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🌱 Patch AM: Anchorage reflects on Dick Traini’s decades of local public service.
Also check out JBER Library Preschool Storytime on the Anchorage Patch calendar
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In today's newsletter:
- Anchorage reflects on Dick Traini's decades of local public service.
- What the new Anchorage police use-of-force audit means for oversight.
- Which Anchorage flag football team is shutting out every opponent?
Also on today's calendar: JBER Library Toddler Tales Storytime and 5 more events.
Today's riddle: What do you get when you cross an angry cow with an angry sheep? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: Decreasing clouds, with a high of 61 and low of 47 degrees.
- Friday: Sunny to partly cloudy, temps: high: 61, low: 51.
- Saturday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 62 and low of 49 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
1. Former Anchorage Assembly Chair Dick Traini dies at 77 (adn.com) — Anchorage is remembering longtime Assembly chair Dick Traini, who served Midtown for nearly three decades and helped shape policies from indoor smoking bans to dog parks and cannabis rules. Colleagues from across the political spectrum describe him as fair, funny, and deeply committed to practical local government, even after he moved to the Mat-Su and continued following Anchorage politics. 
2. Audit of use of force by Anchorage police prompts renewed calls for civilian oversight (adn.com) — Anchorage residents are weighing a new audit of the Police Department's use of force, which found higher reported force rates and disproportionate impacts on Alaska Native and Indigenous people, often involving a small group of officers. Consultants and APD leaders say many recommendations are already being implemented, while local groups push for a civilian oversight body with real authority to ensure accountability and transparency.
3. USA TODAY Sports Super 10 Alaska flag football rankings, Week 3 (usatoday.com) — Anchorage flag football fans can celebrate as South Anchorage, Dimond, and Service all land in the state's top 10, with South Anchorage undefeated and yet to allow a single point. The latest USA TODAY Sports rankings show Anchorage programs setting the pace while Valley and Interior schools chase, hinting at some intense matchups still to come this season.
4. 25 years later: Veteran Red Cross worker recalls 9/11, helping in Alaska and twin tower victims' families (alaskasnewssource.com) — An Anchorage-based Red Cross disaster volunteer recalls how planes diverted to the city after 9/11 left hundreds of stranded travelers needing shelter at Changepoint Church. His memories span from coordinating local volunteers in Alaska to later helping grieving families on the East Coast, highlighting how Alaskans stepped up during one of the nation's darkest weeks.
📸 Around Anchorage
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Anchorage
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★ Featured events ★
- JBER Library Preschool Storytime →
JBER Library, 4th Street, Anchorage
2:30 pm
Tuesday September 22
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Other local events
- Football Varsity @ Service
West High School Service High School, 5577 Abbott Rd, Anchorage, AK 99507, USA
4:00 pm - Tennis Varsity @ South
West High School South Anchorage High School, 13400 Elmore Rd, Anchorage, AK 995
5:00 pm - Tennis Open vs South
West High School West Anchorage High School, 1700 Hillcrest Dr, Anchorage, AK 99
5:00 pm - IT Preventative Maintenance (PM)
Benson Secondary/S.E.A.R.C.H. Anchorage, AK 99507 - JBER Library Toddler Tales Storytime →
JBER Library, 4th Street, Anchorage
2:30 pm - Residential Burner Mastery →
Alaska Safety Alliance, 2600 Cordova St, Suite 105, Anchorage
9:00 am - Commercial Burner Mastery →
Alaska Safety Alliance, 2600 Cordova St, Suite 105, Anchorage
9:00 am
Friday September 11
Saturday September 12
Thursday September 24
Tuesday September 29
Friday October 2
📣 Anchorage Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Middle School Progress Report Cards Due Today
Fronteras Spanish Immersion Fronteras
10:00 am - Coed Varsity Swimming @ Bartlett High School
Wasilla High School 1101 Golden Bear Drive, Anchorage Alaska 99504
5:00 pm - Girls JV Flag Football vs North Pole High School
Wasilla High School 701 E Bogard Rd, Wasilla AK 99654-7193
5:30 pm - Girls Varsity Flag Football vs North Pole High School
Wasilla High School 701 E Bogard Rd, Wasilla AK 99654-7193
7:15 pm
Thursday September 10
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
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- NANA Management Services posted a job opening for AM/PM Janitor SCF Clinic ($15/hr, On Call) - Wasilla in Wasilla. Apply here.
- Southcentral Foundation posted a job opening for Certified Medical Assistant I, II - BNPCC Behavioral Health in Wasilla. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Anchorage here.
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: An animal that's in a baaaaad mooood! (Thank you Lisa A. for sending it in!)
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