January Issue 4 2012

Engineering the future

As president of her school’s National Honor Society chapter, Mirror Lake Middle School eighth grader Catherine Goolsby is as sharp as they come.

BY MATT TUNSETH

“Home cooking” in Peters Creek

Those craving meat have to look no further than Peters Creek.

BY MIKE NESPER

POLICE BRIEFS 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

Ups and downs in boys hoops

STAR STAFF REPORTER

Dana Panfil

Athlete of the Week - January 26, 2012

Eagle River, Dimond ladies set to roll

The second-place Eagle River girls bowling team gained 1.5 points on Anchorage Scholastic Bowling League leaders Dimond heading into the final week of the regular season with a dominant 29.5-0.5 win over Service on Jan. 19 at Jewel Lake Bowl.

STAR STAFF REPORTER

Wrestlers prep for big dance

If you’ve made it this far, wresting finally gets (a little) easier.

BY MATT TUNSETH

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

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

Kastle Sorensen

Suellyn Wright Novak

George Wesley West

Tommy Frazier

Eagle River violinist earns tasty victory

A hundred bucks will buy a lot of ice cream.

BY MATT TUNSETH

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.

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

Kasen J. Lehman

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

Family folksters

The Hoppers never miss the Anchorage Folk Festival.

BY MIKE NESPER

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