This week on AK we're Letting Go. A mother gives up some independence -- and storage space -- to move in with her grown daughter. The Anchorage Daily News drops rural delivery -- and one Sitka woman's livelihood. And an eroding sand bank lets go of a secret at Point Barrow. Please join us for the last AK.All that and more this week on AK, heard statewide on local APRN stations.Download Audio (MP3, 60min)Host: Jessica CochranBuy Buy Paper RouteAK’s Bonnie Sue Hitchcock, StoryThe Anchorage Daily News’ decision to end rural delivery mean on Sitka woman is out of business: delivering the paper there made her an integral part of the community.
- Music Button: “Walking Through Your Town in the Snow” by Utah Phillips from Starlight on the Rails: A Songbook
Tok-boundAliza Sherman-Risdahl, essayAliza is leaving behind a lot of friends and favorites in Anchorage, to find new adventures in Tok.Letting Go, Part 1Shana Sheehy, storyShana’s mom Betty rafson is moving in with her; but that means Betty has to get rid of a lot of the stuff she’s accumulated over the years. And it isn’t easy.
- Break: “P.I.M.P (Snoop Dog Remix Instrumental)” by 50 Cent, from P.I.M.P (New Version)
Moonmilk MadnessCoast Alaska’s Ed Schoenfeld, StoryEd’s fascination with caves took him to Windgate Cave on Prince of Wales Island to check out a living, growing, rock-eating mineral substance called "moonmilk."
Click above to see moonmilk photos on Flickr
- Learn more about the Encounters nature series, which will include a cave documentary, at encountersnorth.org
- Take an audio tour of El Capitan, one of Southeast Alaska's largest caves
- Hear about research into underground waterways and their impacts on fisheries
- Read more about southeast Alaska caves
300 VillagesAK’s Scott BurtonAK’s Weekly Trip around the state. This week, Afognak Native Village. No one lives there, but some think of it as home.Calendar of EventsAK’s weekly look at upcoming events around the stateChipmunks, RevisitedKUCB’s Anne Hillman, StoryUnalaska singer Lynda Lybeck-Robinson includes a new version of the Chipmunks famous Christmas classic on her new Christmas album – 50 years after the original came out.
- Music Button: “Letting You go” by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers from Hard Promises (Remastered)
Letting Go, Part 2Shana Sheehy, StoryShana and her Mom Betty set themselves a timer and get to work, picking out the stuff to keep from the stuff to let go.
- Break: “You Keep Me Hanging On” by Javier Marines from Classic Rock of the 80’s Instrumentals, Vol. 8
Letting Go, Part 3Shana Sheehy, storyFor Shana’s Mom Betty Rafson, letting go of stuff means letting go of her lifelong effort to organize that stuff – and facing up to her own desires about how else to spend her time.