Photo archive for June 20, 2008
Dance instructor Ann Olson demonstrates a dance move to her advanced students with Dance Theatre Fairbanks on Thursday evening, June 19, 2008, in their Seventhh Avenue studio. The dancers will perform during the 2008 Midnight Sun Celebration.
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Former Major League Baseball pitcher Bill “Spaceman” Lee, left, poses with his aunt, Annabelle Lee, on Friday evening, June 20, 2008, during a party for the Alaska Goldpanners at Big Daddy’s Bar-BQ. Lee, a former Goldpanner, will be the starting pitcher in tonight’s 103rd Midnight Sun Baseball Classic.
A spider spins its web among a field of blooming wild iris flowers near the intersection of Peridot Street and the Richardson Highway near North Pole on Friday morning, June 20, 2008.
North Pole City Mayor Doug Isaacson applauds the unveiling of the city's seal on the nose of one of the Alaska Air National Guard 168th Air Refueling Wing's KC-135 refueling aircraft Friday morning, June 20, 2008 at Eielson Air Force Base. A tradition since the Air Force began, nose art is a sign of pride, morale, honor and identity for the airmen who man and maintain the aircraft. The city of Fairbanks' seal is also set to adorn the nose of another of the wing's refuelers, but that plane was delayed in Florida while undergoing repairs. Other nose art already in place includes an American eagle, a bull moose and an Arctic Knights insignia, with plans on adding a raven and an Arctic fiddler to two other aircraft.
Clothes, liquor bottles, reading material and much more litter the ground of a homeless camp in a wooded area near the intersection of Airport Road and the Steese Highway on Monday afternoon, June 16, 2008.
Remnants of a homeless camp lay strewn about a wooded area near the intersection of Airport Road and the Steese Highway on Monday afternoon, June 16, 2008.
Karol, a 4-year-old, 450-pound Amur tiger, walks around his new home at the Alaska Zoo in Anchorage on June 19, 2008. He and his brother Kunali were transported from a zoo in Syaracuse, N.Y., where they were born.
Jake Dunning, right, of the Alaska Goldpanners slides safely into second base as Corey Goodchild, of the Southern California Running Birds, bobbles a catch Thursday evening, June 19, 2008, at Growden Memorial Park.
Sean Kelly fields media questions regarding his bid for the Alaska Nanooks women’s basketball head coach position Thursday afternoon, June 19, 2008, in the Nanook Lounge.
Crews study the hydrology of the proposed gas pipeline route. Field work for the Denali -- The Alaska Gas Pipeline is under way now. Work this summer will focus on a 200-mile corridor between Delta Junction and the Canadian Border.
Denali President Bud Fackrell offers remarks welcoming the community to the grand opening of the Tok field office on Thursday.
Elizabeth Stockmar and her son Jack Cater, 6, practice their viola playing at Graehl Park while waiting for Jack's lesson at Pro Music Thursday afternoon, June 19, 2008. Stockmar has taken up playing to try and keep up to speed with her children's musical progress. In addition to Jack's viola, her 11-year old twin boys Alex and Eric play the flute and drums respectively.
"I've lost track of the thousands of samples taken from the area," Fort Wainwright Public Works environmental specialist Joseph Malen said while pointing out an excavation site where soil samples were taken as contamination cleanup continues at the Taku Gardens housing complex on Fort Wainwright Thursday morning, June 19, 2008. Construction on the 110-unit housing complex, which started in 2005, was halted when contaminates and munitions were unearthed at the site.
A pile of soil with lead traces sits contained and ready for transport and disposal as contamination cleanup continues at the Taku Gardens housing complex on Fort Wainwright Thursday morning, June 19, 2008. Construction on the 110-unit housing complex, which started in 2005, was halted when contaminates and munitions were unearthed at the site.
Fairbanks City Mayor Terry Strle spreads hot asphalt alongside Joe McEachern, right, and the rest of a City Public Works crew as they patch rough spots in the pavement along Charles Street Thursday afternoon, June 19, 2008. "These guys work really hard," Strle said of the crew as they taught her the combination of muscle and technique needed for a good patch job.
Cheyenne Torres rehearses a routine with fellow advanced dancers from Dance Theatre Fairbanks on Thursday evening, June 19, 2008, in their Seventh Avenue studio. The dancers will perform during the 2008 Midnight Sun Celebration.
