Community Guide 2014

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the information contained in this guide is generally confined to the region within the boundary of the fairbanks North Star Borough. You’ll find handy information about our local government bodies, military installations, arts organizations, schools, post offices and more. there’s also an events listing for the remainder of the year.

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Three governments serve a population of about 100,000By Amanda Bohman

When the Fairbanks North Star Borough came to be in 1964, the fledgling municipal-ity’s legislative body met in the basement of a log cabin on First Avenue. The mayor, known as the chairman, kept an office at the bowling alley.

The budget was a few million dollars. Meetings were heated.

As Kathleen “Mike” Dalton, who was elected to the first Bor-ough Assembly, remembers it, one assembly member chron-ically missed meetings to go fishing.

A lot of people didn’t want the new municipal government. “They came up here to build a cabin, have a dog team, fish and trap when they want to,” Dalton said. “They didn’t want anybody messing with them.”

But state law forced certain communities, including Fair-banks, to form into boroughs. Like it or not, about 7,500 square miles surrounding the cities of Fairbanks and North Pole were incorporated. There would be three municipal gov-ernments.

Fairbanks North Star Borough

The name “North Star Bor-ough” came out of a contest among schoolchildren. Eleven students chose the name and shared the $25 prize, according to “A History of the First Five Years of the Fairbanks North Star Borough,” compiled by researchers, including students, at the University of Alaska

Fairbanks.The municipality, a sec-

ond-class borough, initially spanned 23,000 square miles but was soon reduced to a more-manageable 7,500 square miles, or about the size of Vermont.

The new government held powers of education, taxation and planning and zoning.

Across the years, the powers, along with the community, have grown. The borough served 2,200 people in 1964. The pop-ulation is now about 100,000.

Powers of the local govern-ment include regulating fire-works, collecting trash, flood control, animal control, emer-gency services and handling air pollution.

The borough approves the budget for the school district, which operates 35 schools. The municipality provides for eco-nomic development, public transportation and libraries and parks, including the 2,100-acre

Chena Lake Recreation Area in North Pole.

The borough is responsible for multiple public-use buildings, including a ski chalet and two arenas, the Big Dipper Ice Are-na and the Carlson Center.

The chief administrative offi-cer of the borough is the mayor. The Borough Assembly makes up the government’s legislative panel, in charge of approving the budget, setting tax rates and establishing public policy.

Non-partisan elections are held the first Tuesday in Octo-ber. Elected officials are limit-ed to serving two consecutive terms.

Nine people sit on the assem-bly, and members are at-large, meaning their constituency is the entire community.

The borough’s annual bud-get is about $150 million per year. Most of the money comes from property taxes though the borough also imposes taxes on motel rooms, alcoholic beverag-

es and tobacco.A voter-approved revenue cap

limits the amount of money the borough can take in.

City of FairbanksFairbanks became a city in

1903 after serving as a trading post operated by E.T. Barnette, a businessman who would become the city’s first mayor.

“The residents believed that Fairbanks was sufficiently estab-lished and that they should be given the responsibility to pro-vide for their own daily commu-nity functions,” states a local his-tory written on the city website, www.fairbanksalaska.us.

Happenstance brought Bar-nette to the area but a gold dis-covery on a nearby dome kept him here. He convinced early

settlers to name the new city after Indiana Sen. Charles W. Fairbanks, who later became vice president of the United States under President Theo-dore Roosevelt.

Fairbanks is a home rule city, meaning it has broad legislative powers and a city charter, which is sort of like a constitution.

The City Council is made up of six at-large members. The may-or votes in special cases, such as to break a tie.

Non-partisan city elections are held the first Tuesday in October. Terms of office are for three years and capped at two consecutive terms.

After his e lect ion, Bar-nette established several ser-vices, including telephone, fire

Local, state and federal officesFairbanks North Star Borough

Administrative Center809 Pioneer RoadFairbanks, AK 99701P.O. Box 71267Fairbanks, AK 99707-1267907-459-1000

FNSB Division of Animal Control

2408 Davis RoadFairbanks, 99701907-459-1451

Fairbanks North Star Borough School District

520 Fifth Ave.Fairbanks, AK 99701907-452-2000

Fax: 451-0541Fairbanks City Hall

800 Cushman St.Fairbanks, AK 99701Clerks Office: 459-6702Fax: 907-459-6710

Fairbanks Department of Public Works

2121 Peger RoadFairbanks, 99701907-459-6770

North Pole City Hall125 Snowman LaneNorth Pole AK 99705907-488-2281Fax: 907-488-3002

Federal building101 12th Ave.Fairbanks, AK 99701-62326

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Fairbanks North Star Borough populationBy Sam [email protected]

The city of fairbanks and the surrounding fairbanks north star Borough is the regional hub of alaska’s interior, a sparsely populated region the size of Tex-as.

The city of fairbanks, which includes army post fort wain-wright, has a population of 32,204.

The fairbanks north star Borough had a population of 97,581 according to the 2010 U.s. census. The borough includes outlying neighbor-hoods in fairbanks (Goldstream Valley, cripple creek, farmers Loop and Badger road and others), as well as the city of north Pole and outlying unin-corporated communities such as ester, fox and salcha. The borough also includes the Uni-versity of alaska fairbanks cam-pus and eielson air force Base near north Pole. The fairbanks

north star Borough covers 7,361 square miles and is bigger than the states of connecticut and

rhode island combined.fairbanks has long been

second to anchorage as alas-

ka’s main population center, although fairbanks is con-siderably older than alaska’s

largest city.in 2013, the rapidly growing

matanuska-susitna Borough, which includes the communi-ties of wasilla and Palmer, was getting close to overtaking the fairbanks north star Borough as the state’s second most pop-ulous borough. The mat-su had an estimated population of 96,074 in 2013.

GrowthThe fairbanks north star

Borough area had a population of 40,616 in 1960, four years before the borough government was formed.

T he area has grown in fits and starts in the past 50 years, growing quickly during

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T h e A l a s k a D e p a r t m e n t o f Commerce, Community and Economic Development provides brief overviews of communities throughout the state. Information about the unincorporated communities within the Fairbanks North Star Borough is listed below. All population figures are 2013 state estimates.

More information about these and other communities is available from the state online at commerce.alaska.gov/cra/DCRAExternal/community

• EsterPopulation: 2,605ester is located 8.5 miles west of

fairbanks on the George Parks High-way.

it was originally a mining camp established before 1905 near ester creek. it was first reported in 1908 by the U.s. Geological survey. ester Gold camp was established in 1936. The community has grown as a result of borough land lotteries.• Fox

Population: 470The community lies on the right

bank of fox creek as it enters Gold-stream creek Valley, 10 miles northeast of fairbanks. it is located at the junc-tion of the steese and elliott highways.

fox was established as a mining camp before 1905. The fox Post office operated from 1908 to 1947.• Goldstream

Population: 3,653Local name reported in 1903 by T.G.

Gerdine. The valley of this stream, one of the earliest gold mining areas in the fairbanks region, was settled by 1905.• Harding Lake/Birch Lake

Population: 347The lake was originally reported by

the U.s. Geological survey in 1909 as “salchaket Lake.” The lake was later named for warren Harding, the 29th President of the United states, who visited alaska just before his death. Harding Lake is a summer recreation site for fairbanks residents. There are a large number of recreational-use homes in the area and only a few res-idents remain year-round.• Moose Creek

Population: 669moose creek lies along richardson

Highway, 6 miles south of the city of north Pole and 20 miles southeast of fairbanks.

The area is a result of the growth of eielson air force Base and north Pole. moose creek is a suburb of the greater

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Fairbanks area and is better charac-terized as a geographic location rather than a community.• Pleasant Valley

Population: 717Pleasant Valley is in the Fairbanks

North Star Borough, east of Fox and Two Rivers. Pleasant Valley is best characterized as a geographic location, rather than a community.• Salcha

Population: 1,041Salcha is located at the mouth of the

Salcha River, 33 miles southeast of Fairbanks on the Richardson Highway, near what was once the Aurora Lodge.

The village was first reported in 1898 by the U.S. Geological Survey as “Salchaket,” an Indian name meaning “mouth of the Salcha.” The village was reported in 1904 as “Saltshatsheg.”• Two Rivers

Population: 725Two Rivers is dispersed from

13 Mile to 25 Mile Chena Hot Springs Road. It lies between the Chena and the Little Chena Rivers in the Fairbanks North Star Borough.

The community sits on the banks of the upper Chena River, near the Little Chena River. It was the site of a terri-torial school. Expansion of the great-

er Fairbanks area since the 1970s has enabled the community to expand and develop. Dog mushing is a prevalent activity in Two Rivers.

Fairbanks economy has diversified since Gold Rush eraBy Jeff [email protected]

A community that was large-ly established on a single com-modity more than a century ago — the promise of gold — has grown to become an area with 100,000 people and a much more diversified economy today.

Natural resources continue to fuel much of the economy, but they’ve been joined by military spending, transportation, edu-cation and tourism as some of the key players in 21st century Fairbanks.

E.T. Barnette established a trading post on the banks of the Chena River in 1901, a decision that would eventually mark the beginning of Fairbanks. He had the good fortune of being in the right spot when an Italian immigrant named Felix Pedro discovered gold in the area a year later, triggering the Fair-banks Gold Rush and the influx of thousands of residents.

Fairbanks followed the pat-

tern of a boom town for several decades. Many of those miners departed the area as gold pros-pects faded, but a new influx of miners replaced them in the 1930s as gold prices rose. A state university, known today as the University of Alaska Fairbanks, grew up from an agricultural research station established in 1906.

In the years surrounding world war II, the economy was transformed by the arrival of Fairbanks as a military hub. U.S. Army General Billy Mitch-ell famously touted Alaska for its strategic location, and Ladd Army Airfield was established in Fairbanks.

Ladd became Fort wain-wright in the early 1960s, and was joined by Eielson Air Force Base, located southeast of North Pole. More than 22,000 resi-dents of the Fairbanks North Star Borough were either in the military or dependents of ser-vice members in 2012, accord-ing to the Alaska Department of

Labor. The discovery of oil in Prud-

hoe Bay, and the subsequent construction of the trans-Alas-ka oil pipeline in the mid-1970s provided the next surge for the Fairbanks-area economy. Con-struction boomed in the city as a wave of workers arrived to con-tribute to the massive 800-mile pipeline being built from the North Slope to Valdez.

oil exploration remains a key contributor of the Fair-banks economy today, both from workers who maintain the trans-Alaska oil pipeline and North Slope workers who are based in the Interior.

Tourism has also become a significant force for the Fair-banks economy, with summer visitors filling local hotels and enjoying attractions such as the Riverboat Discovery and the University of Alaska Museum of the North. A smaller winter tourism industry brings visi-tors to Fairbanks to view the northern lights or participate in

cold-weather sports.An estimated 325,000 visitors

made it to Fairbanks in summer 2011, according to a study com-missioned by the Alaska Depart-ment of Commerce.

And a century after E.T. Bar-nette established his trading post, gold still plays a significant role in Fairbanks. one of the borough’s major employers is

the Fort Knox Mine, with more than 600 employees in 2013.

The open pit mine produced its 5 millionth ounce of gold last year, making it the most produc-tive gold mine in Alaska history. At least 3 million more ounc-es are expected from the mine before it ceases operation.Contact staff writer Jeff Richardson at 459-7518.

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Federal building101 12th Ave.Fairbanks, AK 99701Toll Free: 800-772-1213

State of Alaska office building(Houses various state agencies)675 7th Ave.Fairbanks, AK 99701

Fairbanks Correctional Center1931 Eagan Ave.Fairbanks, AK 99701907-458-6700Fax: 907-458-6751

Alaska Court SystemLocal: Rabinowitz Courthouse101 Lacey St.Fairbanks, AK 99701Clerk’s Office: 907-452-9277

Alaska Division of ElectionsRegion III Elections Office675 Seventh Ave., Suite H3Fairbanks, AK 99701-4594907-451-2835Toll Free: 866-959-8683Fax: 907-451-2832Fax Toll-Free: 855-977-3594

Alaska Department of Fish and Game1300 College Road Fairbanks, Alaska 99701-1551907-465-6166

Alaska Division of ForestryNorthern Region Office3700 Airport WayFairbanks, AK 99709-4699907-451-2670Fax: 907-451-2690

Fairbanks Legislative Information Office1292 Sadler Way, Suite 308Fairbanks, AK 99701907-452-4448Fax: 907-456-3346Fax: 456-5076

Alaska Division of Motor Vehicles1979 Peger Road907-451-5180Mon.-Fri. 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.,Third Wednesday of each month:

9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.Department of Natural Resources

Public Information Center3700 Airport WayFairbanks, 99709-4699907-451-2705Fax: 907- 451-2706TDD: 907-451-2770

Alaska Office of Public Advocacy100 Cushman St., Suite 502Fairbanks, AK 99701Phone: 907-451-5933 Fax: 907-451-5934

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Alaska Public Defender Agency529 5th Ave., Suite 1Fairbanks, AK 99701Phone: 907-458-6800Toll Free: 800-478-1621Fax: 907-458-6802

Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities

Northern Region Headquarters 2301 Peger Road

Fairbanks, AK 99709Regional Director: 907-451-2210

PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES(Dial 911 for emergencies)

Alaska State TroopersDetachment D1979 Peger RoadFairbanks, AK 99709907-451-5100Fax: 907-451-3002

Fairbanks Police Department911 Cushman St.907-459-6500

Fairbanks Fire Department1101 Cushman St.Fairbanks, AK 99701

907-450-6600Federal Bureau of Investigation

1901 Airport Way, Suite 104907-452-3250Fax: 907-586-6691

North Pole Police Department125 Snowman LaneNorth Pole AK 99705907-488-6902

North Pole Fire Department110 Lewis St.North Pole, AK 99705907-488-2232

University Fire Department611 N. Chandalar DriveFairbanks, AK 99775

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Schools have long history FairbanksBy Weston [email protected]

schools have been an integral part of Fairbanks since the town situated on the bank of the che-na river was first incorporated. schools played an important role in the creation of the city in 1903.

The first school in Fairbanks was a tiny private school creat-ed at the beginning of the 1903 school year by william wool-ridge that taught 13 students, but that school didn’t make it to the new year before closing.

About the same time wool-ridge’s school was closing, Fair-banks was incorporating into a legitimate city and electing a city council and a three-member school board. The city opened its first public school that winter and held its first closing cere-mony for 10 students who had attended as many as 74 days of school.

Those first few months, stu-dents were taught in a small rented building on the corner of

noble street and Third Avenue. The school moved at the start

of the 1904-05 school year and would move from space to space

until December 1907, when the city paid an estimated $19,000

to build a two-story wood-en building for the town’s 150 enrolled students.

That schoolhouse served as a source of pride for the residents of Fairbanks for the coming decades until it burned to the ground in a fire on Dec. 4, 1932 — 25 years and a day after the building opened.

The fire that destroyed the schoolhouse would lead to the creation of its iconic replace-ment at the corner of eighth Avenue and cushman street that continues to serve the town to this day, now known as Pat-rick B. cole city Hall.

students moved into the Fair-banks Public school building, which would become known as old main, in January 1934. old main would go through sever-al changes and additions, but remained the sole school facility in Fairbanks until the tenure of superintendent John c. ryan, after whom ryan middle school is named.

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FAIRBANKS NORTH STAR BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT

School District Administrative Center

520 Fifth Ave. , Fairbanks, 99701

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Anderson Elementary768 Kodiak StreetEielson AFB, AK 99702Phone: 372-2167Fax: 372-3437

Anne Wien Elementary1501 Hampstead Ave.Fairbanks, AK 99701Phone: 451-7500Fax: 451-7564

Arctic Light Elementary4167 Neely RoadFort Wainwright, AK 99703Phone: 356-2038Fax: 356-2189

Badger Road Elementary2301 Bradway RoadNorth Pole, AK 99705Mailing address:520 5th Ave.Fairbanks, AK 99701

Phone: 488-0134Fax 488-2045

Barnette Magnet School1000 Barnette St.Fairbanks, AK 99701Phone: 456-6072Fax: 451-9602

Ben Eielson Jr./Sr. High School

675 Ravens WayEielson AFB, AK 99702Phone: 372-3110Fax 372-3202

Bridge Program513 12th Ave. Suite 110Fairbanks, AK 99701907-474-2144

Career Education Center724 27th Ave. , Suite 1Fairbanks, AK 99701Phone: 479-4061Fax: 479-0230

Chinook Charter School3002 International St.Fairbanks, AK 99701Phone: 452-5020Fax: 452-5048

Crawford Elementary School692 Ravens Way

Eielson AFB, AK 99702Phone: 372-3306Fax: 372-3199

Denali Elementary School1042 Lathrop St.Fairbanks, AK 99701Phone: 452-2456Fax: 451-0792

Effie Kokrine Charter School601 Loftus RoadFairbanks, AK 99709474-0958

Hunter Elementary School1630 Gillam WayFairbanks, AK 99701Phone: 456-5775Fax: 452-8891

Hutchison High School3750 Geist RoadFairbanks, AK 99709Phone: 479-2261Fax: 479-8286

Joy Elementary School24 Margaret St.Fairbanks, AK 99701Phone: 456-5469Fax: 456-1477

Ladd Elementary School601 F St.

Fairbanks, AK 99701Phone: 451-1700Fax: 451-9137

Lathrop High School901 Airport WayFairbanks, AK 99701Phone: 456-7794Fax: 452-6735

Nordale Elementary School397 Hamilton Ave.Fairbanks, AK 99701Phone: 452-2696Fax: 456-5608

North Pole Academy2945 Monk CourtNorth Pole, AK 99705Phone: 490-9025Fax: 490-9021

North Pole Elementary School250 Snowman LaneNorth Pole, AK 99705Phone: 488-2286Fax: 488-1232

North Pole High School601 NPHS Blvd.North Pole, AK 99705Phone: 488-3761Fax: 488-1488

North Pole Middle School300 East 8th Ave.North Pole, AK 99705Phone: 488-2271Fax: 488-9213

Pearl Creek Elementary School

700 Auburn DriveFairbanks, AK 99709Phone: 479-4234Fax: 479-4025

Randy Smith Middle School1401 Bainbridge Blvd.Fairbanks, AK 99701Phone: 458-7600Fax: 458-7676

Ryan Middle School951 Airport WayFairbanks, AK 99701Phone: 452-4751Fax: 451-8834

Salcha Elementary School8530 Richardson Hwy.Mailing address:520 Fifth Ave.Fairbanks, AK 99701Phone: 488-3267

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The process began before Ryan’s 1951 hiring. Several months before, the school board floated and passed a bond to create a new elementary school for growing Fairbanks student population.

That first elementary school, which would change Fairbanks permanently from a single- to a multi-school district, was Denali Elementary School. Before the completion of Denali, the district added another school — Nordale — to its roster.

In the next 10 years, with Ryan at the helm, the school district would add six new schools: Denali, Nordale, Hunter, University Park and Barnette elemen-tary schools and Lathrop High School. Fairbanks Junior High was housed in Old Main.

Several other schools that are now part of the district, in nearby regions such as Two Rivers and North Pole, were created during this time as well but were not brought into the district until the creation of the Fairbanks North Star Borough in 1964 brought the state-run schools into the fold.

The booming growth in school prop-erty during this time wasn’t without reason. While Ryan served as superin-tendent, school enrollment skyrocketed

from 1,600 in 1951 to 5,000 in 1961.Enrollment in Fairbanks would grow

steadily until the mid-1970s, when it took a massive jump toward its current standing. The trans-Alaska oil pipeline brought massive change to the bor-ough’s schools just as it did to the bor-ough as a whole.

“The school district is changing,” Superintendent Chuck Smith said in 1974. “It will never be the same again.”

At nearly the same time the district was packing in new students because of the pipeline, it also was being forced by the state to absorb seven schools on nearby Fort Wainwright and Eielson Air Force Base.

The two additions caused school district enrollment to jump in a sin-gle school year from 8,879 to 12,585. Enrollment would reach its peak two decades later in 1996 at 16,431. It has been in a steady decline since then, standing today at just more than 14,000 students.

The district has continued to change throughout the past several decades, though its period of rapid change has slowed since the pipeline days. In the past decade, the biggest impetus for school creation has been the charter school movement, which has seen the construction of a handful of new schools in the borough.Contact staff writer Weston Morrow at 459-

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(Public Charter School)601 Loftus RoadFairbanks, AK 99709Phone: 474-0958 Fax: 479-2104North Pole campus:2945 Monk CourtPhone: 490-9025

Tanana Middle School600 Trainor Gate RoadFairbanks, AK 99701Phone: 452-8145Fax: 456-2780

Ticasuk Brown Elementary School785 Lakloey DriveNorth PoleMailing address:520 Fifth Ave.Fairbanks, AK 99701Phone: 488-3200Fax: 488-6208

Two Rivers School400 Two Rivers RoadTwo RiversMailing address:520 Fifth Ave.Fairbanks, AK 99701Phone: 488-6616Fax: 488-8487

University Park Elementary School554 Loftus RoadFairbanks, AK 99709Phone: 479-6963Fax: 479-6219

Watershed Charter School4975 Decathlon Ave.Fairbanks, AK 99709Phone: 374-9350Fax: 374-9360

Weller Elementary School635 Elementary DriveMailing address:520 Fifth Ave.Fairbanks, AK 99701Phone: 457-1629Fax: 457-2663

West Valley High School3800 Geist RoadFairbanks, AK 99709Phone: 479-4221Fax: 474-8901

Woodriver Elementary School5000 Palo Verde DriveFairbanks, AK 99709Phone: 479-4211Fax: 479-5077

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Cyberlynx (Statewide)P.O. Box 599Nenana, AK 99760www.cyberlynx.orgPhone: 907-832-5423

Delta-Greely HomeschoolP.O. Box 369Delta Junction, AK 99737www.dgsd.k12.ak.usPhone: 895-1043

Denali Peak Program (Statewide)4240 Old Seward Hwy. Suite 3-4Anchorage, AK 99503educate.dbsd.org/peakPhone: 907-683-7325Fast Track (Statewide)2610 4th Ave.Ketchikan, AK 99901Phone: 225-2128fasttrack.kgbsd.org

Fairbanks B.E.S.T.520 Fifth Ave.Fairbanks, AK 99701fairbanksbest.comPhone: 452-2000 Ext. 11201

I.D.E.A. (Statewide)2157 Van Horn RoadFairbanks, AK 99701www.ideafamilies.orgPhone: 374-2200

PACE (Statewide)P.O. Box 800Craig, AK 99921www.paceschool.netPhone: 907-677-0992

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U.S. military has big presence in the InteriorBy Sam [email protected]

Thanks to a major army post and air force base, the fair-banks area has the greatest concentration of military ser-vice members per capita for any region in the state.

The military brought thou-sands of outside residents to the interior, starting with world war ii and continuing through the cold war and the iraq and afghanistan wars. in the past few years, the interior military bases have survived the nation-al trend of military budget cuts and downsizing.

some 22.8 percent of fair-banks north star Borough res-idents are active duty military or dependents, according to an alaska department of Labor and workforce development study published last year. The runner up also was in the inte-rior. in the denali Borough, the number is 21.9 percent, where clear air force station

dominates the workforce of the remote area. Third is Kodiak island, which has the largest coast Guard base in the world and is 18 percent military.

statewide census figures suggest military expansion for world war ii was as explosive a catalyst for growth as the search for gold or discovery of oil.

The state’s population jumped 98.4 percent to 63,592 people between 1890 and 1990 because of the gold rush.

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similar to “a second gold rush” when the state population spiked 77.4 percent between

F-16s are parked on the flight line at Eielson Air Force Base about 30 miles southeast of Fairbanks. news-miner fiLe phoTo

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Bible Baptist Christian School32 Adak Ave.Fairbanks, AK 99701Phone: 452-1407

Catholic Schools Of Fairbanks(Immaculate Conception School and Monroe Catholic High School)

615 Monroe St.Fairbanks, AK 99701Phone: 452-2044

Fairbanks Montessori Association2014 30th Ave.Fairbanks, AK 99701Phone: 451-8485

Fairhill Christian School101 City Lights Blvd.Fairbanks, AK 99701-0997Phone: 457-2167

Far North Christian School1110 20th Ave.Fairbanks, AK 99701-0997Phone: 452-7979

Frontier High School946 Cowels St. , Suite 210Fairbanks, AK 99701-0805Phone: 452-3019

Golden Heart Christian SchoolP.O. Box 82997Fairbanks, AK 99708-0997Phone: 479-2904

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Open Arms Lutheran Child Development Center

2980 Davis RoadFairbanks, AK 99709-0997Phone: 455-9466North Pole Christian School2936 Badger RoadNorth Pole, AK 99705-0997

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Interior military bases provide training, missile silosFort Wainwright

The largest Interior military base in terms of personnel, Fort Wainwright is home to some 7,700 soldiers, with plans to increase by about 300 by the end of 2014.

According to the post’s official Army history, Fort Wainwright was originally known as Ladd Field. The first soldiers, a 50-man detachment from the Army Air Corps, arrived in April 1940. Ladd Field took on a bigger role in World War II as a transfer point for the Lend Lease Pro-gram, which brought more than 8,000 military aircraft to Fairbanks where pilots from the Soviet Union flew the planes across the Bering Sea to the battle front with Germany.

The base was re-named Fort Wain-wright in 1965. It’s named after World War II general Jonathan M. Wainwright.

The largest unit today is the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, a more-than-4,000-soldier-strong unit that operates eight-wheeled Stryker vehicles. The unit deployed three times to Iraq and Afghanistan under the 1/25 flag and under its previous name, the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team.

Fort Wainwright also is home to part of the 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, a unit that flies CH-47 Chinooks, UH-50 Black Hawks and OH-58 Kiowa Warriors.

Bassett Army Community Hospital, the main military medical facility in the Inte-rior, is on Fort Wainwright.

Eielson Air Force BaseEielson Air Force Base outside North

Pole, is home to 2,500 airmen and more than 340 guardsman and reservists, according to the base’s Air Force profile.

Eielson AFB was originally known as Mile 26 Airfield. The first aircraft landed there in 1944, and much of the base was constructed in the early 1940s and late 1950s. The base has held numerous air-craft over the years including P-51, C-47, WB-29, KC-97, F-102, OA-10 and A-10.

Today the base’s main active duty force is the 18th Aggressor squadron, a group of 21 F-16 fighters that play the role of enemy fighters in war games. It also is used by the Air National Guard 168th Air Refueling Group, which uses KC-135s.

Eielson is a host base for Red Flag Alaska, an international training exercise usually held three times per year.

At 14,507 feet (2.7 miles), Eielson has the second longest runway in North America.

Fort GreelyFort Greely is a former infantry base

that’s been reborn as a missile defense base in the past 10 years. It employs 1,031 people including civilians and con-tractors, according to the base’s official profile. It is home to 1,622 people.

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the 1970s trans-Alaska oil pipeline construction boom and a military expansion in the 2000s.

Population changes in Fairbanks fol-low economic forces and in Fairbanks are driven by the military, tourism, mining and state spending (which is tied to oil production), said Jerry McBeath, a political science professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Population ramped up in the early ’70s for the building of the pipeline, then decreased after it was complet-

ed. It took a few years for oil revenue to trigger increased state spending, but that likely caused the population to rebound in the early 1980s. A drop in oil prices to less than $10 per barrel in 1987 and 1988 likely caused people to leave the area as the economy con-stricted. Another dip in 2002 is like-ly related to that year’s budget crisis, McBeath said.

In addition to growing, the Fairbanks North Star Borough’s population has aged. This is likely a result of the aging Baby Boomer generation and expand-ing health care resources.Contact the staff writer Sam Friedman at 459-7545.

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In its early days, the base was an arc-tic training site, although today the cold weather training Northern War-fare Training Center, located nearby at the Black Rapids Glacier, is operated instead by Fort Wainwright.

Fort Greely became part of the 172nd Infantry Brigade in 1974 and later the 6th Infantry Division (Light) in 1986. The unit was deactivated in 1994 and in 1995 the base was warm-based as part Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) process.

In 2001, it was given a new mission, it became the main silo site for the national mid-course Ballistic Mission Defense System. Fort Greely is now home to the 9th Missile Defense Bat-talion and the 59th Signal Battalion.

Clear Air Force StationClear Air Force Station is a missile

early warning system and space sur-veillance base. It’s home to 13th Space Warning Squadron. It’s located off the Parks Highway between Nenana and Healy on the Parks Highway south of Fairbanks.

The base was built starting in 1958 and used radar sites designed to provide advanced warning of a Soviet missile attack over the North Pole, according to “Cold War Historic Properties of the 21st Space Wing Air Force Space Com-mand,” a 1996 government study on the historic value of Cold War installations. The other two sites were in the United Kingdom and in Greenland. The first radar site became operational in 1961, the report states.

The air station’s mechanical radar was deactivated in 2001 and replaced with newer radar, according to the 13th Space Warning Squadron’s official unit history. In addition to watching for incoming missiles, the unit also collects data on orbiting objects, which it passes on to the U.S. Strategic Command’s Joint Space Operations Center at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

University of Alaska Fairbanks is a community cornerstoneBy Amanda Bohman

One of the storied institutions of Fairbanks is the University of Alaska Fairbanks, founded on the site of an ancient camp of the Athabascan people.

Judge James Wickersham, a territorial delegate to Congress in the early 1900s, sponsored legislation establishing the hill, west of downtown Fairbanks with panoramic views of the Alaska Range, as the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines.

A dedication was held in hon-or of the new institution of high-er learning. History professor Terrence Cole described it in his book, “The Cornerstone on Col-lege Hill,” a history of UAF.

“While the college which we are this day dedicating will give special prominence to the study of scientific methods of agri-culture and mining,” Wickersh-am said, “it will also support a university course and become a fountainhead for the general dif-fusion of knowledge among the

people of Alaska.”When classes commenced in

1922, there were six students,

six professors, a secretary, an administrator and a mainte-nance worker, according to Cole.

Today’s UAF boasts an enroll-ment upwards of 10,000 stu-dents attending nine colleges

and schools across seven cam-puses, including sites in Kot-zebue, Dillingham, Bethel and Nome. More than 5,000 people work for the institution in fac-ulty, staff or student jobs. UAF is the flagship institution of the University of Alaska system and served as the site of the Alaska Constitutional Convention.

The University of Alaska seal features Mt. McKinley, the tall-est mountain in North America, known colloquially as Denali, with the words “Ad Summun,” which means to the highest point.

That spirit is embodied in UAF’s rifle team, which has won 10 national championships. UAF athletics includes hockey, skiing, basketball, volleyball, swimming and cross country. Athletes are known as Nanooks after the Inupiaq work for polar bear, nanuq.

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1940 and 1950, said Douglas Beck-stead, a base historian at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchor-age. The Alaska Highway was built by the military during the war and Fort Wainwright, Eielson Air Force Base and Fort Greely were built in the Inte-rior. The population increased 33.8 percent in the 1970s and 36.9 percent in the 1980s.

The Cold War left a series of remote Interior bases related to the threat of nuclear war with the Soviet Union. They include Clear Air Force Sta-tion, a radar installation off the Parks Highway south of Fairbanks, and the now-closed Galena and Campion Air Force stations outside the Yukon Riv-er community of Galena. Galena Air

Force Station was a forward operating base for aircraft and Campion was a radar installation.

During the 2000s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Fort Wainwright, the Interior’s most populous mili-tary base, grew with the arrival of the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, now known as the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division. It was announced last year that Fort Wainwright will not be downsized this year like many installations effect-ed by budget cuts. Eielson Air Force Base lost a unit of A-10 aircraft in 2005 as part of an effort to close the base. In 2012, the Air Force proposed removing the base’s one remaining active-duty aircraft, a squadron of F-16 fighter jets, but that plan was abandoned in 2013.Contact staff writer Sam Friedman at 459-7545.

Fairbanks is an arts intensive cityBy Gary [email protected]

The arts run deep in Fairbanks, wheth-er it’s stage, music, song or dance.

The city is home to several established performance companies which host everything from locally written operas, plays and burlesque shows to classic ballets and Broadway musicals. You don’t need to travel to new York City to get your cultural fix — you can do that all right here in the Golden Heart City. Performances take place year-round depending on the company, so the best advice is to check each company’s web-site or contact info or pick up latitude 65, the weekly entertainment section published each Friday by the Fairbanks Daily news-miner.

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Founded in 1963 by marlene Bell, liz Wills and Hap Ryder, the original

organization was called “Fairbanks Chil-dren’s Theatre.” Three years later it was revamped to be the Fairbanks Drama Association and Children’s Theatre. Fairbanks Drama Association and Chil-dren’s Theatre has produced 51 consecu-tive seasons of community theater with performances staged at the Hap Ryder Riverfront Theatre, 1852 Second Ave. The drama group also hosts a children’s theater workshop each summer. FDA is known for its performances of classic, beloved plays.

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Fairbanks Light Opera Theatre

Commonly called FLOT, the Fairbanks Light Opera Theatre performs high cali-ber, well known Broadway musicals, usu-ally performing two productions per sea-son. In the summer, FLOT hosts FLOT Jr., which is a musical theater camp for children and teens ages 8 to 18. In the fall, FLOT performed “Willy Wonka” to sold out crowds. Its spring production is “Rent,” which debuts in April. Recent performances have included “The Wiz-ard of Oz,” “High School Musical,” “Swee-ney Todd,” “Into the Woods,” “Annie” and “Jesus Christ Superstar.”

Website: www.flot.orgPhone: 907-456-FLOTEmail: [email protected]

Opera FairbanksOpera Fairbanks is a world-class opera

company that produces both locally writ-ten and classical opera performances. The organization uses Fairbanks- and Alas-ka-based performers in its productions as well as visiting national and international singers. Its most recent productions were “Carmen” and “The Velveteen Rabbit,” and a locally written opera titled “The Col-or of Gold” about the history of Fairbanks makes its world premiere in mid March.

Website: www.operafairbanks.orgPhone: 907-479-7372Email: [email protected]

Fairbanks Shakespeare Theatre

The Fairbanks Shakespeare Theatre — FST for short — lives, breathes and eats Shakespeare. It performs several of the Bard’s works each year with the highlight of the season being the outdoor summer performance at Jack Townshend Point on

the University of Alaska Fairbanks cam-pus. This summer’s performance is “As You Like It.” The troupe also hosts dra-ma camps for youth to introduce them to the world of Shakespeare and dramatic acting. One of the most popular events FST hosts is the Bard-a-Thon, a mara-thon reading session each spring of all of Shakespeare’s works that runs for eight days.

Website: www.fstalaska.orgPhone: 907-457-7638Email: [email protected]

Dance Theatre Fairbanks

Dance Theatre Fairbanks, known as DTF, is one of the top dance studios in Alaska with classes ranging from classi-cal to modern to jazz to hiphop and more. Several times each season, the theater performs originally written and choreo-graphed performances that can range from modern takes on classical stories to classical dance stories themselves.

Website: www.dancetheatrefairbanks.com

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North Star BalletNorth Star Ballet is one of the most

well-known dance studios in Fairbanks that teaches all aspects of ballet as well as other forms of dance. The ballet performs several times per year, with annual “The Nutcracker” in December being one of the studio’s perennial sell-out performanc-es. The studio also hosts summer dance camps for ages 4-12.

Website: www.thenorthstarballet.orgPhone: 907-451-8800

Fairbanks SymphonyThe Fairbanks Symphony is home to

the Fairbanks Symphony Orchestra and the Arctic Chamber Orchestra and is one of the most prolific performing arts

groups in Interior Alaska. Performances run through the fall and spring and cover all facets of music, from classical compo-sitions to modern masterpieces. The Fair-banks Symphony has received many hon-ors and awards over the years, including ASCAP Awards, the Governor’s Award for the Arts and state and local commenda-tions. It is currently under the direction of Dr. Eduard Zilberkant. The symphony works closely with the Fairbanks Youth Symphony, which offers musical events.

Website: www.fairbankssymphony.orgPhone: 907-474-5733

Theatre UAFTheatre UAF, associated with the dra-

ma department at the University of Alas-ka Fairbanks, isn’t only a teaching insti-tution but also a production venue that covers both film and stage. Its upcoming production of “Tartuffe” opens at the end of March, and new this season is tentative film festival slated for May.

Website: www.theatreuaf.orgPhone: 907-474-6590Email: [email protected]

First Friday PlayersFirst Friday Players are a comedic

troupe of actors who perform improv comedy — the only troupe in Interior Alaska to do so. Performances are usually on the first Friday of each month (hence the troupe’s name) and are in the vain of the television show “Whose Line Is It Any-way” in which the audience offers sugges-tions for impromptu performances. Most shows are family friendly and are held at different venues around Fairbanks. Check their Facebook page for more info.

Website: www.facebook.com/FirstFri dayPlayers

Revive the Red TentRevive the Red Tent is an experimental

theatre troupe that performs locally writ-ten pieces that fall more into the category of experimental or performance art and has been well received in Interior Alas-

ka. One of the newest ventures the group is taking on is producing and perform-ing old fashioned radio plays, which are broadcast on KSUA 91.5 FM each Thurs-day night from 7-8 p.m.

Website: www.facebook.com/revivethe.redtent

Naked Stage Productions

Naked Stage Productions is one of the most fun performance troupes in Interi-or Alaska and is known for its sultry bur-lesque shows that feature both female and male performers. On Valentine’s Day, the troupe turned the Big I Pub & Lounge, 122 N. Turner St., into a burlesque budoir. The troupe also performs a game of bur-lesque bingo on the first Saturday of each month at the Big I.

Website: www.nakedstageproductions.com

Phone: 907-374-4693Email: rachel@nakedstageproductions.

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The Green RoomThe Green Room is one of Fairbanks’

newest theater groups, officially forming in 2013. The goal of the group is to pro-vide venues for artists and to train bud-ding performers. The group burst onto the scene with a sell-out performance of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” in October 2013. Their next production is slated for May.

Website: www.akgreenroom.comEmail: [email protected]

Seward’s FolliesSeward’s Follies brings creative and

original theater, performance art and entertainment about Alaska to Alaska. Its goal is to perform and promote original, Alaska-based performing arts ranging from song to stage. Its most recent pro-duction was the hit “Out There Honky Tonkin’,” which made it’s world premiere

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Fairbanks Arts Association

The Fairbanks Arts Associ-ation’s main goal is promoting excellence in contemporary and traditional arts in the Interi-or, and it does this by means of art exhibits, speakers, music performances and poetry and literary readings. The slate of events, performers and exhib-its is ever-changing, so the best advice is to visit the association’s web page. Most events take place in the Centennial Center for the Arts in Pioneer Park, 2300 Air-port Way.

Website: www.fairbanksarts.org

Phone: 907-456-6485Email: [email protected]

Fairbanks Concert Association

The Fairbanks Concert Asso-ciation is devoted to one thing

— to present, promote and spon-sor artistically and culturally diverse performing arts events and educational opportunities of the highest quality from stag-es around the world, according to its website. The association brings top name performers to Fairbanks and Interior Alaska from all over the world and seeks out the best and biggest in world entertainment. Visit the group’s website to see the slate of per-formers remaining for the sea-son.

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Dance to the music

No arts list can be complete with mentioning the large num-ber of dance troupes and live music venues in Fairbanks. The city is home to too many belly and tribal dancing troupes than we can name here, and along with that dancing, Fairbanks boasts a thriving live music scene — again, at venues to numerous to list in a confined space. To see what dance troupe is performing where or to know what band is performing where and on what night, check out the weekly entertainment guide, Latitude 65.

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protection, sanitation, electricity and steam heat.Today’s city of Fairbanks boasts a population

of about 32,000 people, and services have grown to include public safety, snow removal and street maintenance. The city also issues business licens-es and building permits.

The city budget is about $35 million. Most of the money comes via property taxes but the city also imposes a tax on motel rooms, tobacco and alcoholic beverages.

City of North PoleNorth Pole was a theme city from the start.

Founders in 1953 thought the name North Pole would attract a toy manufacturer bent on adver-tising his or her products as having been made in North Pole.

Toy manufacturing never materialized, but the Santa Claus House, where visitors can see real reindeer and meet Kris Kringle himself, draws

visitors from around the world.The city, located about 14 miles southeast of

Fairbanks on the Richardson Highway, embrac-es its theme, “where the spirit of Christmas lives year round,” with city streets named Saint Nicho-las Drive, Snowman Lane, Mistletoe and Holiday roads.

About 2,200 people live in North Pole, a home rule city with a charter. The city is led by a mayor and six council members. The mayor is a mem-ber of the council and votes on items before the panel.

Terms of office are for three years and officials are limited to two consecutive terms. Non-parti-san elections are held the first Tuesday in Octo-ber. Officials are elected at-large.

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North Pole’s operating budget is about $5 mil-lion, according to the city accountant. The city col-lects a 4 percent sales tax along with property taxes and taxes on motel rooms, alcohol and tobacco.Contact Amanda Bohman at [email protected].

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• Oct. 18 — Average date of establishment of winter snowpack (1 inch or more)

• Nov. 19 — Average date of first low temperature of 20 below or colder

• March 14 — Average date of last temperatue of 20 below or colder

• April 22 — Average date of last measurable snowfall and average date of loss of winter snowpack

• Average winter snowfall — 65.0 inches• Average number of days with

measurable snowfall — 57• Average number of days with a low

temperature of 40 below or colder — 11• Average number of days with a low

temperature of 20 below or colder — 47

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degrees• Average precipitation — 0.58 inches• Average snowfall — 10.3 inches• Record low temperature — 66 below on Jan. 14,

1934• Record high temperature — 52 on Jan. 16, 2009

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The university’s seven research insti-tutes spend more than $100 million per year on research, according to the UAF website. The money is divided between the Geophysical Institute, the Interna-tional Arctic Research Center and the institutes for Arctic Biology, Marine Sci-ence and Northern Engineering. The Arctic Region Supercomputing Center and the Agricultural and Forestry Sta-

tion also are part of UAF.Rockets are launched and drones are

flown in service of scholarly research at UAF, a land, sea and space grant institu-tion. The Poker Flat Research Range and the Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration, which explores ways drones can be used to advance science, operate as a function of UAF.

The University of Alaska Museum of the North, located on the West Ridge of the campus, has 1.4 million artifacts and spec-imens and serves as a leader in northern natural and cultural history research.

UAF students operate a newspaper, the Sun Star, and a radio station, KSUA-FM, and the university operates its own

publishing arm, the University of Alaska Press. A public radio station and televi-sion station call UAF home.

Some of the institution’s alumni have gone onto careers as titans in business, players in the National Hockey League, authors and politicians.

UAF has graduated several notable scholars, including Margaret Murie, a naturalist who helped create the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor. A biology building on the West Ridge carries her name.

The late Jay Hammond, who was gov-ernor of Alaska, is a UAF alumnus and

journalist George Polk, for whom the prestigious George Polk Award is named, attended UAF. Other alumni include Bob Bartlett, who served as the first U.S. Sen-ator from Alaska, Roger Markle, former president of Quaker State Motor Oil, and DeeDee Jonrowe, a three-time sec-ond-place finisher in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

In 2013, UAF graduated 1,288 students. The institution has open admissions.

For information on how to enroll for classes, contact the admissions office at 474-7500 or go to www.uaf.edu/admis-sions/apply.Contact freelance writer Amanda Bohman at [email protected].

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• Tanana Valley Railroad MuseumDaily hours: noon-8 p.m.Free admission; donations appreciated• Fountainhead Antique Auto Museum212 Wedgewood DriveFairbanks, AK 99701Phone: 907-450-2100Winter hours (start Sept. 15): noon- 6 p.m., Sundays onlySummer hours: Sun.-Thurs., 11 a.m.- 9 p.m.; Fri.-Sat., 11 a.m.-6 p.m.Admission: $10/general, $5/youth ages 6-12, free for ages 5 and younger. Hotel guests: $5Adult season pass: $40/personFamily season pass (Two adults and four children): $60Group and school guided tour (1 hour, 45 minutes; minimum 10 people): gen-eral group, $21/adult, $12/child; hotel guests, $16/adult, $10/child• Fairbanks Community/Dog Mushing Museum410 Cushman St., corner of Fifth Ave-nue, Fairbanks, AK 99701Phone: 907-457-3669email: infofairbankshistorymuseum.comWinter hours: 11 a.m.-3 p.m., and by appointment• Fairbanks Ice Museum,

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Bonspiel8-13 Arctic Man Ski and Sno-Go Classic12 Beat Beethoven 5K 25 Springfest, UAF.25 North Star Ballet’s Spring Gala “The Firebird” at 8 p.m., in Salisbury Theatre on UAF campus. Repeats at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., April 26, and 2 p.m. on April 27.MAYTBA Clean Up Day. (Exact date yet to be determined) 3 Chena River Run, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Fairbanks. www.fair-banksrotary.org3 Film Festival, UAF Film Club and UAF Dept. of Theatre and Film. www.uaf.edu/theatre 3 Spring Migration Celebration, Cream-er’s Field. www.creamersfield.org.6-9 Final Exams, UAF 9 Alaska Visitor Industry’s Walk for Charity. www.alaskacharitywalk.org.11 UAF Commencement12-23 Maymester, UAF19-21 FNSB School District K-12 Last three days of school; early dismissal21 FNSB School District K-12 Last Day of School for Students27 First day of classes for UAF summer eLearning and Distance Education27-31 North Star Creative Movement Dance Camp for ages 4-6; “Yeh-Shen, A

Cinderella Story from China.”29-Aug. 15 Summer Sessions, UAF.JUNE2 Weekly Fairbanks Downtown Market starts, through September2-6 North Star Creative Movement Dance Camp for ages 6-8; “Yeh-Shen, A Cinderella Story from China.”6-7 Relay for Life 8 Design Alaska Wild Arts Folk Fest, noon-5 p.m., Creamer’s Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge9-13 North Star Creative Movement Dance Camp for ages 9-12; “Yeh-Shen, A Cinderella Story from China.”14 Fairbanks Summer Folk Fest, Pioneer Park16-July 11 North Star Ballet Summer Dance Intensive for intermediate and advanced students ages 12-19.20-22 20th Annual Great Alaskan Foodstock, Fairbanks21 Midnight Sun Baseball Game21 Midnight Sun Run21-22 Yukon 800 Boat Race22 Midnight Sun FestivalJULY4 July Fourth Celebration at Pioneer Park4 North Pole Community Fourth of July Celebration12-14 Midnight Sun Intertribal Pow-

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For sports fans, Fairbanks offers many optionsBy Danny [email protected]

Fairbanks possesses an abun-dance of sports activities, wheth-er you’re a spectator, participant or both.

Two of the biggest spectator attractions in Interior Alaska involve hockey — the Alaska Nanooks of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and the Fair-banks Ice Dogs of the North American Hockey League.

The Nanooks are members of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, an NCAA Division I conference, and they play a 34-game regular-season sched-ule that starts in early October and runs through early March.

T h e i r h o m e g a m e s a r e played on the Olympic-size ice (200x100 feet) at the Carlson Center, which seats 4,545 for hockey.

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The regulation-size ice rink (200x85) of the Big Dipper Ice Arena is home to the Ice Dogs, a Tier II Junior A program.

The Ice Dogs compete in the Midwest Division of the 23-team NAHL, and they play a 60-game regular season from September through March.

The 2,200-seat Big Dipper is usually near capacity or full when the Ice Dogs are in town.

The Ice Dogs captured the NAHL’s Robertson Cup cham-pionship trophy in 2011 after finishing as runners-up in 2010. More information on the team is available at www.fairbanksice dogs.pointstreaksites.com or www.nahl.com.

The University of Alaska Fair-banks also is home to a rifle team that has garnered 10 NCAA team championships. The Nanooks

also possess Nordic skiing and women’s swimming pro-grams that have had individual NCAA champions and several All-Americans.

The Nanooks rifle team has its home matches in the E.F. Horton Range in the Patty Center, which also is home to the Nanooks’ NCAA Division II programs in swimming, volleyball and men’s and women’s basketball.

The Birch Hill Recreation Area can be a home to the Nanooks ski teams, and the

same location has hosted meets for the Nanooks cross country running teams.

More information on Nanooks athletics is available at www.alaskananooks.com.

The annual Midnight Sun Baseball Game, played every Summer Solstice, is one of the more popular events in the state, nation and the world that involves a home plate, an infield and an outfield. The Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., once listed it as a must-see event.

The game, which features the Alaska Goldpanners of Fair-banks of the Alaska Baseball League, starts at 10:30 p.m., every June 21 and is played entirely without artificial lights. Information on the game and ticket information is available at www.goldpanners.com.

The Goldpanners are among six teams in the ABL, a sum-mer league for college players. The ABL (www.alaskabaseball league.org) has helped produced Major League Baseball Hall of Fame players and current major leaguers.

Running Club North (www.runningclubnorth.org) hosts several events in the summer and fall for the fleet footed and those who like to move at easy, comfortable paces.

Among its more popular events are the Beat Beethoven 5K, which tends to kick off the Interior running season; the Midnight Sun Run 10K, which takes place on June 21 and goes from UAF to Pioneer Park; and the Equinox Marathon, conduct-ed annually in late September and considered one of the most challenging marathons in the nation.

The Nordic Ski Club of Fair-banks — www.nscfairbanks.org — host several races during the winter and offers ski lessons.

If you’re looking to participate in hockey, basketball, volleyball or soccer and other sports, the Fairbanks North Star Borough’s Parks and Recreation Depart-ment’s website offers a link to information about organizations in the area. The link is http://co.fairbanks.ak.us/parksandrecre ation/Forms/Sports/Handout.pdf.

The link includes information about dozens of organizations, such as the Alaska Dog Mushers Association, Alaska State Quar-ter Horse Association, the Fair-banks Amateur Hockey Associ-ation, the Fairbanks Disc Golf Association and the Fairbanks Pickleball Club.Contact sports editor Danny Martin at 459-7586 or follow him on Twitter:@newsminersports.

An Alaska Goldpanners baserunner slides into the tag by a Peninsula Oilers during a 2012 Alaska Baseball League game at Growden Memorial Park in Fairbanks. NEWS-MINER FILE

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North Pole Post Office325 Santa Claus LaneNorth Pole, AK 99705Phone: 907-488-1376 Hours of operation: 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Mon.-

Fri.; 10-2 p.m., Sat.; closed SundayLobby hours: 6:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m., daily

Salcha Post Office9162 Richardson Hwy.Salcha, AK 99714Phone: 907-488-2233 Hours of operation: noon-6 p.m., Mon.-Fri.; 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Sat.; closed Sun. Lobby hours: 12:01 a.m.-11:59 p.m., daily

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• Average snowfall — 8.1 inches• Record low temperature — 58 below on

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• Average high temperature — 25.4 degrees

• Average low temperature — minus 2.5 degrees

• Average mean temperature — 11.4 degrees

• Average precipitation — 0.25 inches• Average snowfall — 4.9 inches• Record low temperature — 49 below on

March 1, 1956• Record high temperature — 56 degrees

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• Average low temperature — 20.6 degrees



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May 9, 1964• Record high temperature — 90 degrees

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• Average precipitation — 1.37 inches• Average snowfall — 0 inches• Record low temperature — 29 degrees

on June 4, 2006• Record high temperature — 96 degrees

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on Aug. 30, 1947• Record high temperature — 93 degrees

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• Average precipitation — 1.10 inches• Average snowfall — 1.8 inches• Record low temperature — 3 degrees

on Aug. 30, 1992• Record high temperature — 84 degrees

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• Average precipitation — 0.83 inches• Average snowfall — 10.8 inches• Record low temperature — minus 28 on

Oct. 26, 1935• Record high temperature — 72 degrees

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• Average mean temperature — minus 4.1 degrees


Dec. 29, 1961• Record high temperature — 58 degrees

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500 Second Ave.Fairbanks, AK 99701Phone: 907-451-8222Hours: daily, 10 a.m.-9 p.m., May 1-Sept. 30Admission: $12/adults, $11/seniors and military, $6/children 6-12; free/ages 5 and younger• Aurora Ice Museum56.5 Mile Chena Hot Springs RoadP.O. Box 58740Fairbanks, AK 99711Phone: 907-451-8104Daily Tours (year-round): 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m., 5 p.m., 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. (9 p.m. tour offered seasonally)Admission: $15/adults (18 and up), $7.50/youth ages 6-17; free/chil-dren 5 and younger with adult• Morris Thompson Cultural and Visitors Center101 Dunkel St.Fairbanks, AK 99701

Phone: 907-456-5774email: [email protected] hours (daily):

8 a.m.-5 p.m.Summer hours (daily): 8 a.m.-9 p.m.No admission fee

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Schools of Fairbanks18 International Friendship Day31 Halloween at the Museum, UAF Museum of the NorthNOVEMBER4 General election30-Dec.1 Fairbanks Rookie Spiel28-29 FNSB School District Thanksgiving holidayDate TBA Miracle of Lights

DECEMBER 1 Fairbanks Rookie Spiel4 Christmas in Ice. North Pole6 Caroling and lighting at Creamer’s Field, Fairbanks6-7 North Pole Winter Festival19-20 Christmas Party for Children, Chatanika Lodge.13 Sing-It-Yourself-Messiah, Fairbanks (3 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church)21 Winter Solstice Celebration, Fairbanks23 FNSB School District winter break

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EVENTSContinued from 21

A rare 1921 Heine-Velox V-12 Sporting Victoria, foreground, is on display at the Fountainhead Antique Auto Museum. news-miner file photo


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