It’s been a busy couple weeks for the LLL. “The Good Kim” turned 50, so of course celebrations were in order. The staff each pitched in a dollar. The local flower shop brought 50 helium black balloons which were hidden in the store room. Throughout the day people took turns bringing in a single balloon, [...]
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Well, I was on my way to Sunday School. My arms were loaded with my bible and a basket of goodies we were presenting to a newly married couple in our church and I guess, unfortunately, my mind was on other things….. It wasn’t until I heard and felt the crash that I realized I [...]
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I talked Bill into helping me clean our bedroom. We removed everything except the dressers. It was amazing the layer of dust that had built up under the bed. We vaccummed, washed windows, wiped down walls, cleaned out closets and wood polished the furniture. I’d like to say it really made a huge difference, but [...]
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It’s unbelievable what the wind is doing in Valdez! I ended up flying into Valdez Monday morning after quite a wait. It was a pretty hairy flight in. We hit many air pockets which were bad enough, but when the plane started going sideways, that was unnerving!! Bill was able to see our plane go [...]
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I must admit I was pretty exhausted by Sunday, and was ready to get home to my own bed, . There is a girl that now lives in Juneau who had gone to our school last year. When she heard I was coming to Juneau she was excited for us to meet up. I ended [...]
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In spite of being on Capital Hill much of the time, I was still involved in three of the meetings, the battle of the books selection session, and other odds and ends. This is the amazing group of individuals I had the priveledge of working with this past year as president for AkASL. What a [...]
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I spent 4 days in Juneau last week at the annual Alaska Library Conference. Though the time was jammed with lots of good workshops I would love to have attended, I spent the first 3 days on Capital Hill lobbying for a bill the school librarians are going to try to put through the legislature. [...]
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