December Issue 3 2011

Mustang duo perfect at AK duals

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

STAR STAFF REPORTER

Subsistence speech wows science class

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

BY MATT TUNSETH

Poodles carry Santa’s sleigh

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

BY MIKE NESPER

Lt. Col. Knight: JBER not going anywhere

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

BY MATT TUNSETH

Subsistence speech wows science class

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

BY MATT TUNSETH

Poodles carry Santa’s sleigh

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

BY MIKE NESPER

Lt. Col. Knight: JBER not going anywhere

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

BY MATT TUNSETH

Municipality wants input on Eklutna Bridge

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

BY MIKE NESPER

Mustang duo perfect at AK duals

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

STAR STAFF REPORTER

Isaac Lammers wins Lynx Loppet

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.

BY MATT TUNSETH

Young and hungry

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

BY MATT TUNSETH

Chugiak skiers have eyes on the prize

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.

BY MATT TUNSETH

Butter Drop Cookies

Dorothy Jonrowe

Before Chugiak had power

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.

LES FETROW THE KNIK ARM COURIER

Time Was 12/15/11

Faith opinion: ‘God is on our side’

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.”

BY FR. ERIC WISEMAN Parochial Vicar, St. Andrew Catholic Church

Sebastien Troy Izatt

Underwater education

Hard work pays off.

BY MIKE NESPER

Gavin A. Schwartz

Nicole M. Allum

JBER lights up for the holidays

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.

BY STAFF SGT. MATTHEW WINSTEAD U.S. Army Alaska Public Affairs

Army-Navy football game draws large crowd

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.

BY MIKE NESPER

Scorsese’s ‘Hugo’ dazzles in 3-D

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.

BY CHRISTY LEMIRE AP Movie Critic

Tactical shopper performs surgical strikes

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...

BY FRANK E. BAKER AND DAVID N. BAKER