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Letters to the Editor: To the wonderful town of Skagway

It is with great gratitude that I write this love letter to our beautiful community.

It is with great gratitude that I write this love letter to our beautiful community. Thank you to everyone who came, either in spirit or in body, to the Elks ceremony to send John Briner off to Valhalla.  It was a magical evening we all shared, with a very powerful Shotski!

Thank you for the hugs, support, love, food, flowers and beer everyone brought to our doorstep before and after.

It always feels good to be a part of something special, and this town is more than that. The people here are as spectacular as the beauty that surrounds us.

I will forever count my lucky stars that I got to meet and marry my true love and become a small part of this wonderful community. Thank you!

I also want to let everyone know that John’s would never be happy with only one party, and an indoor one at that. So in the tradition of the land, I am warning/inviting everyone to John’s one-year party in August of 2019!

In Peace and Love,

Knikki Briner

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