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Spring Mobile Mammogram schedule

SEARHC Press Release:
SITKA, Feb. 7, 2012 — The SEARHC WISEWOMAN Women’s Health Program and Bartlett Regional Hospital are happy to announce the Spring 2012 schedule for the mobile mammogram program.

The mobile mammography van will visit Haines, Kake, Gustavus, Skagway, Yakutat and Angoon this spring and early summer. The van is scheduled to visit Kake on May 1-4, Haines on May 9-22, Angoon on May 24-30, Skagway on June 4-7, Yakutat on June 13-18, and Gustavus on June 22 (no weekend appointments). Women are encouraged to contact their local clinics prior to the scheduled visit because they will need to receive a clinical breast exam before they can get their mammograms.  Read more->

History | Kake | Native Issues | News

Unexploded shell found in Kake is a blast from past

by Klas Stolpe | JUNEAU EMPIRE
JUNEAU — Della Cheney remembers playing with a family heirloom growing up in Kake, a rather strange-looking metallic object that wasn’t easily moved about.

“It was very heavy,” Cheney said. “At least 25 pounds.”

The heirloom? A roughly 12-inch long, 30-pound unexploded round of ammunition fired by the U.S. military on the village more than 140 years ago in what villagers and other descendents still refer to as “The Kake War.”

Read more in the Juneau Empire.

Health | Kake | Southeast AK

Spring Mobile Mammograms Scheduled

SEARHC press release
JUNEAU—The SEARHC WISEWOMAN Women’s Health Program and Bartlett Regional Hospital are happy to announce the Spring 2011 schedule for the mobile mammogram program, and this year there’s a new stop on the itinerary.  Read more->

Chip Bok
bokbluster.com
Feb 21, 2012

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