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2008
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When I go to Haines next weekend, I've got to meet Roger Maynard. For a fresh new look at issues in Alaska, I invite you to visit his website: http://www.rogermaynard.net . It is with Roger's explicit permission I bring you the following. I'm sure you've all read about the supposed boondoggle...
04/19/2008
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Everyone in Juneau is trying to find ways to reduce their energy costs. A catastrophic avalanche took out over a mile and a half of power line from our hydroelectric plant and cut off Alaska's capital city. Everything is operating on huge generators. It's estimated to take 100,000 gallons of d...
04/19/2008
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Anybody who lives in Juneau or has been following the story knows our community is in crisis. To catch anybody else up to speed, Wednesday morning at about 4:00 there was a massive avalanche that destroyed over a mile and a half of power line and several towers just a few miles north of our hydr...
04/18/2008
If you didn't already know, Juneau Alaska is having a huge problem. Our electricity is generated 40 miles south of town at a hydro-electric plant. Yesterday, at about 4:00 AM there was a huge avalanche, over a mile and a half wide. This took down our power and the city is currently running on ...
04/17/2008
This is basically a continuation of my earlier post, which you can find here: http://activerain.com/blogsview/471789/Honey-Turn-something-OFF . For those of you who don't know yet, Juneau is serviced by a hydro-electric plant south of Juneau. This morning around 4AM there was a catastrophic a...
04/16/2008
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50 cents per kilowatt hour.I'm reminded of a comedy skit where a father is described, standing by the electric meter, watching it twirl around and around. I think when I get home, I'm going to make sure to use my hot tub because certainly we will be draining everything and shutting it down in th...
04/16/2008
Like most small towns, Juneau has a short list of family names well known throughout the community. Ones of those surnames is "Beedle". Everybody knows at least one. Many of us know several. Jim Beedle works hard, and has for many years, in various positions throughout the Alaska Marine Highw...
04/15/2008
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Summit Housing will be making a presentation in Juneau on Thursday, April 17th at 5:15pm at the downtown library. Summit Housing Group, which is an affordable housing developer based out of Missoula, Montana. They have been looking at Juneau for several years and have found a potential site that...
04/14/2008
This one is long. It isn't pretty. I don't have any photos on here yet, but I hope you read it anyway. Gabriel was born January 2, 2001. He has two little sisters, Adria and Alaina, born just a few years later. Our entire office lights up when they come to visit their daddy. Everybody loves ...
04/07/2008
Yesterday I submitted an offer on a house for my buyers. The listing agent thought perhaps it was an April Fools' joke.It wasn't.The house has been on the market for almost 10 months. The current owners have only had the house for just about two years. So, for almost half the time they've owne...
04/02/2008
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