Photo archive for June 5, 2008
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, center right, holds her youngest child, Trig, during a bill signing for Senate Bill 265, the omnibus crime bill, on the Capitol steps, in Juneau on Thursday, June 5, 2008. Also pictured, from left, are Rep. Bill Stoltze, R-Chugiak, Sen. Hollis French, D-Anchorage, and Alaska State Trooper Christopher Umbs.
House Majority Rep. Leader Ralph Samuels, R-Anchorage, listens to a presentation on the TransCanada proposal by legislative consultants, in Juneau on Thursday, June 5, 2008. Samuels announced that he will not be seeking re-election.
University of Alaska Museum of the NOrth Mammal Department student assistant Charlene Fortner, left, looks at animal skulls with Dawson Verley, Sunday, June 11, 2006 at the Totem Ocean Trailer Express Family Fun Fest. The box contained beetles that help strip flesh from bones for the museum. The hands on activities for children were a fund raiser for the University of Alaska Museum of the North.
Well-known Alaskan artist, musician and outdoor enthusiast Ray Troll will be the keynote speaker at the second annual Alaska Book Festival. Troll will speak at 7 p.m. Thursday at Davis Concert Hall on the UAF campus.
Dan Kennedy paints a scene at Creamer's Field during the Wild Arts Walk of 2007. Kennedy will be among artists participating in the 2008 event to be held Saturday.
handmade wooden children's puzzles made by Brian Lotze will be part of the First Friday exhibit at Blueberry Baby.
Handmade wooden children's puzzles by Brian Lotze will be on display at the First Friday exhibit at Blueberry Baby.
Dragging a kayak attached to his backpack behind him, Jim Lokken crosses a creek Saturday in the Hot Springs 100 wilderness race. Lokken dragged the kayak, which he used to float down Birch Creek, behind him for more than 30 miles.
Dave Edic, left, and Josh Mitzl hike through an old burn on a ridge top en route to Birch Creek on Saturday in the Hot Springs 100 wilderness race between Chena Hot Springs and Circle Hot Springs.
Soldotna second baseman Beau Sisson reaches for a pick-off throw during practice Wednesday, June 4, 2008, in Growden Memorial Park. The Stars are in town for the State baseball tournament that gets under way Thursday.
Dave Edic catches a nap in the sunshine on a rock bed along Birch Creek during the Hot Springs 100 on Sunday. Edic and teammates Doug Bishop and Josh Mitzl used a folding canoe to float down the creek. See the story in Outdoors.
Dave Edic, left, consults his GPS device as he and Josh Mitzl warm up next to a bonfire during a stop to warm up along Birch Creek early Sunday morning.
Smantha Pluma signs her National Letter of Intent with her coach Jeremy MGinnis Tuesday, June 3, 2008.
Children line up as the Chena Goldstream Fire and Rescue squad prepares to launch candy from a fire hose during the Fairbanks' Day celebration Wednesday, June 4, 2008, at Pioneer Park. The community block party featured live music, games for kids and information from area agencies that serve the community.
The Rev. Anna Frank, center, archdeacon for the Interior Deanery, Episcopal Diocese of Alaska, leads a prayer while blessing the construction site during a foundation pouring celebration at the new Golden Heart Gateway To Recovery Fairbanks Community Enhanced Detox Center at 650 Younker Court on Wednesday morning, June 4, 2008.
Alaska Railroader Lance Lundberg tightens down chain binders as soldiers from Fort Wainwright's 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division load Stryker vehicles onto railcars en route to Fort Irwin, Calif., Wednesday afternoon, June 4, 2008. The brigade's 4,000 soldiers will participate in training exercises at the Army's National Training Center in preparation for their upcoming deployment to Iraq.
Soldiers and Alaska Railroaders secure Stryker vehicles as soldiers from Fort Wainwright's 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division load Stryker vehicles onto railcars en route to Fort Irwin, Calif., Wednesday afternoon, June 4, 2008. The brigade's 4,000 soldiers will participate in training exercises at the Army's National Training Center in preparation for their upcoming deployment to Iraq.
A caravan of Stryker vehicles line up at the loading ramp as soldiers from Fort Wainwright's 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division load Stryker vehicles onto railcars en route to Fort Irwin, Calif., Wednesday afternoon, June 4, 2008. The brigade's 4,000 soldiers will participate in training exercises at the Army's National Training Center in preparation for their upcoming deployment to Iraq.
Sgt. Aaron Fortner shoulders several chain binders used to secure vehicles down as soldiers from Fort Wainwright's 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division load Stryker vehicles onto railcars en route to Fort Irwin, Calif., Wednesday afternoon, June 4, 2008. The brigade's 4,000 soldiers will participate in training exercises at the Army's National Training Center in preparation for their upcoming deployment to Iraq.
Dr. William Doolittle, trustee for the Alaska Mental Health Trust, speaks during a foundation pouring celebration at the construction site of the new Golden Heart Gateway to Recovery Enhanced Detox Center at 650 Younker Court on Wednesday morning, June 4, 2008.
Workers with Fairbanks Concrete Pumping smooth out fresh concrete during a foundation pouring celebration at the construction site of the new Golden Heart Gateway to Recovery Enhanced Detox Center at 650 Younker Court on Wednesday morning, June 4, 2008.
