Anchorage volunteer chaplain honored with presidential award

Volunteer chaplain Diane Peterson was recognized recently for her hard work with the highest honor a volunteer can earn — the President’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
Peterson has volunteered more than 4,000 hours of her time to help first responders who come face-to-face with the unspeakable. That can include the loss of one of their own, like the recent death of Fairbanks police Sgt. Allen Brandt.
“What the first responders see is things that others don’t see on a d