Photo archive for April 12, 2008
Rep. Les Gara, D-Anchorage, left, listens to Rep. Mike Hawker, R-Anchorage, right, debate the merits of Senate Bill 231 on the House Floor, in Juneau on Friday, April 11, 2008.
Rep. Carl Gatto, R-Palmer, takes a moment to sign a legislative directory for fellow Rep. Woodie Salmon, D-Beaver, on the House floor, in Juneau on Friday, April 11, 2008. At the end of a Legislature it is common practice of legislators to collect all the signatures of their fellow members.
Icicle Seafoods dock workers sort through pink salmon at the Petersburg processing cannery branch's sorting conveyor belt in August 2007. Alaska salmon fisherman say the closure of West Coast salmon fisheries will likely boost demand, but not their profits.
Two fishermen pick red salmon from their nets in Cook Inlet off Clam Gulch during the afternoon tide on July 22, 2005, with Redoubt Volcano in the background. Alaska salmon fisherman say the closure of the West Coast salmon chinook fishery likely won't net them more profit this season.
Runners cast long shadows as they run up Tanana Loop during the annual Beat Beethoven 5-kilometer running race Saturday morning, April 12, 2008 at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Starting and finishing at the Patty Center, runners make their way along the course lined with radios playing Beethoven's 5th Symphony, trying to complete the run before the 30-minute piece ends.
Seven-Year old Kennedy Atlee watches for her brother Kacey Grove to pass by while sitting in the front seat of her family's vehicle along Tanana Loop during the annual Beat Beethoven 5-kilometer running race Saturday morning, April 12, 2008 at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Starting and finishing at the Patty Center, runners make their way along the course lined with radios playing Beethoven's 5th Symphony, trying to complete the run before the 30-minute piece ends.
Runners cross the finish line as the clock ticks away during the annual Beat Beethoven 5-kilometer running race Saturday morning, April 12, 2008 at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Starting and finishing at the Patty Center, runners make their way along the course lined with radios playing Beethoven's 5th Symphony, trying to complete the run before the 30-minute piece ends.
Skier Luke Smith, left, and snowmachiner James Binkley lean into a corner as they compete in the 2008 GCI Arctic Man Ski and Sno-Go Classic Friday afternoon, April 11, 2008, in the Hoodoo Mountains.
A snowmachiner launches into the air after powering up a steep hill before watching competitors in the 2008 GCI Arctic Man Ski and Sno-Go Classic Friday afternoon, April 11, 2008, in the Hoodoo Mountains.
Snowmachiner Tyler Acklestad, left, and skier Marko Sullivan round a corner in the 2008 GCI Arctic Man Ski and Sno-Go Classic Friday afternoon, April 11, 2008, in the Hoodoo Mountains. Acklestad and Sullivan claimed a win in the men’s skiing division.