Photo archive for May 8, 2008
University of Wisconsin assistant hockey coach Kevin Patrick laughs with Fairbanks hockey supporters after answering questions regarding his bid to be the new head coach of the Alaska Nanooks Thursday afternoon, May 8, 2008, at the Carlson Center.
Joined by father Chris, left, and mother Karoline, right, Lathrop High School senior Anthony Davis signs a National Letter of Intent to attend the University of Colorado Thursday afternoon, May 8, 2008, in the Lathrop library. Davis will run track and cross-country at the Colorado Springs campus.
Fred and Norma Martinson browse through a senior activities picture album during the Fairbanks North Star Borough's annual Senior Recognition Day luncheon and awards banquet Thursday afternoon, May 8, 2008 at the Carlson Center.
Canadian Music Hall of Fame member Bruce Cockburn brings his singing an songwriting talent to Hering Auditorium.
Former Alaska Rep. Vic Kohring, left, answers questions from the media after being sentenced in federal court in Anchorage on May 8, 2008, to 3 1/2 years in prison on corruption charges.
Former Alaska state Rep. Vic Kohring, left, stands with his attorney John Henry Browne, at the federal court building in Anchorage on Nov. 1, 2007. Kohring was sentenced Thursday, May 8, 2008, to 3 1/2 years in prison on charges of bribery, conspiracy and attempted interference with commerce by extortion.
Woodriver Elementary School students Luke Rogers, right, takes his turn turning a tree bore as he and classmates Sara Hajdukovich, left, and Alex Tarnai, center, take a core sample from a spruce tree to count rings and age the tree during the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service's annual Fairbanks Outdoor Days event Wednesday morning, May 7, 2008, at the University of Alaska Fairbanks West Ridge trail system. Sixth-graders from across the borough rotate through activity stations focusing on topics including Wildlife, Aquatic Ecosystems, Earth Science, Human Relationships to the Environment, and Forests.
(from left) Weller Elementary School sixth-graders Justine Johnson, Kellsea Hendrie, and Brandie Wicken, all 12, touch a dead dragonfly nymph during the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service's annual Fairbanks Outdoor Days event Wednesday morning, May 7, 2008, at the University of Alaska Fairbanks West Ridge trail system. Sixth-graders from across the borough rotate through activity stations focusing on topics including Wildlife, Aquatic Ecosystems, Earth Science, Human Relationships to the Environment, and Forests.
Students from Weller Elementary School pick through pond sludge looking for underwater bugs during the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service's annual Fairbanks Outdoor Days event Wednesday morning, May 7, 2008, at the University of Alaska Fairbanks West Ridge trail system. Sixth-graders from across the borough rotate through activity stations focusing on topics including Wildlife, Aquatic Ecosystems, Earth Science, Human Relationships to the Environment, and Forests.
Fairbanks dip-netter Jim Brashear holds a pair of Copper River red salmon after a successful dip netting trip to Chitina last summer.
Pasque flower buds start to open Wednesday, May 7, 2008, in the yard of Dennis and Marilyn Gentleman. The flowers are the one of the first bloomers of spring. Spring weather patterns appear to be taking hold — partly cloudy days with highs near 60 and scattered showers.
News-Miner outdoors editor Tim Mowry holds a red salmon after netting it in the Copper River last summer on a dip netting trip to Chitina,
A male ruby-crowned kinglet
Dallas Ferguson, one of the two finalists for the Alaska head hockey coach position, takes questions during a public forum Wednesday, May, 7, 2008. Ferguson played for the Nanooks in the '90s before a professional career. He has been an assistant coach with the Fairbanks Ice Dogs and most recently with the Nanooks.
Dallas Ferguson, one of the two finalists for the Alaska head hockey coach position, takes questions during a public forum Wednesday, May, 7, 2008. Ferguson played for the Nanooks in the '90s before a professional career. He has been an assistant coach with the Fairbanks Ice Dogs and most recently with the Nanooks.
Runners leave the starting line of the annual Golden Heart Utilities 5K Water Walk and Run on Wednesday, May 7, 2008, on First Avenue.