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Posted on October 22 at 8:49 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I commend Sarah on her making her family an integral part of her life, for taking them on the campaign and for letting the world see that parenting and work can go hand in hand. There is a serious problem in this world (AMERICA) where we believe that our jobs are more important or take precedent over our families! It is the kids and of course the marriages that ultimately suffer ...I hope Ms Palin will address this issue after the election is over, either to America as VP or to Alaska as Governor. There is a way for women to work and raise families together w/o having to leave families at home, without neglecting them, without abandoning her first priority. When have you seen a MAN take a stand for his family? When have you seen a political figure put their spouses (wives) or children before their career? Sara is just showing the world what women already know...that one is not mutually exclusive from the other; we don't leave in a vacuum, and all systems (social, political, religious, economic, etc...) work together,,,and it will take a WOMAN with more ovaries to show the world how to get 'er done! Suck it up Alaska, pay the damn monies and applaud your Gov. for doing what no one else has...putting her family first....you sure wouldn't see Young or Stevens doing the same; or most male politicians for that matter...it is rare to see a male rising in power put their families first, their children, or their wives....I believe Sarah has shown the world what qualities a woman has to offer WORLD GOVERNMENT and she will do a fabulous job shaking up a corrupt, male chauvinist political arena that is in desperate need of change.
I may not agree with everything Ms Palin says or does but I do believe that her time in the spotlight will open up new doors for women and address issues related to childcare and work, disabilities, divorce and custody, women's rights, domestic violence.....etc Go Ms Palin; take your kids to work, take 'em around the globe as you campaign...let us pay your way, let us watch as your family shows the world at what a modern family looks like. If Ms Palin chose to leave her kids at home in Wasilla you nut jobs would be bitching about neglect, bad choices and poor parenting. God first, family second, career last.....she will be rewarded! Be blessed Sarah Palin!
Posted on June 28 at 6:07 p.m. (Suggest removal)
The odds are good, but the goods are odd!
Posted on June 8 at 8:50 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I think it is a great idea and although I was not around when the Polar Roller was here I think Fairbanks needs another one. There are so many kids running around with nothing to do (but get in trouble) and there are so many overweight kids that could benefit from the exercise from skating, as well as their parents. When I was a child we had a rollerr rink and we were there constantly! We had birthday parties there, we had spendovers, and we just went for Saturday afternoon fun! I'd love to get on board! I'd love to see Fairbanks invest in the future of it's children and families and I believe this is a great way to start.
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Posted on June 3 at 1:25 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I don't know who wrote first, it didn't matter .... but what began as a flight to Fairbanks turned into a 15 year friendship between Frances and I; she became my Great Grand- ma-ma! I also never knew that my two week vacation in the land of the midnight sun would turn into a lifetime. I never knew that I would grow up here, marry here, have babies here, divorce here, and take up permanent residency in this great land. I only knew I could not leave Alaska, for she was like a lover to my soul, possessing that part so far down deep in me that no place on earth could replace her. I tried to leave once, and grieved so badly that I thought I would go mad with depression, so I came back to stay. Frances in Casper became my layover to the South. For years I'd stop in to bring boyfriends, then husbands, then children.... I met her friends and family when I was in town and we wrote and phoned and sent presents back and forth for years. One day, the cards stopped coming; one day her phone didn't ring. I grieved as I do now for the loss of my friend but I am so thankful that God introduced us on a flight to Fairbanks. The lesson she taught me on that flight was what propelled me to stay in this great land and what has made me into this woman I am today. I had almost forgotten how much I loved Frances or Alaska until this challenge in the DNM to write something positive about why we loved Fairbanks. The last few years I have resented Alaska, for I have suffered many losses and I had forgotten the beauty that is here around me if only I would let the anger subside and look to the greatness (and the smallness) that is all around me. In a letter Frances sent to me within the first few months of our meeting she enclosed a poem that was near and dear to her and I pasted it in one of my many journals. I have spent the last few days combing through forgotten writings of a young woman searching for meaning and place and truth, and I'd like to share it with you now:
I long to live at the end of the lane,
At the top of a windswept hill,
Away from the world of greed and pain,
Where all is peaceful and still,
Away from the busy mants of men,
Where the waves of the traffic beat,
Just let me live at the end of the lane,
In a peaceful quiet retreat,
Atop a hill, close to the sod,
In solitude and silence, and the whispers of God.
(author unknown)
and this is where I've been for the past 20 years and counting.........
God Bless you Frances Rosales!
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Posted on June 3 at 1:24 p.m. (Suggest removal)
On my first trip to the Great Land I was leaving Seattle disgusted with all that was phony and pretentious and I hated men and their self arrogant chauvinistic ways...I boarded the plane only to find that I did not have the window seat but was placed between two old crones. I was furious and sat down stuffing my earphones of my walkman in my ears and proceeded to fuel my frustration with some good ole angst ( NIN, Pearl jam, and/or Tool). As we flew my spirit of adventure and curiosity got the best of me and I leaned to look out the window of the great land that lay beneath me. The woman on my left peered into my eyes and I saw her mouth moving in conversation to me. My mother had raised me well, and although I did not feel like conversing at this time with anyone, this woman's gentle eyes and apple-doll face broke my resistance and cooled my temper. I removed the earphones and put them back in my leather backpack; where they remained for the duration of the flight. For the next hour or so, I learned about both these women and why they were on this flight and where they going and they learned my story. The woman on the left of me was Francis Rosales from Casper Wyoming, she had captured my heart like no stranger had or would ever again. She shared with me the stories of her life and the struggles and the heartache and the beauty of living. I cried and laughed and thought there must be some divine reason that this woman was put in my path. Before we landed in Fairbanks Frances challenged all three of us strangers on the plane to see who would keep in touch and who would write first; I think the challenge was really for me the angry young woman lost on the planet and searching for meaning. When we departed from the plane I realized that Francis was in a wheel chair, it broke my heart; I had no idea of her declining health. She was here to visit her granddaughter who was stationed at Fort Wainwright I believe. I pulled out my 35mm and got a passerby to take pictures of the three strangers turned friends on a plane; I never wanted to forget this moment, how when you open yourself up and let the beauty of the world in beautiful things happen. I almost missed this moment because I was so angry at the world. As always I was determined to win such a challenge and shortly after arriving in town I sent a postcard to both women, knowing full well that they were still in town themselves. When I got the pictures developed the ones of Frances were all just a ball of light. I was angry at first that I didn't have a concrete memory to hold onto, but then I realized the words she had imparted onto me and how she single-handily had altered the course of my life; maybe she was an angel sent to guide me.
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Posted on June 2 at 7:46 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Get another job! ( NON LEMMING) . Don't complain for being stiffed, it's not our fault you have to pay those taxes. Is it yours I had to pay back student loans for 12 years? I agree with Alison. I will not leave one red cent if the service is poor; I'll even leave before the food arrives if the service is that bad and I always leave a management response card if I don't speak personally to the management! Why sound I (as infrequent as I dine out) have rude or poor customer service? Do you know I refuse to go to several establishments in this town b/c of poor service? I don't have to give Blockbuster on College my money; theres ETZ on Chena Pump. I don't have to pay for over priced cable with poor reception at Denali TV; there is NETFlicks. I don't have to give the idiots @ Hope Depot (who haven't got a clue where there merchandise is or what it's for) my money; there is SBS and Sampson.I don't have to tell the staff at Kinko's what there services are...I can go to Dateline! I don't have to eat @ Brewsters, or Sourdough Sams or Dennys....soon I'll have to cross off HOT LICKS! I can choose where I go based on the service I get. Soon we'll be buying more and more goods online b/c service is getting so poor everywhere. I don't have to go out to eat either....but we families choose to do so on occassion b/c it's special, so try and remember that when you neglect your customer or you're rude. If I had to pay taxes on a meal I didn't eat you can bet your boots I'd do what ever I could to charm my customers socks off!
Posted on May 31 at 5:04 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Why I love Fairbanks:
I love that I live in a place that most would pay good money to visit and I get it everyday of the year. I love that I live 15 minutes out of town (in the wilds of my Alaska) and that I can be shopping at Fred's in 20 minutes. I love that we have moose, fox and an occassional lynx pass through our yard. I love the aurora and midnight sun. I love that people take their laptops with them to the outhouse. I love that we don't have fleas, roaches, ticks, or poisionous snakes. I love that Faibanks looks like a big city from the sky, but the 'community' feels like a small town. I love that Fairbanks offers educational opportunities, music, art, lectures, politics, on any given night of the week. I love First Fridays. I love local businesses. I love the Tanana Valley Fair and the Farmers Market. I love all the opportunities to buy (and sell) local arts and crafts. I love the diversity in Fairbanks and it's seemingly open-mindedness. I love her history and her culture. I love the transfer station. I love ice art, and dog mushing, and sledding at UAF. I love that we have a no billboard law. I love sending photos home (down South) to family and friends who still can't believe I live here (after 15 years). I love that regardless of the temperature there is always something to do...inside and out! I love the ride home from work...the view is always great. I love that I never leave the house without my camera; how many places can promise that everyday? I love how strong Alaska makes a person, male or female. I love that I know how to haul water and cut wood (thankfully I don't have too) and I know how to tinker with plumbing and bolier systems. I love the Chatanika Outhouse races. I love the Yukon Quest and the North American. I love driving out out town to don neoprenes and fish for dinner. I love berry picking and teaching my kids about medicinal and edible plants in our own backyard. I love the DNM on-line comment section:) I love hot-tubing outside at 30 below & I love the tingles from being rolled in the snow afterwards! I love snow machining and ice skating and hockey games. I love ice art Alaska and the Native cultural thingy @ UAF. I love that I am never a stranger in this town, even though I don't know a lot of people, I always feel like part of a family. I love Fairbanks b/c it is my choosen home
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Posted on May 27 at 8:33 a.m. (Suggest removal)
It's time to leave the past behind and join the rest of the world.
Unfortunately, you can not hold onto the past or your heritage and you are not all living subsistence lives.....with snowmachines, xboxs, internet, Fred Myers,mail order....it seems to me you want the best of both worlds. You will never survive as a race if you stay out in the bush. Your children deserve better than that! Open a museum but teach these kids and grandkids how to be productive citizens in the community, first get an education, then teach them how to be politically minded, how to stay sober and to break the chains of domestic violence, teach them the past but let them BE the future....you owe it too these kids to educate them and teach them about the world so they can leave it a better place than you found it.
Posted on May 27 at 8:23 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I'm with you KingFisher907...I've spoke about this before and pissed a lot of people off but the truth of the matter is BIKES DO NOT BELONG ON THE ROAD! I live close to a beautiful bike path...but DAILY I have to slow down to an almost stop to allow some biker use of the road; I can't go around, b/c of oncoming traffic, so traffic piles up until someone can pass these bikers.
I think it should be TICKET WORTHY of a biker to ride the road in plan site of a bike trail.
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Posted on October 28 at 10:04 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I have to agree with the general public on this one...I was truly disgusted with Terry's commercial of support for Senator Stevens. She didn't get my vote last election and she certainly won't get it now. Is Vivian still interested in the job? I bet she wouldn't have stood up for corrupt politics...bet she would have stood for Alaska! It's great to FORGIVE and it's great to overlook shortcomings of other's but this was not the time to take a stand Terry...to spend tax dollars on a commercial supporting Steven's.... Money in politics!! Guess I should have gone into government and filled my pockets instead of choosing a poor career path like social work.... but i did inhale....but I guess even that doesn't matter anymore. Regardless of innocence or guilt, the welfare of theState and the people should come first not the politicians!
On Fairbanks city mayor tapes TV ad endorsing Ted Stevens