Snow. Rain. Wind. Temperatures below freezing. It was a state track meet few will soon forget Friday and Saturday at Lathrop High School in Fairbanks. "The weather was unbelievable," Soldotna coach Pat Nolden said.
Now that I have more than 65 years of fishing behind me and lots of time to think about things, I've figured out that my most memorable times were not when the biggest fish were caught, but when catching a fish was completely unexpected.
The Annual Alaska State Elks Association Convention was just held in Sitka, where business was conducted, friends met, memorial services were held and awards were presented.
About half-way through the Friday night showing of this week’s literary adaptation-extraordinare, an earnest red-haired boy snuck out of his seat and duck-walked across the aisle to tap my wife, his high-school English teacher, on the shoulder. He had a clarifying question to ask about “Gatsby,” just like he might on any typical weekday afternoon, and yet, instead of being in class, here he was, out with his friends, watching a splashy summer movie on its opening weekend.
The LeeShore Center will be hosting a Fellowship Brunch on May 31 at the Kenai Visitor's Center from 9:30-11:00 a.m.
The 28th Annual Sport, Rec and Trade Show hosted by the Kenai Peninsula Association of Realtors (KPAR) on the first weekend of May had it all, cloudy rainy Saturday followed by a sunny Sunday.
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