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SKAGWAY - The North Words Writers Symposium will be held May 30-June 2 in Skagway.

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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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JUNEAU - The Alaska Folk Festival will continue at Centennial Hall through April 15 with free evening concerts beginning at 7 p.m. and weekend afternoon concerts beginning at noon. This schedule is subject to change. For more information, visit www.akfolkfest.org.

SKAGWAY - The Fourth Annual Spring Show of Winter Art Work will be held April 20 through April 21 at the First Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall. Visual artists of all ages, amateur and professional, are encouraged to submit artwork for this event. If you are a painter, soap maker, photographer, writer, poet, origami maker, glass artist, sketcher, collage maker, flower arranger, jeweler, carver or any other kind of artist, you are invited to show your work. This includes participants in the many SAC arts workshops over the winter, so a lot of ukuleles are expected. Submission forms can be picked up from the Skagway Public Library, Glacier Smoothie or printed from our website. Submissions are free. Forms will be accepted until Friday, April 13, 2012. Call Rain at 612-0157 for more information.

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SKAGWAY - The Skagway Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a logo contest. The illustrator of the winning logo will win a $50 cash and an individual membership to the Chamber. The winner's artwork will be seen by thousands of people for many years to come. The deadline for submission is May 1. Further information is available at the Skagway Chamber of Commerce office, 983-1898, chamber@aptalaska.net or www.skagwaychamber.org.

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High school students from around the Panhandle participated in the 2012 Southeast Alaska Regional Science Fair earlier this month. Thanks to 65 mentors and mentoring institutions, 73 official judges, 25 organizing committee members, 35 special award judges, 20 award presenters, 32 local award sponsoring companies and numerous parent and student volunteers, 85 participating students from Juneau, Skagway, Angoon and Petersburg showed off their science projects at Thunder Mountain High School.

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Lahna Deering and Rev. Neil Down are hitting the big time in Memphis, Tenn., with their newest release, "Out There Somewhere."

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JUNEAU - The 16th annual Women of Distinction Gala and Silent Auction will be held on March 3 at Centennial Hall, presented by AWARE (Aiding Women in Abuse and Rape Emergencies). The event will honor four distinguished women who have made significant contributions to improving the lives of Juneau's women and children. Nominations were submitted by community members and the honorees were selected by AWARE's board of directors. The 2012 honorees are Amy Dressel, Megan Gregory (whose achievements will be honored as Young Woman of Distinction), Sharron Lobaugh and Joan O'Keefe.

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JUNEAU - The 16th annual Women of Distinction Gala and Silent Auction will be held on March 3 at Centennial Hall, presented by AWARE (Aiding Women in Abuse and Rape Emergencies). The event will honor four distinguished women who have made significant contributions to improving the lives of Juneau's women and children. Nominations were submitted by community members and the honorees were selected by AWARE's board of directors. The 2012 honorees are Amy Dressel, Megan Gregory (whose achievements will be honored as Young Woman of Distinction), Sharron Lobaugh and Joan O'Keefe.

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SITKA - The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) WISEWOMAN Women's Health Program and Bartlett Regional Hospital have completed the Spring 2012 schedule for the mobile mammogram program. The mobile mammogram program provides women who live in communities without year-round access to mammography screening services.

SKAGWAY - The Juneau Community Foundation (JCF) and the Brady family of Skagway, Alaska are pleased to announce an agreement to establish the Margaret Frans Brady Fund (MFB).

SKAGWAY - The Juneau Community Foundation (JCF) and the Brady family of Skagway, Alaska are pleased to announce an agreement to establish the Margaret Frans Brady Fund (MFB).

SKAGWAY - Registrations are being accepted for the 2012 Buckwheat Ski Classic, which will be held on the Log Cabin, B.C. course north of Skagway on March 24.

SKAGWAY - Chris Maggio will lead a class in assembling, staining and painting a ukulele. The class will occur from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Feb. 25 and 26, and there will also be weeknight and finished project workshops on March 3 and 4. Weeknight times are to be announced. The cost for the workshop Is $38. For details and to sign up, contact Kathy Wassman 983-3024 or 612-0664.

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The Alaska SeaLife Center announced its exhibition of the 2011-2012 Coastal America Ocean Arts Contest. The show is on display at the center through Feb. 27.

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