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Junior high volleyball team formed
By MICHAEL WASKA, staff writer The junior high volleyball team was put together by Trisha Esmailka this year to prepare the kids for the proper training and skills so they…
Jenna Buchanan: “My heart is always with Galena”
By SHELBY KILLINGSWORTH, staff writer Jenna Buchanan, the former basketball player for the Galena Lady Hawks and the University of Alaska Anchorage Seawolves, is now working at a elementary school…
Good news about fire drills
By KIANA MELOVIDOV, staff writer During last fire drill at Sidney C. Huntington campus the building was evacuated in a minute and thirty seconds. “We will continue to have fire…
Prom planning underway
By KAITLYN BARR-JONES, staff writer Galena juniors met at the end of last semester about prom planning and future fundraisers. Sutton Casey, the new language arts teacher on the GILA…
More plays coming up this semester
By WASSILLIE GUST, staff writer There are two planned theater plays for the spring semester of 2018-19. One of the planned plays is the dinner theater, which is going to…
Fundraising underway for this year’s prom
By KAITLYN BARR-JONES, staff writer The juniors had a meeting about prom planning and future fundraisers on Monday, Dec. 10. Sutton Casey, the new language arts teacher on the GILA…
New teacher arrives at SHS
By RAYANNE ALICK, staff writer Andi Doerflinger is the new academic support teacher at SHS, replacing Dawn Pomerening, who has moved to the elementary school. She teaches math fundamentals –…
New superintendent’s first semester: “No day is the same”
By SHELBY KILLINGSWORTH, staff writer Jim Merriner, the new superintendent of the Galena City School District, learned after his first semester of being superintendent is that to stay on top…
Things are cookin’ with the SHS lunch ladies
By JANELL ECHUCK and SARAH THOMPSON, staff writers At the Sidney C. Huntington School, the cooks at the cafeteria are pretty chill people when they running a huge kitchen. We…
Kortas honored at farewell potluck
By JUSTIN STEPHANOFF and MIKE WASKA, staff writers Former Galena mayor Jon Korta and former teacher and behavioral health counselor Tanya Korta were honored by the community at the Larson…