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Discovery Channel Premieres "Alaska, The Last Frontier"
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Alaska, The Last Frontier
“The Kilcher family settled in an isolated community outside of Homer, Alaska 80 years ago, seeking a more free and simple way of life. They live completely off the grid, with no running water and no electricity – and are proud of it.” – Discovery Channel
Tonight at 6:00pm and 8:00pm Alaska time, on the Discovery Channel – Check out this new reality show about life on a homestead right outside of Homer on the Kenai Peninsula! This reality show is gaining even more attention, as it is about Jewel’s (singer/songwriter) family – Yule Kilcher is her grandfather! This will be another show that is close to home for us who live and love the Kachemak Bay area!
Press Release – Greenway Academy of Alaska offers Online Courses
Greenways - Academy of Alaska
Contact: Janet Beckett
Greenways Academy of Alaska
7010 Gibbs Hill Circle
Anchorage, AK 99504
Phone: 907.320.0229
Fax: 907.771.9072
Press Release
Greenways Academy of Alaska Introduces Introduction to Python 3 Programming
Greenways Academy of Alaska has a program that makes it easy to take high-quality, noncredit online courses. Greenways Academy of Alaska has partnered with ed2go to offer hundreds of online, instructor-led courses and is pleased to announce the launch of “Introduction to Python 3 Programming.”
Participants in this course will master the basics of Python as well as advanced skills such as object-oriented programming with classes and exceptions. In addition, they’ll explore unique Python data structures such as tuples and dictionaries and learn to create Python programs with graphic elements including graphical user interface (GUI) objects.
This course is part of Greenways Academy of Alaska’s growing catalog of more than 300 instructor-facilitated online courses. Through well-crafted lessons, expert online instruction, and interaction with fellow students, participants in these courses gain valuable knowledge at their convenience. They have the flexibility to study at their own pace combined with enough structure and support to complete the course. And they can access the classroom 24/7 from anywhere with an Internet connection.
New sessions of each course run every month. They last six weeks, with two new lessons being released weekly (for a total of 12). The courses are entirely Web-based with comprehensive lessons, quizzes, and assignments. A dedicated professional instructor facilitates every course; pacing learners, answering questions, giving feedback, and facilitating discussions.
To learn more, call Greenways Academy of Alaska at 907.320.0229 or visit them online atwww.greenwaysacademy.com/alaska.
Greenways Academy is an established accredited (Advanced Education, NCAA, NWAC) on line school servicing 5th-12th grade and is a diploma granting institution for the college bound students and is able to modify our curriculum per each student’s IEP or 504 Plan.
The mission of Greenways Academy is to motivate, educate, and advocate for every student.
Heavy Snow Creates Power Outages Around Kenai Peninsula
Strong winds along with heavy wet snow and rain caused power outages around the Kenai Peninsula over the weekend.
The largest outage took place Sunday at 4 pm when the substation that serves the City of Kenai went off line, leaving about 2,500 homes and businesses without power. The cause of the outage was a problem along the transmission line between Kenai and Nikiski, most likely due to a tree on the line.
HEA was able to reconfigure its distribution system and serve the City of Kenai from other sources and had power restored to the outage area at approximately 5 pm. HEA crews plan to patrol the transmission between Kenai and Nikiski to locate the source of the problem.
As of Sunday evening at 7:00, HEA crews were responding to scattered outages around the Kenai Peninsula including:
- Poppy Lane in Soldotna ((149 homes)
- Hinnerman Street in Nikiski (20 homes)
- Robinson Loop near Sterling (24 homes)
There were also scattered outages in the Homer area over the weekend due to wet, heavy snow. As of Sunday at 7:00 pm, the outages in the Homer area had been restored.
The Seldovia the area is currently being served by a generator at the Gerry Willard Generation Plant. A tree hit the main power line that serves the South Kachemak Bay area Saturday night near Sunshine Point. HEA will attempt to make repairs to that line on Monday, weather permitting.
If you are without power, please call HEA’s outage reporting hotline at 1-888-8OUTAGE or 1-888-868-8243
As a constant safety reminder, HEA would like to remind homeowners who own generators to make sure they are taking proper precautions. If operated incorrectly, the generator can send power back on to the electric system and cause serious injury or death to linemen working on the power line.
It is very important that a transfer switch exists between the generator and the HEA system. The transfer switch must be equipped with a visual open ensuring that the generator is not back feeding into the HEA system
Please make sure that you have properly installed your generator and if you have any questions, please contact a qualified electrician before operating the generator.
As always, please take precautions to protect sensitive electronic equipment and remember to STAY AWAY FROM ANY DOWNED POWER LINE. THE LINES ARE VERY DANGEROUS AND CAN CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH IF CONTACT IS MADE. IF YOU SEE A DOWNED POWER LINE, LEAVE THE AREA AND PLEASE CALL HOMER ELECTRIC AT 1-888-8OUTAGE OR 1-888-868-8243.
For additional information contact:
Joe Gallagher, 283-2324
Public Relations Coordinator
Homer Electric Association
Kenai, AK 99611
907-283-2324
907-398-3478 (cell)
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