JUNEAU - Most people wouldn't willingly pursue a trip that involves the potential of contact frostbite, oral sunburn and the need to packing one's own excrement. But that's exactly what Travis Haskin, Sammy Becker, Acacia Edmiston, Freddie Muñoz, Adam Martinez and Yosuke Sano are signing up for.
Ray Troll has something going on right now that happens to very few Alaska artists-a big show at a big museum in a big city in the Lower 48.
What do they say, everyone's Irish on St. Patty's Day? My favorite sentiment from the holiday celebrating everything Irish was probably not the first thought the revelers had on their original parade through New York City in 1762. Over the years St. Patrick's Day in the U.S. has morphed from a stoic celebration showing the strength of Irish immigrants, into cheery leprechauns, lucky rainbows, green rivers and downing a few brews. Though the sentiment has changed, one thing remains the same: it's a blast to celebrate our Irish heritage (whether or not you actually have any) each year on March 14.
JUNEAU - When Juneau's only bicycle shop, Glacier Cycles, closed its doors last December, local cyclists were left with no in-town options for purchasing bicycle accessories or cycle repair.
One fall day in Interior Alaska, a lion stalked a ground squirrel that stood exposed on a hillside like a foot-long sandwich. The squirrel saw bending blades of grass, squeaked an alarm call, and then dived into its hole. It curled up in a grassy nest. A few months later, for reasons unknown, its heart stopped during hibernation.
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To all the citizens of Juneau and Douglas Alaska: On behalf of Juneau-Gastineau, Glacier Valley and Juneau Rotary Clubs and Capital City Rotaract, please accept our heartfelt thanks for your generous contributions during our Food Drive for the Southeast Alaska Food Bank. You all are so awesome!
Imagine walking freely through the forest and thinking you're safe. Then all of a sudden, out of nowhere, two sharp metal heavy jaws clamp down on your leg. The only way of escaping is by chewing on yourself until you have gnawed your leg completely off. If you don't do that you will wait there in the cold until you are shot to death, stepped on, or even skinned alive. This really happens just to obtain fur to make fashionable clothes. Animal trapping should be banned to stop the fur from being used by the fashion industry.
Shakespeare wrote in his play Twelfth Night, "Some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them." February, Black History Month, and March, Women's History Month, are months our country has designated to celebrate minority achievements. As someone who the national census classifies as belonging to minority populations, I spent the month of February ruminating on the history of the Civil Rights Movement and observing which contemporary minorities made the headlines. My effort was rewarded with the alleged illegal actions of the Washington Wizard's Gilbert Arenas and the moral failings of Tiger Woods repeatedly making headlines. Knowing that minority youth often look to athletes to define leadership and successful behavior, I was disappointed. I found myself questioning where the next generation of great minorities were going to come from, even as I looked at the past in an effort to recapture the essence and definition of greatness. Charlotte Forten Grimke came to mind, as she was marginalized as both a woman and as an interracial (therefore black by her era's standards) person.
