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ALASKA CRUISE SHIP DISASTER: The Prinsendam
ALASKA CRUISE SHIP DISASTER: The Prinsendam

ALASKA CRUISE SHIP DISASTER: The Prinsendam

May 25, 2016 Tara Neilson 0

On October 4, 1980,  the aurora borealis danced above the stricken cruise ship as the elderly passengers crawled out of bed and made their way to the upper deck after the captain announced that there […]

UNDER SIEGE: Record Breaking Pollen
UNDER SIEGE: Record Breaking Pollen

UNDER SIEGE: Record Breaking Pollen

May 18, 2016 Tara Neilson 0

 I’ve been fortunate that for most of my life I haven’t had to deal with environmental allergies. Food allergies, yes, by the gross, but usually spring presented no difficulties for me, let alone horrors. Until […]

CROSSING THE STRAIT (Part Three): Grocery Shopping
CROSSING THE STRAIT (Part Three): Grocery Shopping

CROSSING THE STRAIT (Part Three): Grocery Shopping

May 12, 2016 Tara Neilson 0

 A  couple of years ago a woman I’d just met was fascinated with our way of life and she asked me, “So where do you go to buy your eggs?”     I said, “We cross the […]

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The question was: how to move a building from point A to point B in the bush with only one or two men? In 2006 longtime Meyers Chuck residents Ed and Marian Glenz sold their [...]
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