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1980 North Pole Nicks
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Video:
100th
Anniversary Midnight Sun Game
June 21, 2006
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."
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Ken Rankin:
"Heavy Hitters" - Aug. 8, 1990 "We've gotten a little better with each game and that's what you want to see"
My name is Dean Clukey and I was the winning pitcher in the 1956 Midnight Sun Game. I played for the Eielson Outlaws. We beat the Civilian All Stars that year and it was quite an experience. At that time it was known as the Midnight Sun League and was affiliated with the National Baseball Congress. In 1956 I was one of 16 players selected for the all star team. What was then Seattle AAA professional team came up and played the all stars that year and beat us 15 -14( I believe that was the score) a real pitchers duel.
The Eielson Outlaws had a succesful season that year, won the Alaskan championship, and went on to the Air Force World Series at Scott AFB Illinois. We were the last overseas team to be eliminated. Yes, we were an overseas team because Alaska was not a state at that time as you know.
Prior to entering the military I had signed a contract with Baltimore in 1954 but later got released. We had the draft at that time and the military was mandatory for most of us and I ended up in Alaska for two years
After the military I returned to Maine, played a little semi-pro ball and served in the Maine State Police for 24 years and am currently a Maine State Senator. I got a kick out of reading your Web Page and thought you might be interested in some history. Dean Clukey
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The boys of summer solstice
- David Hoeckstra, Chicago Sun Times
"The Goldpanners beat Omaha 3-1 in the 100th Anniversary game. Fairbanks native Sean Timmons was the winning pitcher. He is now the winningest pitcher (3-0) in the history of the Midnight Sun game. Immediately after the game, his No. 33 jersey was shipped to the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, N.Y. "
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100 Years of Baseball Fun in Fairbanks - "You can almost feel this day approaching,"
Basch said. "These people wait the whole winter for the solstice and this game."
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Reprinted in New York Times
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Thousands Attend Midnight Sun Game - Newsday
Historic Chena River Flows Through Heart-Shaped Downtown
 
Official Giants Uniform!
Fairbanks Pictures
 
Before Construction, After Construction
  
- 10/25/4:
Circle Hot Springs (Adding Community Profile)
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- 10/9/4:
Arizona's Alaska League connection makes impact in first two games
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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."
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9/29/4:
Alaska:
100 Years of Baseball in Ketchikan
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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."
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9/27/4:
North Pole,
Nicks:
Pictures Page
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9/23/4:
2004 Yukon Quest Page
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9/22/4:
STUDENT RESOURCES
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9/21/4:
Alaskan Community Profiles
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9/21/4:
Profile:
North Pole, Alaska
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9/20/4:
Nicks:
Alumni Page
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9/19/4:
Profile:
Fairbanks, Alaska
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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)
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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."
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