Welcome to Juneau, Alaska



A view of Juneau from the tram.



Greetings, and welcome to Southeast Alaska! This site belongs to William "Shorty" Tonsgard, Jr., and his wife, Connie. Shorty was born in Juneau and Connie flew in from Portland, Oregon 28 years ago to begin a life and family with him. Shorty works in the heavy equipment construction field, scrap metal hauling and logging while Connie is a homemaker and caregiver for two of their four children who are still at home.

They collaborated on a children's book about Shorty's life growing up in a logging camp, and in July of 1999, published "Willie & Sam".

The story is a slice of logging life as seen through Willie's eyes, and Sam is the name of the truck Willie longs to be big enough to drive. After an inexperienced driver wrecks the truck, Willie wonders if Sam will be fixed or not. The next season, Willie has grown, and Sam returns. Does he get to drive? You bet!

Each quality page is full of colorful illustrations with sea creatures, wildlife, birds and bugs to give your child plenty to look at. Evaluated by art students at Juneau Christian School, we were complimented repeatedly on the pictures.

"Chemicals From Trees" and "Wood Products" are two extensive lists we included as well as a glossary explaining logging terms and Alaskan wildlife. The book is 50 pages, 8.5 X 11, with a perfect bound, soft cover, and retails at $15.00, but due to storage space limitations, we are selling them for $6.00 per copy. With an order of five or more, price is reduced to $2.00 per copy.

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We had alot of fun doing the book. If you are interested in purchasing a copy of "Willie & Sam", buy online at Amazon.







A few links:

  • The Juneau Web - Learn more about Juneau, Alaska and the people who live here

  • Miss Billie-June's Pages - A resume of dance, performing, family, friends and miscellany

  • Annabelle's Cards - Cards by Juneau artist, Annabelle Nashoanak done in pen and ink; varied designs, some Alaskan wildlife.

  • My poetry can be found on Helium..

  • Helium Peer Review: Get help with writing poetry from Helium Feedback mentors

  • Poetry Society of America

  • The Academy of American Poets

  • Drew's Scriptorama - For a look at screenplay format. Offers downloadable scripts.

  • The Writer's Store - For all your writing needs. Has the lastest screenwriting software (usually a few demos, too) books, and storywriting tutorials

  • Writer's Script Network - If you've written a script, put it up on their site. Only agents, producers and those in the business will have access to it.

  • Hollywood Literary Sales - Another site to get your script logline listed.

  • Moviebytes - A site devoted to screenwriting contests. Lists all the contests, guidelines, deadlines and winners. Links to script coaches. Updated regularly.

  • Cartoon by Mike Overbeck - Incredibly funny cartoon which was featured on Fox News. Can be downloaded to your computer as a stand-alone movie (requires Flash plug-in)

  • Barneytrek - For Startrek fans who hate Barney!

  • Current photo of Bin Laden - Be on the lookout! Assist the FBI!

  • Juneau Crime Line - Visit this web site and find out how you can make a difference in Juneau's community.


    • "An Evening at Glory's" - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4



    Thanks for visiting! Please do visit our Channel Construction business page.