LINKING GENERATIONS – Blatchley Middle School music teacher Drew Larson, right, watches students in the Tlingit violin program play on stage at Harrigan Centennial Hall Monday night during the Indigenous Peoples’ Day program. The celebration included a meal that was made with the help of students from Mt. Edgecumbe High School, Outer Coast and Pacific High School; Native dance performances; and a panel discussion on “Haa Kusteeyi” or “our way of life” moderated by Alex Xaanatlseix Johnson-Rice.   The theme of the program was “Linking Generations: Our Ancestors, Us and Our Future.” (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)

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Photo caption: Public Health Nurse Penny Lehmann presents the October Faces of Public Health awards. From left are recipients Wilma Blood, Sarah Jordan, Debra Lyons, Sandy Jones, Stephanie Brenner, Susan Suarez and Ronda Anderson.

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