May Issue 5 2013
Hundreds of people respectfully roamed the sun-drenched grounds of the Fort Richardson National Cemetery Monday during the facility’s Annual Memorial Day Service. “This is a day for both mourning and meaning,” said Glenn Madderom, Chief of Cemetery Improvements and Development for the National Cemetery Administration.
May Issue 5 2013
Seward charter fishing boat captain Skip Massey has an easy answer for why he’s opened the past four seasons with a boatload of nonpaying clients. “Because it’s an awful lot of fun,” said Massey, a former Marine who was one of dozens of Seward captains who volunteered their boats for the Annual Armed Services Combat Fishing Derby held May 23.
A 33-year-old Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson soldier was sentenced to six months in prison and ordered dismissed from the Army after he was convicted by a military judge of abusive sexual conduct, driving under the influence of alcohol and disobeying the lawful order of a superior commissioned officer. According to the Army, Chief Warrant Officer Guillermo Castillo must also forfeit #3,000 per month for 12 months.
May Issue 5 2013
Airmen and civilians of 673d Security Forces Squadron performed their annual high-risk response training during Police Week, training that is part of a Pacific Air Forces-wide program. The U.S. Air Force partnered with Analytical Services Incorporated to conduct a diverse range of high-risk response exercises. Headquartered in Shirlington, Va., ANSER is a public service research institute that worked with the Air Force in 1958 to help with the research and development of more proficient ways of assessing situations that threaten the security of America and its people. A cadre consisting of ANSER senior analysts devised several exercises, which utilized the concepts of responding to high risk situations.
Let your imagination take flight. Artist, Holly Goozen did this twelve years ago and hasn’t stopped since. After starting a family, Holly began to use her creativity on furniture pieces she found at garage sales. She stripped the furniture down and decorated the pieces with bold colored paint and papers. Her creations included abstract designs and images of nature.
May Issue 4 2013
For the second year in a row, the Anchorage area set a new snowfall record. This year it wasn’t the amount of fluffy stuff that went down in the history books — last year Anchorage had more than 11 feet — but the days between the first and last snowfall.
May Issue 4 2013
A large crowd of vocal Chugiak residents turned out for the Thursday, May 16 meeting of the Chugiak Community Council at the Oberg Center in Chugiak to show opposition to an inert debris monofill site proposed for their community.
May Issue 4 2013
Work is underway on a $16.9 million state project to improve Eagle River Road. Alaska Department of Transportation project manager Steve Frey said the initial tree-cutting phase caused some consternation among residents in neighborhoods along the road.
May Issue 4 2013
Five Alaska Air National Guardsmen with the 212th Rescue Squadron became the first group to reach the 20,320-foot peak of Mount McKinley this year, summiting North America’s tallest mountain May 9.
