December-Issue-3 2011

Chugiak’s Garrett Morrison and Alex Medeiros each came away from the Alaska Duals with perfect records...

You’ve got to be pretty interesting to keep a classroom full of middle schoolers quiet for 45 minutes. Willy Topkok leaves ‘em speechless.

A few weeks ago, John Suter received a children’s book in the mail titled “Flying Poodles A Christmas Story.”

Air Force Lt. Col. Dan Knight has worked all around the world...

You’ve got to be pretty interesting to keep a classroom full of middle schoolers quiet for 45 minutes. Willy Topkok leaves ‘em speechless.

A few weeks ago, John Suter received a children’s book in the mail titled “Flying Poodles A Christmas Story.”

Air Force Lt. Col. Dan Knight has worked all around the world...

Municipal Manager George Vakalis wants public input before deciding whether or not to close the Eklutna River Bridge.

Chugiak’s Garrett Morrison and Alex Medeiros each came away from the Alaska Duals with perfect records...

Chugiak senior Isaac Lammers had only his own shadow to fear on Saturday, Dec. 10 on Day 2 of the season-opening Lynx Loppet Nordic ski races at Kincaid Park in Anchorage.

Losing your head coach to a rival school might seem like a bad break.

First-year Chugiak Nordic ski coach Mikey Evans is hoping a summer’s worth of workouts can help propel his Nordic ski team to the top of the state heap by winter’s end.

For the first few years of the community, there was no electricity. During the first two years, there was only one home that had any electricity at all. This was the home of Cloyce and Justine Parks.

Whose “side” was God on in the National League pennant race? Well, I had hoped that God was on the “side” of the Milwaukee Brewers, but it looked like He wasn’t. All kidding aside, let us look at this business of “sides.”

Hard work pays off.

Soldiers and Airmen kicked off the holidays at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson with a concert and tree lighting in front of the U.S. Army Alaska headquarters building Dec. 1.

Covered head to toe in blue and gold windbreaker pants and jacket, Pat McBride stuck out like … well, a Navy fan among a sea of Army faithful.

Having been revered as a master for decades and functioning at the top of his game as he approaches 70, Martin Scorsese would seem to have nothing else to prove.

To balance last week’s column on Black Friday “shopper-hunters,” we continue this week with a primer on how to strategize and implement tactical Christmas shopping...