🌱 Why this Wrangell senior’s project could shape future Tlingit traditions
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In today's newsletter:
- Why this Wrangell senior’s project could shape future Tlingit traditions
Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Rain and drizzle, with a high of 46 and low of 40 degrees.
- Saturday: Rain and drizzle, temps: high: 48, low: 39.
- Sunday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 49 and low of 38 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Meissner wants to help younger generation connect with Tlingit culture (wrangellsentinel.com) — A Wrangell high school senior is pouring her senior project into handmade Tlingit regalia for local Head Start graduates, hoping to give kids a cultural connection she once missed. Though she’ll soon leave for nursing school in Montana, she’s already planning to return to Wrangell to raise a family and help keep Native traditions thriving in the community. 
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Live Music @ the New York Cafe
New York Cafe , 211 Stedman St , Ketchikan
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Colony Varsity Softball @ Ketchikan
Ketchikan High School , 2610 4th Ave , Ketchikan
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Colony at Ketchikan
Ketchikan High School , 2610 4th Ave , Ketchikan
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Ketchikan DU Spring Bash
The Alaska Fish House , 3 Salmon Landing , Ketchikan
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Peeps Parade
Klawock City School Klawock, AK 99925
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Island Music with Rachel Lee Priday
Ketchikan Public Library , 1110 Copper Ridge Ln , Ketchikan
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Totem to Totem Half Marathon
9809 Totem Bight Rd , Ketchikan
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Square Dance!!!
The Creek Street Cabaret , 123 Stedman St , Ketchikan
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Hills from Hell
143 Bryant St , Ketchikan
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Kitchen Food Distribution
Humanity In Progress , 208 Haugen Dr Suite A , Petersburg
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Craig City Market - Craig, AK
Craig City Gym , 303 Main St , Craig
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KRC Southeast Slosh
Ward Lake Nature Trailhead , Ward Lake Rd , Ketchikan
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium posted a job opening for Medical Resident in Wrangell. Apply here.
- The Fortus Group, Inc. posted a job opening for RN - Clinic RN in Wrangell. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Wrangell here.
🗞 Nearby News
Petersburg
- Obituary: Merlita "Merle" Raposas Honma, 82 (petersburgpilot.com)
Ketchikan
- Facing budget deficit, Ketchikan joins list of Alaska school closings (wrangellsentinel.com)
- Conference changes and budget cuts hit Kayhi soccer (krbd.org)
- MSC Poesia Completes Major Upgrade (cruisecritic.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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