Students aid Katrina victims Wednesday, October 26, 2005 By Melinia McCarty, staff writer Students at the city school and GILA collected $923.49 to help the people that were hurt by Hurricane Katrina, according to Kate Thurmond, the teacher who coordinated the collection effort. The money full story

Class reps. are elected Wednesday, October 26, 2005 By Kelly Kehlenback, staff writer [ArticleImageHyperLink] The election for GILA class representatives was on September 26, 2005. Class representatives were elected by members of each class. The senior representative is Tiffany Woods; junior representative is full story

Celebrating sobriety with an open bar? Wednesday, October 26, 2005 By Sarah Reagin, news editor [ArticleImageHyperLink] Jamboree weekend is a celebration of sobriety. The Yukon Jamboree, held Oct. 7-8 at the city school gym, had many people involved. There were people from surrounding communities near Galena. There wer full story

Emotions run wild when in lockdown: Learning from your mistakes isn't a lot of fun Wednesday, October 26, 2005 By Pina Sheldon, staff writer [ArticleImageHyperLink] Stressed. Depressed. Down in the dumps. These emotions came to me while I was on room restriction. From the beginning to the last minute, I felt unsocial. I missed being on the ground, I missed th full story

XBox vs. Playstation: Gamers go nuts about the best Wednesday, October 26, 2005 By Sarah Reagin, news editor and Danny Vasquez, staff writer The age old war of the consoles. It’s split families, broken up couples, and distanced the best of friends. Xbox or Playstation? Which is the true king of the consoles? Why the heck do people even lik full story

GILA's own warriors Wednesday, October 26, 2005 By Andi Grundberg, staff writer [ArticleImageHyperLink] Rand Rosecrans was pulling logs out the river with his 4-wheeler this summer when the idea hit him. Why not create the Wood Warriors?The Wood Warriors are a group of teenagers from GILA who go out ear full story

Hawks harpooned by Point Hope Wednesday, October 26, 2005 By Kelly Kehlenback, staff writer Galena’s number one volleyball squad couldn’t stop the Point Hope Tikigag during the volleyball tournament on Oct. 14 and 15 at the city school gym.The Hawks number one team was slammed 20-25, 18-25, full story

Will the Representative please stand up? Wednesday, October 26, 2005 By Tiffany Woods, Editor-in-Chief Woodie Salmon and Ethan Berkowitz, both Alaska State Representatives, toured Galena with Superintendent Jim Smith on Wednesday, October 5, to talk to community members about any issues or concerns full story

The shorter the better: Afterschool lost length decreasing Wednesday, October 26, 2005 By Melinia McCarty, staff writer [ArticleImageHyperLink] The afterschool program list has been a lot shorter than it has been in the past few years. The afterschool program is a program that is after school for students that have bad grades. The program hel full story