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An unusual furniture sale is scheduled Saturday at the Fairbanks Community Food Bank at 725 26th Ave. from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The tables, chairs, desks and other furniture from rooms in Pike’s Waterfront Lodge have been replaced with new items. The local Kiwanis clubs, the Key Clubs and the Circle K club are selling the donated furniture to benefit the food bank. The items can be viewed online at www.fairbanksfoodbank.com.

The auction is part of Kiwanis One Day, a global volunteer action day for the Kiwanis.

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DISTINCTION: The Girl Scouts named their four Women of Distinction for the annual awards banquet May 1 at the Westmark — Carol Brice, Lorena Hegdal, Annie Keep-Barnes and Cheryl Kilgore. Call 456-4782 for tickets.

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AIR MILES: Alaska Airlines says its mileage plan system is due for a computer upgrade. You won’t be able to redeem miles or reissue an award ticket from April 14-24. You will be able to earn miles and fly on award tickets during those days.

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ARCTIC LIONS: The Arctic Lions U18 hockey team earned a trip to the USA Hockey National Tournament in Buffalo April 2-6. The Lions are raising money to finance the journey.

On Saturday and Sunday the team is hosting a Hockey Skills Clinic at the UAF Patty Center. The cost is $40 per person.

UAF Head Coach Doc DelCastillo, UAF players and Arctic Lions’ coaches and players will lead the clinic. Register at Sport King by calling 479-2820.

Contact Richard Mousseau at 460-7758 after 5 p.m. or Sarah Mousseau at 488-0183 after 6 p.m. for more details.

The club is holding a spaghetti feed Saturday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Doc’s Bar across from the Daily News-Miner and next to the Big I. Entertainment will be provided by Earl Hughes.

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HONORED: In 1994, truck driver Tom Burgess of North Pole came upon a bus crash on the Parks Highway and acted to save others without regard to his own safety.

He helped rescue many of the 25 trapped people on the bus, an action that was recognized when he was named a recipient of the Alaska Medal of Heroism that year.

This week Burgess was one of 51 nominees considered for the national Above & Beyond Citizen award in Arlington, Va.

The three people selected for the award were a student who helped rescue workers at the bridge collapse in Minnesota last year, a Reno teacher who talked a student into putting down a gun after a shooting and a California engineer who designed a $50 wheelchair.

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AAUW SCHOLARSHIP: Women who want to resume or continue their studies are encouraged to apply by Monday for the AAUW scholarship program. There are two $1,000 awards to help those seeking higher education, sponsored by the Fairbanks chapter of the American Association of University Women.

Write to Pat Turner at pturner@mosquitonet.com and apply.

For more information, contact Ellen Whitcher at 456-4518 or Turner at 479-2360.

By the way, Ellen is making plans to attend her 70-year reunion at Wheaton College this spring in Massachusetts. “Ellen is a Wheaton treasure” is the way a college representative put it. Fairbanks can make the same statement about her.

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FAMILY HEALTH: A local mom who used the services of the Alaska Family Health and Birth Center wants to show her thanks by organizing a musical fundraiser April 12 at the College Coffeehouse. The cost is $10 for adults and $5 for those under 15.

The musical guests range from Barney McClure to Gangly Moose.

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SUSIE BARTLETT: Susan B. Bartlett, known to her friends as Susie, died Feb. 29 in Columbus, Ohio after a long illness. She was born in 1940 in Juneau to E.L. “Bob” Bartlett and Vide Bartlett.

When her father became Alaska’s delegate to Congress in 1944, the family moved to Washington, D.C. She went to school there and earned a nursing degree from Johns Hopkins in 1963.

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RETIRING: After 21 years at Access Alaska, David Jacobson has retired as regional director. Jim Kreatschman is taking over that position and Valerie Enterline is stepping in as core services supervisor, the post Kreatschman has held since 2004.

Meanwhile, Amy Blakely, a popular cashier and cook at the hospital cafe, retired today from Fairbanks Memorial Hospital, 23 years after she started. Her friends planned to give her a party in the wee hours this morning. It was an unusual time for a going-away event, but she has always worked the late shift.

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TUITION: Beginning students in financial need may qualify for a three-credit tuition waiver to attend classes this summer at UAF. For details, call 474-7021.

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POSTPONED: The health center poetry reading and slam that had been set for this weekend at the College Coffeehouse has been postponed.

Dermot Cole can be reached at cole@newsminer.com or 459-7530.