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SITKA - The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium Behavioral Health/Suicide Prevention Program is joining with 15 Southeast Alaska communities to host local "Walk For Life" suicide prevention events at 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 12.

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Celebrating milestones in America is something we all like to do; wedding anniversaries, historical events and of course birthdays. In Ketchikan, May 6, 2012 marks a major milestone for Ketchikan Indian Community member Henry Neligan. On that day he joins a select group of people-those that have turned 100 years old.

Editor's note: This submission was received in response to the story "'Sharing Our Knowledge' conference welcomes public" that was published in the March 21 issue of the Capital City Weekly.

The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) Behavioral Health/Suicide Prevention Program is joining with at least 14 Southeast Alaska communities to host local "Walk For Life" suicide prevention events. All the events will occur on May 12 at 1 p.m., with the exception of the Klukawan/Haines event, which will begin at 8 a.m.

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The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) Behavioral Health Prevention and Community Family Services programs will offer a free, two-day mental health first aid course in May in several Southeast communities. The course is designed to prepare people to provide mental health first aid to people experiencing a mental health problem or mental health crisis, until appropriate professional treatment can be administered.

The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) is joining with other health care organizations around the country to honor National Patient Advocacy Week April 9-15, an event organized by the Society for Healthcare Consumer Advocacy.

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CRAIG - The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) Behavioral Health Division hired Steve Guevara, Psy.D., as a behavioral health clinician at the SEARHC Behavioral Health Office in Craig. Guevara will also be working at the SEARHC facility in Klawock.

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JUNEAU - Marlintini's Lounge will be hosting a customer appreciation night at 9 p.m. on Feb. 24, complete with Roughhouse Boxing matches. The night's focus is to give appreciation to the fight fans in Juneau and the Southeast who have supported the fights for the past 12 years.

CRAIG - The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) Behavioral Health Division on Prince of Wales Island is partnering with the primary health care providers at the Alicia Roberts Medical Center in Klawock to offer a Living Well with Chronic Conditions support group. The free support group will meet at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesdays, starting on Feb. 29, at the SEARHC Behavioral Health Office in Craig (located in the Thibodeaux Mall). The support group is modeled after the Living Well Alaska workshops about chronic disease self-management offered by the State of Alaska, but instead of being a set number of sessions this will be an ongoing group and participants can start and stop at any time.

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Typically, four months is the recommended time period to train for a marathon. The clock starts today if that marathon is the 13th Annual Prince of Wales Island International Marathon, which is scheduled to occur on Saturday, May 26.

Winter travel out of Southeast Alaska is notoriously challenging. If your trip is scheduled in advance, perfect weather will prevail right up to the morning of departure when suddenly, if it's not snowing or blowing, there's a good chance it's calm but socked-in-foggy.

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SITKA - SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) diabetes nurse case managers Lisa Schwartz, RN, of the Haines Health Center and Julie Sturtevant, RN, of the Alicia Roberts Medical Center in Klawock recently earned Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE) credentials from the National Certification Board for Diabetes Educators.