I was born in Spokane, Washington and moved to Juneau with my family in 1974.  After graduating from Juneau Douglas High School, I headed for Oregon to enjoy a year and a half as an Oregon State Beaver.  Finding myself much too easily distracted by things non-academic, I spent the next several years moving between Juneau and California in a doe-eyed attempt to figure out just where exactly that green grass was growing greener.

On one of my short summer trips home to Juneau in 1994 I met the man who changed everything.  Rick and I eloped during a ski trip to Whistler, British Columbia three years later with only 8 (very surprised) friends in attendance.   Our parents eventually forgave us and we were able to buy a small boat with the money saved.

Rick and I had nine fantastic years together travelling, boating and enjoying our marriage before we were blessed with an addition to our family.  Ryan Curtis Shattuck, a fifth generation Juneau resident (yes, I am proud of that!), was born in Juneau in 2006 and, well, just made our already great just life that much better. 

I am a licensed Life and Health Insurance Producer and Human Resource Manager for Shattuck & Grummett Insurance.   I began this new career just a few years prior to the passage of The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 and find that my timing was terrible!  This Act has created challenges and headaches beyond all expectations and I look forward to the day it is repealed by the House of Representatives with the help of a new Republican Senate and Republican President.  

I joined CCRW after feeling the need to do something, anything, to help ensure that the opportunities and freedoms I have enjoyed exist for my son and his family.  I'm definitely not the type to run for office (too thin-skinned) or to even work on a political campaign (too little time!) but I have been grateful to the women of our club who have encouraged and thanked me for what I have been able to do without guilt for what I haven't. 

When it gets down to it, I really think that CCRW has helped me regain hope.  Whether we are sending much appreciated and needed supplies to our men and women in uniform, donating appropriately historical books to school libraries, or strategizing for the next election, CCRW is an organization I am proud to be a part of.  

Where: Sandy Beach Shelters 

When: Thursday, August 18, 2011 

Time: 4:30 - 7:30 p.m. 

If you would like to help

Contact Ginger Johnson - 364-2315 or email

August 18, 1920

Republican-authored 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote, becomes part of the Constitution.

August 25, 1862

President Abraham Lincoln authorizes enlistment of African-American soldiers in the U.S. Army.

August 28, 1963

Martin Luther King delivers "I Have a Dream" speech in front of memorial dedicated to Republican President Abraham Lincoln

August 31, 1823

Birth of Speaker of the House Galusha Grow (R-PA) who secured passage of the Homestead Act, providing free land to settlers and ending plans of Democrats to open western lands to slave plantations.

 In the past we have sent dozens of packages off to our men and women in Iraq and Afghanistan and the feedback we received was overwhelmingly positive and appreciative of our efforts. 

We have adopted a Navy Seals platoon. You can fill a flat rate box with the following and send to the address below.

• sunscreen lotion
• lip balm
• dried fruit  
• Heritage ground coffee   
• canned or vacuum-packed smoked salmon   
• chocolate espresso beans
• Magazines

 Address of the troop:

LT Don Anderson 

MARSOC Unit 42556

 SEAL 2037

 Bastion, CP Calero

 FPO AP 96427

 If you would like to send a card or any of the below items 

to Brandon the address is:

Brandon & Samantha Stone

1161 Yarbough Way

Virginia Beach, VA , 23455

• dried fruit  
• Heritage ground coffee   
• canned or vacuum-packed smoked salmon   
• chocolate espresso beans 

Thai Chicken Soup

Ingrediants

1 teaspoon vegetable oil

3 stalks lemon grass , tough outer leaves removed, bottom 5 inches halved lengthwise and sliced thin crosswise

3 large shallots , chopped

8 sprigs fresh cilantro leaves , chopped coarse

3 tablespoons fish sauce

4 cups low-sodium chicken broth

2 (14-ounce) cans coconut milk , well-shaken

1 tablespoon sugar

½ pound white mushrooms , cleaned, stems trimmed, cut into 1/4-inch slices

1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts , halved lengthwise and sliced on bias into 1/8-inch-thick pieces (see illustration below)

3 tablespoons fresh lime juice from 2 to 3 limes

2 teaspoons red curry paste (Thai)

Garnish

½ cup fresh cilantro leaves

2 serrano chiles , sliced thin

2 scallions , sliced thin on bias

1 lime , cut into wedges

Instructions

1.Heat oil in large saucepan over medium heat until just shimmering. Add lemon grass, shallots, cilantro, and 1 tablespoon fish sauce; cook, stirring frequently, until just softened, 2 to 5 minutes (vegetables should not brown). Stir in chicken broth and 1 can coconut milk; bring to simmer over high heat. Cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer until flavors have blended, 10 minutes. Pour broth through fine-mesh strainer and discard solids in strainer. Rinse saucepan and return broth mixture to pan.

2. Return pan to medium-high heat. Stir remaining can coconut milk and sugar into broth mixture and bring to simmer. Reduce heat to medium, add mushrooms, and cook until just tender, 2 to 3 minutes. Add chicken and cook, stirring constantly, until no longer pink, 1 to 3 minutes. Remove soup from heat.

3. Combine lime juice, curry paste, and remaining 2 tablespoons fish sauce in small bowl; stir into soup. Ladle soup into bowls and garnish with cilantro, chiles, and scallions. Serve immediately with lime wedges.

From Cooks Illustrated