Giessel-Newsletter

Dear friends and neighbors, My dog, Andy, and I really enjoy these recent nice cold winter days! They are just what winter should be! And what Anchorage winters used to be when I moved down here from Fairbanks, in 1974.

Dear friends and neighbors, We expect the Governor’s Fiscal Year 2027 Budget to be released today (12/11) or Friday (12/12). So watch for that.

Dear friends and neighbors, Its a phenomenon where the perceived brightness of colors changes as the light level changes, causing blue-green colors to appear brighter than red-yellow colors in low light. This occurs because, as vision shifts from cone cells (for bright light) to rod cells (for low light), the eye’s sensitivity shifts towards the

Dear friends and neighbors, “Blue Time” – I love the “blue time” of day. Its every morning about 9 AM and every evening about 4:30. I don’t know the science behind it but the light outside makes everything a blue color. (A friend shared this photo with me.)

Dear friends and neighbors, Welcome Snow! Vacancies in the Alaska Senate. Two Senators have resigned in order to run for Governor. They cannot raise money while the Legislature is in session, so by resigning, they can raise money and campaign full-time.

Dear friends and neighbors, On Monday, November 9th, the Joint Task Force on Education Funding met in Anchorage.

Dear friends and neighbors, Winter Safety Moment: Pro tip: Install ionization smoke detectors in areas adjacent to bathrooms, and photoelectric smoke detectors adjacent to cooking areas and utility rooms; using the right detector in the right environment will greatly reduce nuisance alarms.

Dear friends and neighbors, Sunday, Nov 2 Daylight Savings Time ends (“fall back one hour”) This absurd manipulation of light started back under President Carter under the premise that it would “save energy”. It hasn’t.

Dear friends and neighbors, Some people are remembering the first PFD of $1,000.00 in 1982.

Dear friends and neighbors, One dead, dozens rescued and roughly 1,000 displaced in western Alaska communities hit by ex-typhoon – Alaska Beacon Many Alaskans around the state are wanting to help disaster-struck Western Alaska communities in some way.