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• To Untamed Alaska - "We actually scheduled our trip around the Midnight Sun Baseball Game, an annual tradition that is going on its 102d year. The Alaska Goldpanners play a night game without lights - this year's game is scheduled for June 21; www.goldpanners.com."

• North Pole Nicks: An Alaskan pipeline to the big leagues
• Natural Resources: Oil: Interior Department to Open Alaska Wetlands to Oil Drilling The Interior Department is set to open a vast area of environmentally sensitive wetlands in Alaska to new oil drilling, even as opponents point to corroding pipelines to the east at Prudhoe Bay as a reason to keep the area off-limits.
• Wildlife: Alaskan Bears: To Be Seen, Or Shot? "The battleground is the renowned McNeil River State Game Sanctuary, site of the world's largest concentration of brown bears. Hunting was banned at the sanctuary a half-century ago to allow the animals to get their annual fill of salmon in safety.
  
  Visitors are limited by lottery, and the place remains a safe haven. But life for the bears is changing on the sanctuary's edges, as buffer zones just a few miles away are set to be opened to trophy hunters. "

Alaska Baseball League Blog

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100th Anniversary Midnight Sun Game
June 21, 2006

1949 Midnight Sun Game

• AIA-AK: Added http://www.aiabaseball.org/alaska/
• ABL: 2000-2005 All-ABL Teams
• Alaskan Webcams: Arctic Cam Fairbanks
• ABL: Anchorage Bucs Home
• ABL: ABL Blog
• 2006 Alaska Baseball League Home
• Mushing: Storm traps Yukon Quest mushers
• Geophysical Science: Alaska Volcano Observatory | Aurora Forecast
• Dog Mushing: 2006 Iditarod Mushers
• Alaskan Webcams: Watch Augustine Volcano Eruptions
• Geophysical Science: Augustine Erupts, Life Goes On
• Sports | Baseball | Midnight Sun Game: They Remember -- Do We? - "On the longest day of the year, we’d hear, ‘It’s time for the midnight baseball game!’ It was a Ft. Greeley tradition,” he laughed. Recalling the saying was nearly as fun for Curnan as watching the White Sox win their recent Pennant."
• Gold: Exploration for Gold and Molybdenum Planned for Gold Hill, Alaska | Alaska Mines worth 1.6B
• Sports: Kyle Bailey selected in Basketball draft
• Photography: Aurora from Space "Northern Lights"
• Military Community: Remembering Veterans - "Paul Burchett wrote about serving as a civilian with the Cold Weather Test Detachment, a secret operation in Alaska established after the Japanese occupied southern Alaska in World War II. The group was stationed in Fairbanks, Alaska, and tested the cold-weather abilities of 34 new military aircraft, including B-17s, A-20s and fighters such as P-38s. "
• Photography: Earthslot.org - Take a Virtual Flyover
• Military: Alaska-based soldier killed in Iraq
• Alaskan Photography: Capturing the Splendor and Beauty of Alaska - "Greg Syverson has dedicated much of his life to capturing the beauty and splendor of Alaska and, he says, Alaska has also captured him. "To me, the land is alive and I really feel I have control of my life here."

Ken Rankin of Fairbanks

• Local baseball coaching great honored with "Rankin Field" - "The Rankin family has a long tradition with youth baseball and the Alaska Goldpanners. General Manager Don Dennis said that Ken was his "unofficial adviser" and a reliable sounding board for many of the things Dennis did with the team, helping out on such decisions as  the design of the uniforms.   "I think it's hugely appropriate that he gets a field named after him," said Dennis. "His interest went far beyond the baseball part into a very personal interest in each kid."
• Ken Rankin: "Heavy Hitters" - Aug. 8, 1990 "We've gotten a little better with each game and that's what you want to see"

• Chicago Tribune's "Big events for June" Midnight Sun Baseball Classic, June 21; Fairbanks, Alaska—Centennial matchup goes the extra inning. (907-451-0095; www.goldpanners.com)
• Anchorage: ADN: Photo Gallery of Aurora Display on Monday, January 17, 2005
• Alaska: Tundra Comics
• Tsunami warning system won't stop threat to Alaska
• Fairbanks: View Animals at FNSB Animal Control
• Alaska: Photobucket Alaska Pictures | Apply for a Permanent Fund Dividend online
• Fairbanks: ESPN: Bogus bear tracks found on Alaska trails
• Community Profile: Anchorage, Alaska - Archive of pictures and information.  Legacies coming!
• Anchorage: Tsunami experience prepares Alaskan town for new one "The town, a popular destination for summer visitors, is wedged in a narrow strip between the Gulf of Alaska and towering glacier-capped mountains. The proximity of water and steep peaks brings a special set of challenges for emergency planners and a public readiness to flee immediately to higher ground when necessary, Squires said."
• Fairbanks: Fairbanksans recount stories from scene of disaster - Dale Yoder

2004 ADDITIONS

• 12/25/4: Fairbanks: Picture Page Main: Added Many Pictures

Historic Chena River Flows Through Heart-Shaped Downtown

• 12/24/4: Picture Page Main: Fairbanks Images
• 12/12/4: Midnight Sun Game All-Time Results - Updated and Reformatted
• 12/3/4: Fairbanks: MIDNIGHT SUN BASEBALL CLASSIC - 100-Year Checklist (Part of "Alaskan-Legacies.com Printing & Publishing")

• 11/22/4: Valley Green Giants: Added Pictures

Official Giants Uniform!

• 11/16/4: Fairbanks: Added Pictures

• 11/15/4: Interior department approves drilling - The Interior Department has approved ConocoPhillips' plan to build two oil production pads in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, but the company has not yet decided to go forward with the drilling.
• 11/6/4: Alaskan Native Heritage Month - "Therefore it is that our fathers have inherited from their fathers all the old rules of life ... we do not know how, we cannot say why, but we keep those rules in order that we may live untroubled." -- Aua, An Iglulingmiut Shaman, Lyon Inlet (1922)
• 11/2/4: Valley Green Giants, North Pole Nicks, Fairbanks Pictures:

Valley Green Giants - 1976 Original Team

North Pole Nicks NBC Story 8/15/85>

Fairbanks Pictures

• 10/30/4: Bad news (and good) on Arctic warming - "The first thorough assessment of a decades-long Arctic warming trend shows the region is undergoing profound changes, including sharp retreats of glaciers and sea ice, thawing of permafrost, and shifts in ocean and atmospheric conditions that are likely to harm native communities, wildlife and economic activities, while offering some benefits."
• 10/28/4: Valley Green Giants: 1976, 77 Yearbook Covers

Before Construction, After Construction

• 10/26/4: Circle Hot Springs - Community Profile

• 10/25/4: Circle Hot Springs (Adding Community Profile)

Swede Stenberg		Dermot Cole

• 10/23/4: North Pole, Alaska - Newest Pics

• 10/20/4: Fairbanks: Bizarre accident "hangs" moose
• 10/13/4: Home of the Alaskan Webcam - AND MOUNT ST. HELENS, TOO!
• 10/11/4: Home of the Valley Green Giants - Newest Alaskan-Legacies Exhibit!
• 10/10/4: North Pole Nicks: New Pictures

• 10/9/4: Arizona's Alaska League connection makes impact in first two games
• 10/4/4: Alaska: Digital Archive | AK in 1880s | Earthquake | Steamships in Trouble | Jeff Schultz | Alaska Purchase | Gold Rush
• 10/3/4: Nicks: Dodgers capture NL West - St. Petersburg Times "Steve Finley's grand slam capped a seven-run rally in the bottom of the ninth inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers won the NL West, beating the San Francisco Giants 7-3 Saturday."
• 9/29/4: Alaska Airlines delays flights due to Mt. St. Helens eruption
• 9/29/4: Alaska: 100 Years of Baseball in Ketchikan
• 9/28/4: Fairbanks: Meltdown - Mark Lynas, The Guardian  "In the early summer of 1901, the steamship Lavelle Young - having travelled 1,500km up the Yukon and Tanana rivers into the wild interior of Alaska - hit shallow water and began to scrape the riverbed."
• 9/27/4: North Pole, Nicks: Pictures Page
• 9/27/4: "Fearless Men and Fabulous Women" - New Book "Alaskans are a breed apart and proud of it. Individuals can, and do, still make a big difference here."
• 9/23/4: 2004 Yukon Quest Page
• 9/22/4: STUDENT RESOURCES
• 9/22/4: Fairbanks: Frontier Alaska Trip
• 9/21/4: Alaskan Community Profiles
• 9/21/4: Profile: North Pole, Alaska
• 9/21/4: Fairbanks: 2004 Fires Map
• 9/20/4: Nicks: Alumni Page
• 9/19/4: Profile: Fairbanks, Alaska
• 9/16/4: Native Organizations mobilize voting effort "A national initiative known as Native Vote 2004 is active this year in Alaska and several other states. The program is sponsored by the National Congress of American Indians, the oldest and largest tribal government organization in the United States."
• 9/15/4: Nicks: 'Nine Innings' a poignant film -  "As the teams are announced in Bank One Ballpark prior to the World Series opener, Arizona first baseman Mark Grace (1985 Nicks) eyes the Yankees "trying to find a reason to hate them. But I can't." Beyond the solidarity and the sentiments, as then-Diamondbacks manager Bob Brenly says, "Our job is to beat you."  And so the D-Backs do, on that Luis Gonzalez (1986-87 Nicks) single off Mariano Rivera that ends the Yankees' quest, but not their bond with the people who for weeks had clung to them." (MLB.com)
• 9/14/4: Nicks: Links: Mark Grace/pics/news | Luis Gonzales/pics/news | Steve Finley/pics/news
• 9/13/4: Steve Finley of the Dodgers named National League Player of the Week
• 9/8/4: Fairbanks: Dedicates memorial to fallen officer
• 8/24/4: Fairbanks: Silverado Gold Mine auctioning 8.5 troy oz. gold nuggest - "north of Fairbanks, Alaska. The first prospectors found gold in the region in 1899. Mining began at Nolan in 1905. In its early years, miners recovered approximately 130,000 ounces of gold from this part of the Silverado property. Their gold was all mined by hand-steel and steam to extract gold from the permanently frozen gravels."
• 7/13/4: Fairbanks: Golden Heart City
• 7/1/4: Fairbanks: Smoky air blows into Fairbanks - USA Today "A change of wind direction blew smoke from the 55,000-acre Boundary fire 50 miles north of Fairbanks and other blazes into the Fairbanks North Star Borough, creating hazardous air conditions for the 82,000 residents."
• 6/2/4: Fairbanks: Fairbanks is listed as Alaska's third largest city - "In 2000, the Census recorded Juneau's population as 30,711. The Golden Heart City's 2000 population: 30,224."
• 5/15/4: Fairbanks: A Fairbanks woman with a heart of gold - Seattle Times "Come in, Dearie! Come in!"   It was wartime in Alaska. Eva McGown was on duty. Often the visitors were military wives, newly arrived in Fairbanks, with babies in arms and other tykes tugging at their skirts. They were tired and discouraged. They had no place to stay. Somewhere along their disheartening searches for lodging, sympathetic Fairbanksans had suggested that the women "go see Eva McGown at the Nordale."
• 5/10/4: Alaska: Barrow begins 12 weeks of midnight sun - "Monday's sunrise was the last for Barrow residents for the next 84 days, as the summer of continuous daylight begins for the USA's northernmost point."
• 3/17/4: Alaskan Mitch Seavey Wins Iditarod "I'm sort of in disbelief," Seavey said. "I think everybody's happy to have an Alaskan boy win the Iditarod." Hundreds of people, clapping and cheering, were gathered on Front Street in Nome to welcome Seavey into the winner's chute."
• 3/17/4: Boyhood dream comes true
• 3/17/4: Iditarod Mushers
• 3/16/4: American Mitch Seavey takes Iditarod lead early Monday - "I'm just so impressed with my dog team," Seavey told KNOM radio Sunday in Unalakleet. "I can hardly believe it."
• 3/16/4: Iditarod National Historic Trail
• 3/11/4: Fatigue often fogs a musher's faculties "Standing there, wondering if you are making a key decision as you're being pelted with wet snow after three days with nothing but catnaps, it is hard to keep your spirits up."
• 3/10/4: Randy Chapel, Iditarod Musher "What do you think about during the race? There's definitely plenty of time to think. You think about everything: A baseball game you saw three years ago, who's ahead of you, who's behind, what you have to do at the next checkpoint, what movie you want to see when you get to the end of the race"
• 3/9/4: Norwegian Kjetil Backen leads Iditarod
• 3/9/4: Chasing the Iditarod: A Glimpse from the Sidelines - "Being so close makes a lasting impression. "The spirit of the race is something I didn't know, and unless you're close to the people, and you read about the ones who participate, you really can't fully appreciate that"
• 3/9/4: Military taking more prominent role in domestic operations
• 3/8/4: A Day of fun on the Iditarod - DN-M Bill Cotter: "They went and moved the race to Fairbanks," Cotter said. "They ran right by my hometown. It was like water torture. I decided I better get back in one last time. I've done it 17 times; it gets in your blood."
• 3/8/4: Added CoolDreams.net
• 3/7/4: Alaska's Iditarod Sled Dog Race Starts in Anchorage - VOA
• 3/7/4: Fox musher aims for Iditarod win - DN-M
• 3/6/4: Iditarod starts out strong - KTVA
• 3/6/4: Rivals keep in neighborly - DN-M
• 3/6/4: Halter ears lead spot - DN-M
• 3/5/4: Alaska's Iditarod draws record field - CNN
• 3/4/4: ADN's Tails from the Trail
• 3/4/4: Restart moved to Willow
• 3/2/4: Montana's Swingley favored in Iditarod "The older you are," he said, "the more difficult it is to hang onto these young maniacs."
• 3/2/4: MSN Breaking Sports Video | Dogsled Multimedia Archives
• 2/27/4: Nine more mushers finish Yukon Quest
• 2/26/4: Iditarod Monday: 2003 Fairbanks to Nome
• 2/25/4: Gatt wins YQ for third time, but probably won't be back
• 2/24/4: Colorado's Pinkham getting ready for Iditarod
• 2/24/4: Iditarod dogs getting another kind of workout
• 2/23/4: Kleedehn finishes race in hospital
• 2/23/4: Swingley's back
• 2/23/4: 2004 ADMA Results
• 2/22/4: Gatt holds lead in Quest
• 2/19/4: Life along the Iditarod Trail
• 2/17/4: Korta snags YQ 250 Title - "Jon Korta was smiling Monday morning after crossing the finish line and cracking jokes about how he was going to pick up the prizes for the first- and last-place finish, not to mention the sportsman and humanitarian awards."
• 2/16/4: Streer leads Quest; Kleedhen scratches after breaking leg
• 2/16/4: Grand Haven, Holland man to compete in Iditarod
• 2/15/4: Mild weather marks start of Yukon Quest
• 2/12/4: Spring sports season heats up
• 2/11/4: King keeps family name strong - DNM
• 2/12/4: Alaska Hourly Weather Description | AAWU Updated Graphical Forecasts | Current Surface Map | Iditarod Air Force | Heritage Museum in Anchorage | Alaska Aviation Heritage Pictures
• 2/11/4: Alaskan Native Tribes of Alaska & Along the Iditarod Trail
• 2/9/4: Tessa King wins Junior Yukon Quest | Dogs checked before the trail - DNM
• 2/8/4: Tessa King ruling half-way point of Junior YQ - "King, whose father, Jeff, is a three-time Iditarod champion, guided her 10-dog team into the Twin Bears Campground on Chena Hot Springs Road at 3:22 p.m., compiling a total time of 5 hours, 16 minutes."
• 2/8/4: DEUTSCHE YUKON QUEST SITE TRANSLATED
• 2/6/4: Blevins, 13 teens set to kick off Junior Yukon Quest - "A record field of 14 mushers are scheduled to leave the starting line on Saturday for the fifth annual running of the Junior Yukon Quest Sled Dog Race. Defending champion Kathleen Blevins of Fairbanks heads up the field of 14 mushers age 14-17 who will race from downtown Fairbanks to Twin Bears Campground and back, a distance of about 120 miles."
• 2/6/4: Chugiak's Miles sets sights on first Iditarod - AKS "Downhill skiing was too expensive, so I thought skijoring would be much cheaper because I already had one dog," Miles said with a laugh. "It was a very slippery slope from then on. Skiing would have been much cheaper."
• 2/5/4: Bush budget calls for drilling in ANWR | Gas Line Causing Buzz
• 2/4/4: Satellite broadband seen as key to opportunity for rural areas "there has never been anything close to the potential of the Internet combined with 2-way satellite broadband to impact how business is done in agriculture and to open new opportunities for rural America overall."
• 2/4/4: Musher to continue Quest despite fire - DNM "Eric Butcher has decided to press on with his first attempt at the 1,000-mile Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race despite losing his house in a fire last month."
• 2/3/4: Natural gas pipeline plans not the same
• 2/2/4: U.S. Missile Defense Calls for Early Summer Deployment "Adopting a phased approach to establishing this expansive network, Bush in late 2002 ordered the deployment of the first 10 long-range interceptors by the end of 2004 -- six at Fort Greeley in Alaska and four at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Internally, Pentagon officials set Sept. 30 this year as the deadline for opening the Fort Greeley facility."
• 2/1/4: Warren Buffett talks up Alaskan gas line - DN-M "MidAmerican Energy Holdings, 80 percent owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Holdings, last week proposed the construction of a gas pipeline that would unlock the massive 35 trillion cubic feet of natural gas--and perhaps 100 trillion more that's unproven--located on Alaska's North Slope. Many believe that gas is critical to plugging a growing U.S. supply gap."
• 1/31/4: BC sprint racer wins Teton sled dog race
• 1/30/4: Army activates space defense battalion at Greeley - ARMY Release "The battalion will provide operational control and security over ground-based interceptors located in Alaska to protect the nation from limited ballistic missile attacks. Alaska National Guard Soldiers will man the battalion as part of their homeland defense mission."
• 1/26/4: Tom Benson: Prepping for the Quest - DN-M "Last week, the Quest was granted a permit that would allow beef to cross the border in the drop bags only, meaning mushers couldn't drive it over the border themselves."
• 1/26/4: Slater strikes gold in Alaska - GUK "The company at the centre of the gold rush is Northern Dynasty Minerals, in which Galahad has a 21.9% holding. Northern Dynasty has just announced that additional drilling has allowed it to upgrade the potential for daily output at its Pebble deposit in southern Alaska from 90,000 to 200,000 tonnes of ore per day."
• 1/22/4: Musher Iten wins first major race "Iten, who has been racing for many years and has finished as high as second place in the 1993 Kusko 300, posted his first major victory when he reached the finish line at 12:07 p.m. Sunday, more than two hours ahead of runner-up and four-time Iditarod champion Martin Buser of Big Lake."
• 1/17/4: Kuskokwim 300 gets under way - "DeeDee Jonrowe of Willow and Ken Anderson of Fox led the field of 27 sled dog teams out of the starting chute at 8 p.m. Friday to start Alaska's premier mid-distance race that goes to Aniak and back."
• 1/13/4: Copper Basin record broken - DNM "Kleedehn, a Yukon Quest veteran from Carcross, Yukon, completed the 300-mile race at 10:22 a.m. Monday, posting a time of 47 hours, 44 minutes to break the course record by more than an hour."
• 1/13/4: Mad cow scare impacts Yukon Quest mushers - JUN "As it stands now, mushers will be allowed to use dry dog food that contains no beef products, as well as other nonbeef foods such as chicken and turkey. Nervous mushers are keeping their fingers crossed that they will be able to use beef during the race. "I have to run it with beef," Two Rivers musher Abbie West said.
• 1/12/4: William Kleedehn wins Copper Basin 300 - "Kleedehn finished the 300-mile race in Glennallen at 10:22 a.m. He was about an hour ahead of four-time Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race winner Martin Buser of Big Lake. Kleedehn, who lives in Carcross, Yukon Territory, finished third in last year's Copper Basin 300 and was second in 2002. He was runner-up in last year's 1,000-mile Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race."
• 1/11/4: Beck wins Atta Boy's sixth stage
• 1/9/4: Quest lobbies for pet food exemption
• 1/9/4: Streeper extends Atta Boy lead
• 1/8/4: Swingley gains ground in race "Today was a really tough run with the new snow and hilly terrain," said the 21-year-old musher from Fort Nelson, British Columbia."
• 1/5/4: Reddington wins race named for his grandfather - Ryan Redington of Knik on Sunday won a tightly contested Knik 200-Joe Redington Sr. Memorial Sled Dog Race that saw him top 2000 Yukon Quest champion Aliy Zirkle of Two Rivers by three minutes. "I wanted to do good for my grandpa"
• 1/5/4: Sled Dog racers face a tough test - Atta Boy "Some of the most highly-trained and competitive world-class athletes to ever set foot in Central Oregon start racing today in a week-long, 300-mile odyssey through the mountains of Central Oregon."
• 1/3/4: US Meat Banned From Yukon Quest | Wired - "Organizers of the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race this week notified mushers that Canada will not allow dog food containing the meat products to cross the border because of health concerns."
• 1/3/4: Terror Alert Closed Valdez - BBC "Valdez is the loading point for oil from the trans-Alaska pipeline, which carries about 17% of America's domestic supply from the Prudhoe Bay oilfields."
• 1/3/4: Swingley joins Atta Boy - "I just took a few years off," Swingley said. "I'm kind of excited to go back to it now. Plus, I need a new pickup. I've never had to buy a truck for 15 years. I'm driving a 2002 now and I need a new one."
• 12/26/3: Senatorial sled dogs get education - DNM "Politicians have long lamented the droves of Alaskan youngsters sent south for an education. Sen. Ted Stevens, though, has reversed the flow with the youngest members of his family."
• 12/24/3: Annamaet Petfoods Challenge Series Race #2
• 12/23/3: The Races Are On - Frontiersman "Snowmachiners aren't the only winter recreationalists rejoicing about having a winter this year. Dog mushers are also excited about the possibility of having a real season."
• 12/22/3: Solstice field includes three Quest champs - "The 100-mile race, hosted by the Two Rivers Dog Mushers Association, starts and finishes at Valley Center on Chena Hot Springs Road and features a four-hour layover at Angel Creek Lodge. A mushers' meeting is set for 9 a.m. and the race is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m."
• 12/16/3: Dog sled adventures growing in popularity - DN-M "It's exciting. It's an adrenaline rush, for sure," said Kim, 23, who's been dog sledding with her sister since they were 14. "A lot of young people are getting into it; there are a ton of us out there."

2003 ADDITIONS

• 11/26/3: KoreaTimes: 'Missile warhead found in Alaska' - "According to a U.S. document, the last piece of a missile warhead fired by North Korea was found in Alaska, former Japanese foreign minister Taro Nakayama was quoted as saying in the report. ``Washington, as well as Tokyo, has so far underrated Pyongyang¡'s missile capabilities."
• 11/25/3: Happy Trails Ahead: Mother Nature gives mushers something to work with - PEN "It's bitchin'," said Bagle in regard to the trail conditions in the high country over the weekend. "It's the real deal up here."
• 11/19/3: Atta Boy 300 set for "showdown on the snow" - "The showdown that everyone associated with sled dog racing has been waiting for since Frank Teasley of Jackson, Wyo. redefined modern day stage racing in 1995 is finally happening. "
• 11/10/3: Fund-raiser garners support for mushers - PEN "Lance Mackey, Jeff, Jason Mackey and his son, Jason Jr., congratulate Ray Stelljes, the outcry auction's winning bidder for the vasectomy package"
• 11/1/3: Website Opening!

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