January Issue 3 2012

Quick response keeps house fire from destroying home

A nosy neighbor and a quick response by the Anchorage Fire Department helped keep a home at 20513 Eagle River Road from being completely destroyed by fire Thursday, Jan. 12.

BY MATT TUNSETH

Scores of animals taken from Eagle River home

Authorities arrested two Eagle River men on animal-cruelty charges after finding about three dozen dogs and nearly 50 parakeets living in filth at an Eagle River home last weekend.

BY ZAZ HOLLANDER

Bring on the folk

Eagle River’s Eric Braendel’s reason for playing in the Anchorage Folk Festival year after year is simple: It’s fun.

BY MIKE NESPER

Olympic tough

What’s tough?

BY MATT TUNSETH

‘Only in Alaska’

Some folks pay thousands of dollars for a trip to Alaska, where they’re often treated to a “once in a lifetime” trip aboard a dog sled driven by a professional dog musher.

BY MATT TUNSETH

Wrestling: Taus, Morrison earn runner-up finishes at tourney

Chugiak and Eagle River each had a wrestler make the finals of the Glenn Vandergaw tournament Saturday, Jan. 14, at Dimond High in Anchorage, but neither emerged victorious.

STAR STAFF REPORTER

Skiing: Too cold for classic

Freshly cut classic ski tracks glistened in the just-rising sun the morning of Saturday, Jan. 14, practically begging to be raced on.

BY MATT TUNSETH

SPORTS BRIEFS 1/19/12

STAR STAFF REPORTER

Parks’ Chugiak coffee shop menu

In place of a recipe this week, the Chugiak-Eagle River Historical Society would like to share the menu that was printed on the Parks’ old Parksville flyer. Thanks to their daughter, “Sparkey” for sending the society a copy:

Help shape our community

Community service isn’t for everyone, or so some may think.

BY AMY DEMBOSKI

Time Was 1/19/12

“Who is God’s Greater Holy Temple and their leader?”

My name is Jacqueline Ray of GGHT (God’s Greater Holy Temple) in South Anchorage.

BY PASTOR JACQUELINE RAY God’s Greater Holy Temple

Luke Plumb

Finnegan Booth Weight

Teachers show off their skills

When Chugiak High teacher Angela Armstrong reflects on her time as a Chugiak student two decades ago, one event comes to mind — “Faculty Follies.”

BY MIKE NESPER

FOB Salerno a Spartan family reunion hotspot

KHOWST PROVINCE, Afghanistan, — Having three deployed members in one family at the same time would seem unlikely; however, for the Hale family, it’s a reality.

BY ARMY STAFF SGT. JASON EPPERSON Task Force Spartan public affairs

Ryan M. Massingham

Joshua A. Wood

This is the winter of our discontent

BY FRANK E. BAKER