{"id":54572,"date":"2019-10-20T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-20T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/life\/neighbors-news-in-brief\/"},"modified":"2019-10-20T03:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-20T11:00:00","slug":"neighbors-news-in-brief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/life\/neighbors-news-in-brief\/","title":{"rendered":"Neighbors news in brief"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Veterans collect, properly dispose of flags <\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p>The officers of the American Legion Auke Bay Post 25 held a flag disposal ceremony Saturday, Oct. 12, and disposed of approximately 60 worn and un-serviceable flags at the Auke Bay Legion Hall.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p>Kirk Thorsteinson, Chaplin; Ryan Brown, 1st Vice Commander; John Cooper, Commander; Tom Dawson, 2nd Vice Commander; Bill Morris, member; and Tim Armstrong, Service Officer, all participated in the effort.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-attachment in-story\"><a href='https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/18998587_web1_flag1.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1196\" src=\"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/18998587_web1_flag1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"From left, Kirk Thorsteinson, Chaplin; Ryan Brown, 1st Vice Commander; John Cooper, Commander; Tom Dawson, 2nd Vice Commander; Bill Morris, member; and Tim Armstrong, Service Officer. (Courtesy photo)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/18998587_web1_flag1.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/18998587_web1_flag1-300x175.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/18998587_web1_flag1-1024x598.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/18998587_web1_flag1-640x374.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/18998587_web1_flag1-1200x701.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/18998587_web1_flag1-1920x1121.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1199px) 98vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"p-exclude\">From left, Kirk Thorsteinson, Chaplin; Ryan Brown, 1st Vice Commander; John Cooper, Commander; Tom Dawson, 2nd Vice Commander; Bill Morris, member; and Tim Armstrong, Service Officer. (Courtesy photo)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p>Do you have a worn flag that needs to be collected? You can drop them off at three locations &mdash; Sportsman Warehouse, Western Auto and Foodland IGA.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Spirit of Youth calls for nominations <\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p>A statewide organization that celebrates Alaska&rsquo;s youths is seeking nominations for youth who contribute to their community.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p>Spirit of Youth is an organization that works to empower teen voices, and recognize the positive contributions that youth make to communities across the state of Alaska.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p>The group is inviting the public to show youth they matter by making a nomination for recognition. All nominees are publicly recognized in their communities and receive a certificate signed by the lieutenant governor. Nominations help create opportunities for youth leadership and allow teens to share their voices and get recognized for their contributions.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p>If you know a teen or youth group doing something positive in your community, you can nominate them for Spirit of Youth recognition. Of the nominees, eight youth or youth groups and eight runners-up are selected to receive Spirit of Youth Awards including a scholarship or grant. All Alaskan youth ages 12-19 are eligible.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p>The deadline to recognize a youth is Dec. 31. Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spiritofyouth.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">spiritofyouth.org<\/a> to make your nomination.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p>For more information, call (907) 272-2875 or email info@spiritofyouth.org.<\/p>\n\t\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Veterans collect, properly dispose of flags <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":54573,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_stopmodifiedupdate":false,"_modified_date":"","wds_primary_category":7,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-54572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54572\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54572"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=54572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}