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January-Issue-4 2012
January-Issue-4 2012
January Issue 4 2012
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POLICE BRIEFS 1/26/12
POLICE BLOTTER 1/26/12
Big bucks dominate annual contest
This year’s annual Boondock Sporting Goods Big Buck contest lived up to its name.
BY MATT TUNSETH
“Home cooking” in Peters Creek
Those craving meat have to look no further than Peters Creek.
BY MIKE NESPER
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Sports
A family affair at the Besh Cup
Several local families road-tripped to Homer over the weekend to pick up some valuable Besh Cup Nordic ski race series points.
STAR STAFF REPORTER
Girls hockey to face familiar foe in CIC tourney
The Chugiak-Eagle River girls hockey team will end the regular season just as it started — against familiar foe Dimond-West.
BY MIKE NESPER
One final icy showdown
The two-and-a-half month wait is over.
BY MIKE NESPER
Wrestlers prep for big dance
If you’ve made it this far, wresting finally gets (a little) easier.
BY MATT TUNSETH
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Community
More than just a coffee shop
Although the Chugiak Coffee Shop continued to be a common meeting place for the town’s civic organizations...
Chugiak-Eagle River Historical Society
Barbecue meat loaf
BY MADELINE MACKEY
Time Was 1/26/12
My journey of faith (Part 1)
I am Irma J. Register, one of seven Associate Pastors of the Eagle River Missionary Baptist Church...
BY REV. IRMA J. REGISTER
Associate Pastor, Eagle River Missionary Baptist Church
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People
Tommy Frazier
Kastle Sorensen
Suellyn Wright Novak
George Wesley West
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Schools
Eagle River violinist earns tasty victory
A hundred bucks will buy a lot of ice cream.
BY MATT TUNSETH
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Military
Stories help families connect
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan — Deployment can be hard on a family.
BY TECH. SGT. VERNON CUNNINGHAM
455th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs
190 Guard members set to deploy to Kuwait
A ceremony to recognize the upcoming deployment of the 98th Maintenance Company was held at the Alaska National Guard Armory on Jan. 23.
Kasen J. Lehman
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Entertainment
Family folksters
The Hoppers never miss the Anchorage Folk Festival.
BY MIKE NESPER
Graphic novels: More than just heroes In tights
Superman, Batman, X-Men and other do-gooders in tights and capes are probably what you think of when you think about comic books.
BY ELIZABETH MOREAU
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Recreation
Winter’s snow is a book… Tracks are the chapters and stories
January ski and snowshoe trips to Eagle Lake in South Fork valley reminded me of an essay on snow and tracks by Alaska poet John Haines...
BY FRANK E. BAKER
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