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Savana M. Barzee, of Juneau, graduated with honors from Northwest College in May. Barzee was among 365 students to graduate.

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Kids in Juneau are reading this summer and receiving prizes from local businesses by reviewing their favorite books. A drawing from the review entries is held each week at the three public libraries. The winners for the week of June 26 are as follows:

From the downtown library, Elin Antaya, 4, a gift certificate from Peer Amid Beads, and Hayden Smith, 2, a gift certificate from Annie Kaill's; from the Mendenhall Valley library, Adam Bishop, 5, a gift certificate from the Alaskan Fudge Co., and Katlyn Fergusson, 5, two books from the Bear's Lair; and from the Douglas library, Reid Willis, 12, a gift certificate form the Alaska T-Shirt Co., and Jeran Willis, 10, a gift certificate from the Amazing Bookstore in the Airport Mall.

For more information, call Carol Race at 586-0434.

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Steve Pierce was awarded a silver medal at the American Homebrewers Association National Homebrew Competition held June 19-21 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Pierce's award-winning brew was his Schwarzbier (Black Beer) in the Dark Lager Category.

This is an extraordinary honor for Pierce and the brewing community in Alaska, as the AHA National Homebrew Competition is the largest of its kind in the world, with 1,300 homebrewers entering more than 5,600 beers in 28 style categories for the 2008 competition. Pierce's Schwarzbier beat out more than 150 other beers entered in the Dark Lager category.

Pierce wasn't the only Alaskan to bring home a medal. Jason Ditsworth of Anchorage also won a silver and a bronze medal for two of his homebrewed meads.

For more information about the 2008 AHA National Homebrew Competition and a complete awards listing, visit http://www.beertown.org/events/hbc/ and http://www.beertown.org/pdf/media2.pdf.