Photo archive for May 9, 2008
Casey MacCheyne, 12, left, and Leslie Swenson pose for pictures with their finished products as knitting partners gather to finish up and donate handmade sweaters to Knit For Kids Wednesday afternoon, May 7, 2008 at Pearl Creek Elementary School. Sixth graders teamed up with adults to learn the craft and take turns knitting rows on the children's sweaters as part of the Guidepost Knit For Kids program, which receives nearly 4,000 sweaters per month that are distributed worldwide through charitable organizations to help clothe needy children.
Andrew Maxwell, 11, left, and Karla Bright look at their work in progress as knitting partners gather to finish up and donate handmade sweaters to Knit For Kids Wednesday afternoon, May 7, 2008 at Pearl Creek Elementary School. Sixth graders teamed up with adults to learn the craft and take turns knitting rows on the children's sweaters as part of the Guidepost Knit For Kids program, which receives nearly 4,000 sweaters per month that are distributed worldwide through charitable organizations to help clothe needy children.
Galen Hopcroft, 7, left, and Connor Lee, 7, center, attempt to identify Arctic mammals by the sounds they make as Irene Allman, 11, holds speakers to their ears during Polar-Palooza Friday evening, May 9, 2008, at West Valley High School.
Looking for the longest robe, Melody Flynn, middle, holds them up for comparison Friday, May 9, 2008, as she helps the Fairhill Christian School graduates prepare for their commencement ceremonies. Graduating Friday night were William Watkins, right, Kate Snodgress, second from right, and Bethany Flynn, second from left. Principal Marilyn Buchanan, left, was also helping with preparations.
Eielson’s Charles King makes a 38-foot 1 1/4-inch jump during the boys triple jump event of the Region VI All Schools Meet No. 5 Friday afternoon, May 9, 2008, at Lathrop High School.
Lathrop’s Kai Whitehill, left, and North Pole’s Phillip Hingst battle for possession of the ball Friday evening, May 9, 2008, at Allridge Field.
Former Alaska Gov. Mike Stepovich signs Legacy of Alaska prints at the Anchorage Museum in Anchorage on Friday, May 9, 2008. The prints, signed by Alaska's eight surviving governors, will be sold to raise money for the Alaska Statehood Celebration.
Former Alaska governors, back row from left, Bill Sheffield, Tony Knowles, Steve Cowper and Frank Murkowski , back right, Keith Miller right front, Mike Stepovich and current Gov. Sarah Palin, left front, pose at the Anchorage Museum in Anchorage on May 9 , 2008, after signing Legacy of Alaska prints. The prints, signed by Alaska's eight surviving governors, will be sold to raise money for the Alaska Statehood Celebration.
This photo released by the Northern Alaska Environmental Center shows a simulated oil spill cleanup exercise in broken ice in the Beaufort Aea, off Alaska, in 2000. North Slope Borough leaders do not support offshore oil exploration because of the potentially heavy toll an oil spill would have on wildlife and the indigenous lifestyle, and the limited technology to clean up large oil spills.
Jeffery Loman, assistant director for the U.S. Minerals Management Service, announces bids for offshore petroleum leases in the Chukchi Sea in Anchorage on Feb. 6, 2008. The U.S. Minerals Management Service opened bids within 29 million acres of the Arctic Ocean for oil exploration.
In this 2006 photo, North Slope Borough Mayor Edward Itta speaks at the Alaska Federation of Natives Convention in Anchorage. Itta generally supports the development of more oil reserves in the borough, the site of America's largest oil field, but opposes drilling offshore.
Whale bones from past hunts sit in the village of Point Hope, Alaska on Oct. 13, 2006. The leaders of the Inupiat Eskimo village in Arctic Alaska, which depends on marine mammals for food, do not support offshore oil exploration because of the potentially heavy toll an oil spill would have on wildlife and the indigenous lifestyle.
This photo released by Alaska Electric Light and Power shows workers installing new high-voltage electric lines on a transmission tower in Juneau in May 2008. An avalanche last month mangled and ripped out a portion of the high-voltage lines that link the Snettisham hydroelectric plant to Juneau.
This photo released by Alaska Electric Light and Power shows a helicopter replacing high-voltage electric line on a transmission tower in Juneau in May 2008. An avalanche last month mangled and ripped out a portion of the high voltage lines that link the Snettisham hydroelectric plant to Juneau.
Six-year-old Jemma Ruiz, right, holds a sign to protest the recent increase in electricity rates, in front of the Capitol, in Juneau on Friday, May 9, 2008. Juneau residents are faced with skyrocketing costs after an avalanche wiped out transmission lines.
Squealing with delight, Rhiannon Stevens, 5, rides with her brother Mikey, 3, in their battery-operated car Friday morning, May 9, 2008. The two were out with their grandmother Joy Burk taking their car out for a spin for the first time this season.
Harry Martin and his niece, Brita, shown during a visit to Tolovana.
Ida Martin, holding a camera while sitting on the running board of a car, circa 1920.
Kevin Garner, right, was sentenced in court Friday morning, May 9, 2008 to seven years and two months in prison after being convicted in the dragging death of a deaf woman last year.
Fabian Carey, shown shortly after arriving in Alaska.
Fabian Carey's trapping partner Carl Hult in the stern of his riverboat with his "outfit" and sled dogs as passengers. The scene, while not Tolovana, is representative of the partners' travel.
The old Tolovana Roadhouse.
Tolovana Roadhouse homesteader Ida Martin's grave is located in the Clay Street Cemetery.
Built in the mid to late '30s, the Lathrop Building is the prominent structure in this picture, taken after 1940. The two little buildings (one is the Tivoli Cafe) in between the theater and the Lathrop Building were later replaced by the Chena Building. Most of the upper two floors of the Lathrop Building were residential apartments, and the Daily News-Miner operated the Second Avenue main floor. The buildings west of it housed the Montgomery Ward catalog store and Reliable Cleaners, with the sign in front promoting the Baranof Hotel in Juneau. And believe it or not, they had two-way traffic and parking on both sides of Second Avenue in this picture! — Candy Waugaman
The bark of a birch tree that is now releasing millions of grains of pollen.
Sherri Mace, standing, laughs while chatting with Edith Hall during the Fairbanks North Star Borough's annual Senior Recognition Day luncheon and awards banquet Thursday afternoon, May 8, 2008 at the Carlson Center.
Bill and Martha Major pose as Terri Spires takes their picture during the Fairbanks North Star Borough's annual Senior Recognition Day luncheon and awards banquet Thursday afternoon, May 8, 2008 at the Carlson Center.
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.
Patrick, 8, right, and Dana Woolery, 6, dig out a small channel they dubbed the “kid canal” Thursday afternoon, May 8, 2008, in Pioneer Park. The Woolerys were joined by their grandfather, Steve Stephens, left, who strummed out tunes on the guitar while watching the youngsters.
Graduates Jodi Irvine, left, Daniel Bourne, middle, and Justin Renner share a laugh as they rehearse their commencement ceremony Thursday afternoon, May 8, 2008. The three are graduating from the North Pole Christian School.