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🌱 How Petersburg welcomed home a long-lost Tlingit ancestor named Sunshine
Petersburg today: a morning shower; clearing - high: 60 low: 46

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In today's newsletter:
- How Petersburg welcomed home a long-lost Tlingit ancestor named Sunshine
- Can Petersburg's runners upset Southeast rivals at the state meet?
Today's riddle: When geese fly, one side is longer than the other. do you know why that is ? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: A morning shower; clearing, with a high of 60 and low of 46 degrees.
- Friday: Rain, temps: high: 55, low: 52.
- Saturday: Rain becoming steadier, with a high of 58 and low of 52 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• 'She is lonely no longer:' Petersburg tribe holds ceremony for repatriated ancestor (kfsk.org) — Petersburg residents and tribal members welcomed home the remains of a Tlingit infant ancestor, now named Sunshine, during an emotional ceremony at James A. Johnson Airport. After a century in a Seattle museum, she will stay temporarily in a local office before being interred in the Petersburg cemetery with two other repatriated ancestors the weekend of September 25.
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• Meissner, Thompson triumph in Ketchikan; Juneau, Sitka nab team titles (alaskasportsreport.com) — High school cross country runners from Petersburg are in the mix as Wrangell's Jenna Meissner and Juneau's Erik Thompson win the Kayhi meet and other Alaska races unfold. Petersburg is highlighted as a rising regional rival and through runner Arielle Tucker's strong top-10 finish, signaling competitive momentum heading toward state championships.
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- Wrangell Volunteer Fire Department honors lives lost on 9/11 (wrangellsentinel.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: because there are more geese on that side (Thank you jo L. for sending it in!)
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