Articles from the August 18, 2022 edition


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  • Home Edition: A playhouse built to last

    Orin Pierson|Aug 18, 2022

    "It started with a free slide we got from our day care," said Alesha Jabusch. The Jabusch family - Jake and Alesha and their two young daughters Devyn and Dawson - had this slide, a bright yellow spiral tube slide in good shape, and they had some room on their property along South Mitkof Highway and a dream of someday making a special playground or a least building a platform to support the slide. What brought the dream to life was a visit to Petersburg earlier this year from Alesha's uncle Ron...

  • Home Edition: Family builds together following grandparents' gift

    Jess Field|Aug 18, 2022

    From all indications thus far, Gordon the dog loves the house his owner, Colette Peters, recently designed and built on Sandy Beach Rd. It's the two-story red and black house on the uphill side between Hungry Point and the Whale Observatory, so it's not out the road but still maintains an "off the beaten path" aspect that she finds appealing. Peters, 31, moved here five and a half years ago and decided to make things permanent because she enjoyed the community and the people. She describes the...

  • Home Edition: Gardens blossom around forever home

    Chris Basinger|Aug 18, 2022

    This is not the first time Kelly and Toby Bakos have flipped a house, but hopefully it is their last. Kelly and Toby moved into their "forever home" around two years ago and have been steadily pushing through their remodeling during the pandemic. They have gutted the interior-floors, walls, the kitchen-but there is still much work to do and because of the struggle of sourcing materials, much of Kelly's focus has been on developing their garden. When they moved in, they found the outdoor space...

  • Home Edition: Raising a young family while floating

    Jess Field|Aug 18, 2022

    If you're down on Dock St. and happen to notice a float house moored on the left, before the United States Forest Service and United States Coast Guard, that's just Dan and Robyn Cardenas and their two young boys, Roman and Syris. "It's pretty chill," Robyn says. "We're looking at Piston and Rudder, so we see the boats come in and out that are being worked on, and it's kind of fun because my two-year-old loves it when the float planes land or take off." It's busy, but it's not too loud. More...