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The weather.Today will be clear and sunny.

High today ..............20Low tonight ...........-10

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HITTING THE TRAILFriends take snow-machine ride from Fairbanks to Nome.

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Aurora forecast.Auroral activity will be low. Weather permit-ting, low displays will be visible overhead from Barrow to Fairbanks.

This information is provid-ed by aurora forecasters at the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. For more infor-mation about the aurora, visit http://www.gi.alaska.edu/AuroraForecast

AMERICAN CLASSICFDA’s “One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest” opens today.

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Senate committee proposes $9.1 billion budget

JUNEAU — The Senate Finance Com-mittee has proposed a $9.1 billion state operating budget, comparable in size to the package recently passed by the Alas-ka House.

The version of the bill, unveiled Wednesday evening, was about $190,000 smaller than the House ver-sion and $1.3 billion smaller than the authorized level of spending at the start of the current fiscal year, according to a Legislative Finance Division summary.

The committee heard public com-ment Thursday, and the schedule called for additional public comment today. The bill still could be amended before heading to the floor.

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Team Alaska’s Zoey Ferguson, of Anchorage, competes in the junior female figure skating team event Thursday at the Carlson Center. Alaska won the silver ulu in the team event. For more on the figure skating from the Arctic Winter Games, see Sports, Page D1. SAM HARREL/NEWS-MINER

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Arctic Winter Games athletes serve themselves at the lunch buffet line Thursday at Lathrop High School while volunteer Jacqueline Smith, right, looks on. JULIE

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Feeding athletes is a team effortBy Julie HerrmannFOR THE NEWS-MINER

Feeding 2,000 athletes during the Arctic Winter Games is no small chal-lenge. It requires 59 people operating four shifts to pro-vide 6,000 meals every day, according to Catering Chair Amy Rouse.

“It’s truly a huge, balanc-ing guessing game,” she said.

The kitchen operates 24 hours per day, using the

school district’s food supply resources. The staff has to make sure there’s enough food available to serve a rush but not too much so food doesn’t go to waste. They also have to accom-modate various dietary needs such as vegetarian and nut, egg and gluten allergies.

The main cafeteria is at Lathrop High School, where the athletes are staying.

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Mayor asks for power to prohibit fireworksBy Amanda BohmanFOR THE NEWSMINER

The borough mayor wants the pow-er to ban fireworks during extreme fire danger.

The assembly votes Thursday wheth-er he should have it.

“This is basically to make the process a little better so we can act on behalf of the safety of the borough,” Fairbanks

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