SOUTHEAST LOG 10-1-22

 

SOUTHEAST LOG 10-1-22
Senior athletes score
PRINCE RUPERT - Local senior athletes brought home 15 medals at the 55+ BC Games recently.  Jim Morse, 67, lead the group with three cycling competition gold medals. THE PRINCE RUPERT DAILY NEWS
Smarter than the average bear!
HAINES - Officials are recommending residents lock their car doors. It seems that at least one local bruin has figured out how to open the doors if they are unlocked. THE CHILKAT VALLEY NEWS
locals honor queen
TERRACE - Mary Ann Misfeldt led a special Royal Canadian Legion service honoring Queen Elizabeth last week. Misfeldt had met the Queen in 2005. That was the year that Misfeldt was the Legion's first female national president. THE TERRACE STANDARD
Longtime teacher remembered
CRAIG - Residents are remembering longtime Craig kindergarten teacher Justna Johns who died recently at 85. She was born in Klawock in 1936. THE PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND POST
Field bond on ballot
JUNEAU - Voters will have a say on a $6.6 million recreation bond in October. If approved the bond will replace the running track at Adair Kennedy Park and also put in a turf field at Adair-Kennedy. THE JUNEAU EMPIRE
Hockey team laces up skates
KITIMAT - The Kitimat Saax is preparing for its inaugural Greater Metro Junior Hockey League debut later this month. The new jerseys were unveiled, and they feature both Mount Elizabeth and a bear logo. Saax is bear in the Haisla language. THE KITIMAT NORTHERN SENTINEL
Finally!
HAINES - Police used DNA to find a suspect in 2017 break-in at the Haines Health Center. The 26-year-old Juneau man arrested last week. THE CHILKAT VALLEY NEWS
Mounties investigate school threats
TERRACE - RCMP officers responded to "low risk" threats at Skeena Middle School and Caledonia Secondary School last week.  Officials say that social media threats were being investigated. THE TERRACE STANDARD
Couple celebrates 75th anniversary
PETERSBURG - Colleen and Wally Swanson have been in Petersburg for nearly all of their 90+ years. More important? They've been married for the last 75. THE PETERSBURG PILOT
Mayor faces challenger
SMITHERS - Murray Hawse is facing off against incumbent Gladys Atrill for mayor in the October 15 municipal election. THE SMITHERS INTERIOR NEWS
Teens given awards
WHITEHORSE - Four teenagers have been awarded Outstanding Youth Achievement Awards by the Yukon Government. Alia Drummond of Haines Junction, Aliya Grant from Carcross and Gavin Howells and Ava Irving-Stanley, both of Whitehorse, were honored last week. THE WHITEHORSE DAILY STAR
Assessor dies in local park
HAINES - Longtime local assessor and teacher Dean Olsen was found dead on a public trail at Jones Point last week. Olsen was 69. THE CHILKAT VALLEY NEWS
Lynn Canal Wild Kingdom
SKAGWAY - Police received a report of a rooster at large. No rooster on the lam was located. THE SKAGWAY NEWS
Homeless tent city nixed
TERRACE -- Officials are still deciding how to handle the local homeless issue this winter. A proposal for a "tent city" has been shelved. THE TERRACE STANDARD

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