Please take down the anti-choice flag displayed at the governor’s mansion. I have lived in Alaska for 24 years. That flag does not represent my views. Your predecessor, Sean Parnell had a campaign “Choose Respect.” At the heart of it, it asked every man, women and child in Alaska to choose to respect one another. The aim was to “change hearts and minds.” To change the unfortunate norm of domestic violence in Alaska.
An Aukeman triathlete leaves the Auke Lakes swim portion to transition to the bike portion in this file photo. (Klas Stolpe) Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Aukeman Triathlon is set to splash off at 7:30 a.m. Saturday with the 750-meter swim on Auke Lake, transitioning to a 19K bike ride to the glacier and back, and finishing with an out-and-back 5K run from the University of Alaska Southeast campus to complete the sprint distance course.
“It’s just a quiet little race this year,” Aukeman race director Liz Smith said. “We haven’t done any advertising, but we have been full for over a month.”