Sorry, Coach Thibodeau, I dropped the ball – or in this case, the running spikes. In sports slang, I ‘pooched the pigskin’ (missed a kick). My putt was afraid of the dark (won’t go in the hole). I air-mailed the dance floor (went over the green). My Sunday cross-country photo identified Zachary Bursell as Sage Thibodeau. That was my mistake: Wrong cutline on the wrong photo.

Former Juneau resident William “Bill” Thomas Satko died Sept. 18, 2009, at his home in Richland, Wash. He was 76.

The recent story, “Lawmakers live on food stamps for one week” (Sept. 21), presented an important reminder about the challenges faced by many individuals and families who find themselves living on limited resources.

Many in Congress have a problem understanding why their constituents have been so upset at town hall meetings. Could it be because:

ANCHORAGE – Anchorage attorney Bill Walker jumped into the race for governor Monday and declared that construction of a natural gas pipeline from the North Slope to Valdez will be the focus of his campaign.

NEW YORK – That was fast.

Alaska legislators are continuing to question the Alaska Permanent Fund’s new “leading edge” asset allocation strategy, with leading legislators saying they should have been consulted on such a change.

ANCHORAGE – Anchorage’s Department of Health and Human Services plans to give Mayor Dan Sullivan its recommendations this week on how to better serve the homeless.

An army of medical personnel – both for people and pets – trooped out to Alaska’s North Slope and Northwest Arctic for about 20 days last month as part of the Coast Guard’s Arctic Crossroads 2009.

ANCHORAGE – A federal agency must decide within three weeks whether spotted seals, which depend on sea ice off Alaska’s coast, should be listed as a threatened or endangered species.