Photo archive for May 31, 2008
Train cars loaded with Stryker vehicles wait to leave to the Alaska Railroad yard in Fairbanks Friday, May 30, 2008. The 1st Brigade 25th Infantry Stryker Brigade Combat Team has begun the long process of shipping its equipment to the Mideast. They are scheduled to deploy to Iraq sometime this fall.
An Alaska Railroad train loaded with Stryker vehicles passes by the University of Alaska Fairbanks on Friday, May 30, 2008, on its way to the port in Anchorage, Alaska. The 1st Brigade 25th Infantry Stryker Brigade Combat Team has begun the long process of shipping its equipment to the Mideast. They are scheduled to deploy to Iraq sometime this fall.
Junior gardener Esther Kugzruk looks through her plant clipping to see what had sprouted roots during the 4-H Junior Master Gardener's Program on Thursday, May 29, 2008, at the Georgeson Botanical Garden.
Junior gardeners Kaitlyn Stansberry, left, and Colleen Johnson look for new growth in the 4-H Junior Master Gardener's plot in the Babula Children's Garden on Thursday, May 29, 2008. The cold weather kept the young gardeners waiting for something to sprout in their part of the Georgeson Botanical Garden.
Members of the 4-H Junior Master Gardener’s Program listen to group leader Jan Hanscom, right, as she explains transplanting plant clippings after they had taken root Thursday, May 29, 2008, at the Georgeson Botanical Garden. Planting flowers is just one of the multitude of activities junior gardeners must complete before earning ‘master’ status. They must complete projects under eight categories in their handbooks: plant growth and development, soils and water, ecology and environmental horticulture, insects and disease, landscape horticulture, fruits and nuts, vegetables and herbs, and life skills and career exploration. The young gardeners must also complete eight community service projects. It takes two summers to be certified as an official 4-H Junior Master Gardener.
Vermiculite clings to the tender roots of a plant clipping of junior gardener Catherine Woody on Thursday, May 29, 2008, at the Georgeson Botanical Garden.
An old boot is Kaitlyn Stansberry's choice for a "crazy container" planter during the 4-H Junior Master Gardener's Program on Thursday, May 29, 2008, at the Georgeson Botanical Garden.
Volunteers (from left) Tang Puttakorn, Marvin Hassebroek, Alexa Hinzman, her sister Megan Hinzman, and mother, Melanie Hinzman, plant flowers in the Golden Heart Plaza Friday morning, May 30, 2008. Festival Fairbanks sponsors the annual event which draws dozens of volunteers, many from different gardening clubs in the area.