Sundays
UAF students find unexpected treasures in woodworking class
Photo by John Wagner
UAF students find unexpected treasures in woodworking class
July 20, 2008
Knowledge passed through the ages has suggested treasures can come in many forms: Books, knowledge, memories, family, peace. Local woodworkers John Manthei and Phil Marshall recently set out to prove treasures can also come in the form of a piece of wood.
Book Reviews
Time magazine anthology reaffirms the printed word
Published July 20, 2008
Those of us who traffic in words for a living feel somewhat under siege these days, like a Donkey Kong machine sitting forlornly in the corner of a ramshackle pizza parlor while teenagers on the sidewalk outside play Grand Theft Auto on their handhelds.
Alaska Science Forum
Remembering the ‘greatest story’ of man and permafrost
Published July 20, 2008
In 1973, Elden Johnson was a young engineer working on one of the most ambitious and uncertain projects in the world — an 800-mile steel pipeline that carried warm oil over frozen ground. Thirty-five years later, Johnson looked back at what he called “the greatest story ever told of man’s interaction with permafrost.”
Scott McCrea
Diaper dilemmas can be daunting for a single dad
Published July 20, 2008
Note to the ladies of the world: I am more than happy to join your crusade to fight for equality in the workplace if you will join my crusade to fight for equality in the rest room.
Theresa Bakker
Backyard wilderness, whether seed or foreign weed, still brings joy
Published July 13, 2008
I finally gave up. Every year I tried to plant vegetables in my tired plots. Too lazy to add new soil or build some raised beds, I defined insanity by plunking down fistfuls of cash for hardy starts budding with the promise of abundance.
Interior Gardening
Knowing various seed types is key to successful storage
Published July 20, 2008
Last week I talked about the first two steps to follow if you want to save the seeds produced by your garden this year. Now it is time to figure out what qualities of the plant you are trying to replicate.
Judith Kleinfeld
Family dinners help both parents and children
Published July 20, 2008
Researchers have fingered the family dinner as a powerful force. Children who eat with their parents have higher grades in school; lower rates of drinking, smoking and drug use; fewer eating disorders; lower rates of depression and fewer suicidal thoughts; higher self-esteem and higher sociability.
In The Bush
Sometimes notes keep communication flowing, even for housemates
Published July 13, 2008
Tiller caught fire. Whoa! I blinked, then read the words again: tiller caught fire.
Judy Ferguson
Bloom found refuge, respect in gold rush Alaska
Published June 29, 2008
By 1897 the gold rush was on. Among those stampeding, a young Jewish Lithuanian, Robert Bloom, began heading over the Chilkoot Trail packing merchandise on his back to trade with the prospectors.
Archives
June was a cool, wet month for most Alaskans
Published July 20, 2008
During June 2008, cooler and wetter than normal conditions prevailed for much of the state.
Denali visitors find continent's tallest mountain elusive
Published July 13, 2008
TALKEETNA, Alaska — Bob and Sally Corey of Dawsonville, Ga., made sure they were going to see North America’s tallest mountain. That’s more of a challenge than you might think.
Gold mining family in Flat, Alaska, looks back on 100 prosperous years
Published July 6, 2008
On Christmas Day 1908, nearly a hundred years ago, gold was first discovered three miles from Flat at Discovery Claim on Otter Creek. The strike started off the two-years-in-the-making Flat/Iditarod gold rush, the third largest in Alaska.
Trip aboard an F-16 is the ultimate roller coaster ride
Published June 29, 2008
The F-16, a dogfighter, can handle turns tight enough to leave pilots and passengers experiencing a downward physical force nine times stronger than gravity. For someone inside the cockpit, the jet provides a blend of thrills, exertion and fear that can leave a person exhilarated, ill or both.
Zombie walk a ghoulish gag full of gore and grins
Published June 22, 2008
FAIRBANKS — A Fairbanks tour guide met her untimely demise last week at the hands of a group of unruly zombie sightseers, but not before uttering an ominous announcement.
“There will be snack time at the cemetery,” Tarah Sickels told the group of about 20 zombies, who proceeded to moan for brains and clamor slowly toward the Golden Heart Plaza.
