s Newsletter: Mental & Physical Health
June 6, 2014
In your life, you are more likely to see a person having a panic attack than you are to see someone having a heart attack. Though many of us know how to properly respond to a heart attack, few of us know what to do when confronted with someone having mental or emotional crises. A community based model called Mental Health First Aid is being used across the nation and world to teach people how to address a person in crisis by training a person a five step process for response. Mental Health First Aid does not replace emergency care; instead it is intended to be used by a first responder before medical care arrives.
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