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Anchorage and Alaska are home by personal choice, no matter where anyone is from. Those born and raised here sometimes don’t need twodollar titles”for them to be experts in, say, arctic technology, the oil and gas industry, public education, union/non-union employ ment, the legal field, aviation, real estate, etc. There are those born and raised here whose forefathers worked on the North Slope developing “PET IV, cat skinning on the DEW line,” people who know that one of our former mayor s has a middle school named for his dad, or that the Hootch family are Yup‘ik , with Molly being the person that resulted in rural Alaska having high schools. Those born and raised here know sometimes a courthouse is also the last name of someone practicing law. A pediatrician’s family member may be in law enforcement. In Anchorage there was a George Boniface and now there’s the transportation route of Boniface named for George Boniface and there was an AJ Dimond. Also Anchorage people moved here because it provides, in some instances, the only hope for economic opportunity and prosperity. When Alaska/ Anchorage are the only hope for opportunity and prosperity those persons have left behind “burne d bridges.” Among the “bridge burners” are public figures by virtue of employment. One is the writer/commentator Paul Jenkins. He arr ived in Alaska in the 80s after one too many bridges were destroyed in the state of Florida. That person was povert y/low income and qualified to receive State of Alaska/private enterprise partnership low income housing. Now that person by virtue of knowing what keys to hit on a keyboard is a self appointed expert in the oil/gas industry, government financing, employ ment, human resources and anything else. He even knows more than someo ne born and raised in Alaska. It would be remiss to forget this person came here then syphoned off Alaska just to survive. Back in the day he couldn’t afford to pay rent working for the Anchorage Times so he syphoned off the State of Alaska to make rent. Today he’s a “guru of knowledge” having more knowledge than a person who never in a day of his life syphoned off someone or the State of Alaska dime. How on earth can Paul Jenkins honest ly be thinking, telling Bill Walker that the governor of Alaska can’t have anything to do with a gas line, health care, public education? To be an Alaska n it is offensive that someone of Paul Jenkin s’ menia l place in society has given himself the right to do what he does which includes not being honest about his own povert y/low incom e state and not being honest in writing about Alaska ns serving their state for the betterment of all Alaska ns. In closing, truth be told he is a terribl e, terrible writer. Thank you for giving me this space to ensure the public’ s right to know is not being compromised.

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is reminding us how wonderful it is for I read in the news that Mayor Sullivan all of these millions of dollars to the oil Alaska and Anchorage that the state gave Inlet. However, what he did not remind companies in tax credits to drill in Cook in Cook Inlet using the Norwegian oil d us of was that the state could have drille the Norwegians and Norwegian oil field field model, which is very successful for company that the state could have develmanagement, to run the Alaskan oil field ts made from the oil and gas that the profi oped for us. The state could have used the state budget. State would have developed to pay for the be taking these profits and distributing will anies comp field As it is now, the oil r 48 who own these oil field companies. them to the rich and powerful in the Lowe of time until the state will be taking away As a result of this failure, it is only a matter e taxes, sale taxes and will continue the dividend check, will be imposing incom budget. He did not remind us that the deep cutbacks to pay for the state’s operating e helicopters from service because rescu pers’ state is removing one of the State Troo its operations in rescuing people. We all the state no longer has the funds to support to cut back funds for fire, police, roads, know that next year the state will continue those things if it would have made the schools and so on. The state could have kept instead Mayor Sullivan was in favor of choice to develop its own oil and gas. But take all of the profits, leaving the state bringing in private oil field companies to budget. W hich one would you rather with rising taxes and deep cuts in the state one of the two? have? Is Mayor Sullivan’s choice the best

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OPINION BY BRIG. GENERAL LAURIE HUMMEL

N MONDAY OF LAST WEEK, the Department of Law released retired Superior Court Judge Patricia Collins’ independent investigation of the Alaska National Guard to the public. Like many Alaskans, I greet its release with a sense of anger and frustration that over several years some members of the Guard mistreated people and misused public funds. Also like many Alaskans, I am relieved the report contains no new examples of improper behavior. As the Adjutant General of the Alaska National Guard, it’s up to me, my leadership team and all the members of the Alaska Army and Air National Guard to ensure this doesn’t happen again. Moving forward, we will be the force Alaskans want us to be, executing critical federal missions, ready to deploy abroad to defend our nation and well-trained to respond to emergencies here at home. Through this past legislative session we made important progress toward updating an Alaska Code of Military Justice that gives commanders the tools to maintain a disciplined military force. We owe thanks to Representatives Gabrielle LeDoux and Chris Tuck in particular for their help so far, and look forward to passage of legislation next year that will enable the regulations and processes to keep our house in order. We also have installed the first Provost Marshal of the Alaska National Guard, Major Brian Fuchs, who is on military leave from the Anchorage Police Department. His job is not to investigate crime but to ensure criminal activity within the Guard isn’t hidden behind the cloth of uniform or the armory door. Instead, it will be handled by the appropriate Alaska law enforcement agency. On Monday Governor Bill Walker personally gave Major Fuchs his special commission from the state to further this seamless communication.

These are important practical steps, but the real transformation will happen operationally. I commit to you that we will rely on a few basic principals in everything we do. Using the core values of professionalism, commitment and teamwork, we will: Adhere to doctrine. Every action we take will be grounded in law, regulation and policy. If it’s not, we won’t do it. Employ sound and transparent processes for everything we do. Guardsmen and women will know why they are doing something and can expect the outcome to be consistent and appropriate. Focus on our customers, the people of Alaska. Alaskans will know our actions are moral, legal, and ethical. My first few months on the job have confirmed my faith in the character of the men and women of the Alaska National Guard. When they see leadership live these values and commit to these principles for doing business, they will respond. While it only takes a few bad actors to tarnish the reputation of a large agency, making the Alaska National Guard whole again will be the work of many, not just a few. Real transformation is possible even in large organizations such as the Alaska National Guard, but it takes commitment and effort. We can do it; I have seen firsthand the early results of the reforms put in place last fall, and additional positive changes have been made since then. With the findings from Judge Collins’ report in hand, Governor Walker’s unqualified and continuing support, and the

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leadership team in place today, we will move beyond these serious problems. While Judge Collins’ report covers a period of time prior to my appointment, Alaskans deserve an apology for what was allowed to happen. On behalf of the Guard, let me apologize to a number of individuals, and Alaskans more broadly, for this organization’s mishandling of complaints about serious offenses and for betraying the confidence of people who sought help and justice. While going forward the Guard will care for those individuals, we must continue to take serious and broad sweeping steps to be a better force for Alaska. We were wrong, we can do better, and we’re on the path to making things right. The history of the Alaska National Guard is not that long, but it is unique and noteworthy. With its roots in the men of the Alaska Territorial Guard who provided practical, Alaskan “know how” to defend our nation’s coastline in World War II, the Alaska National Guard has a host of skills and talents to offer our nation and state. As we prepare ourselves to face the challenges ahead, we will build on our history and engagement with all Alaska communities, increase our emergency management capacity, and prepare for a changing Arctic. I commit to you that the Alaska National Guard will once again be a source of pride for Alaskans. Brigadier General (AK) Laurie Hummel is the Adjutant General of the Alaska National Guard and the Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs. A third generation soldier and 30 year veteran of the U.S. Army, she was formerly a military intelligence officer.

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F YOU WANDERED through Downtown Anchorage the Saturday night before summer solstice, you may have caught the reggae music drifting up off F Streetâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;local bands RnR and H3 performing for a tight crowd at Humpyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Midnight Sun Splash. The music has a catchy, island feel, and the performers themselves have Pacific Island roots. Leave Downtown and go east up Mountain View Drive, and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll pass a Polynesian restaurant, a Samoan sewing shop, a Polynesian florist and a popular Hawaiian eateryâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;not to mention nearly half a dozen Samoan churches. On the west side of town, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Turnagainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Didlika Park, adopted by the Polynesian Association of Alaska (PAOA). Most local gas stations sell cheap spam musubi. Anchorage is a city with visible ties to the Pacific Islands. Yet statewide, Alaskaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pacific Islanders make up less than .02 percent of the population, according to U.S. Census data. Nearly 12,000 Alaskans share a Pacific Island heritage. Nearly 10,000 are Hawaiian, Samoan or Tongan. Despite the relatively small numbers, Polynesian culture runs deep here. Lucy Hansen, PAOA president, has spent the last decade trying to keep it that way. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We try to keep what is important in our cultureâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;in our historyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and teach that to our kids,â&#x20AC;? said Hansen, sitting at Fairview Lions Park one Saturday afternoon. It was the last day of the annual Juneteenth celebration, and a week before Polynesian Culture Flag Day. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s festivities mark the tenth flag day celebration in Anchorage. The holiday commemorates the relationship between Samoa and the United States and the raising of the American flag on Tutuila Island in April 1900, and honors Polynesian-American service members. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an important anniversary for Alaskaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Polynesian community, Hansen said. A few decades ago, things were much different. There was no flag day celebration in Anchorage, and Alaskaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Polynesian population numbered in the hundreds. But when Hansenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s aunt married a military man and moved north in the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;80s, her sister soon followed and before she knew it, Hansen was settling down in Anchorage, too. That was the year she saw snow for the first time. She was born and raised in American Samoa, and Alaska seemed like a whole new world. It took some getting used to. As the years passed, though, it began to feel more like home. Hansen took her young children to story time readings at the Loussac Library and volunteered throughout the community Meanwhile, Anchorageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Polynesian population grew by leaps and bounds. Families were drawn north by the economic opportunities, Hansen said. They heard about the plentiful fishing and the fresh, cool airâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;especially good for the elders. By 1990, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, Alaskaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pacific Islander population totaled around 1,900. Over the next 10 years, that number doubled. Many families settled in northeast neighborhoods. Mountain View became home to more Polynesian people than anywhere else in Anchorage, according to U.S. Census data. With growth came new challenges, Hansen said. Preserving Polynesian traditions in a Western culture took work. Growing up on the island of Taâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;u Manuâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;a, she said, community life followed a time-honored order. Families follow a hierarchyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a chief, then grandparents and then parents. The chiefs would represent the families in community meetings; organizing community work, planning community events and enforcing community standards. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The village raises the families,â&#x20AC;? Hansen said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have homeless, we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have people living on the street.â&#x20AC;? The culture she was born into was conservative and devout.

Families followed curfews. Children practiced sitting while they ate. Women and girls wore long hemlines and sat with the soles of their feet away from the men in the room. God came first. Thirty years ago, she carried those ways with her to Alaska. Today, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still working to keep them alive. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Most of our kids, they were born in America, and they never know the culture and the history they have,â&#x20AC;? Hansen said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a respectful culture.â&#x20AC;?

From Polynesian-owned businesses to cultural events, Alaskaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fastest-growing demographic is easily one of the most visible In Anchorageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Polynesian community, time and distance have changed some things. In the Land of the Midnight Sun, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no village curfew. Hemlines might inch above the knee. Kids eat on the go. But the respect for family and strong sense of community are still the same. In 2004, the Polynesian Association of Alaska came together for the first time in a little two-bedroom Mountain View apartment. There were 53 members and 19 board members, Hansen said, and they were concerned by some of the modern issues facing their community; issues with crime, poverty, health and education. PAOA sought to organize the Polynesian community in Anchorage similar to the way things were organized in villages back on the islands. They met with the mayor, and in 2005, the newly formed association hosted its first Polynesian Culture Flag Day. The inaugural event drew more than 300 people. Since then, the community has only grown. By 2010, people with Pacific Island roots made up the fastestgrowing group in Alaska, according to the U.S. Census Bureau

and the Department of Labor and Workforce Development. You could see the cultural presence across the state: Hula dancers performed at the Camaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;I Festival in Bethel, and the Polynesian dance group Pacific Bloom took the stage at the Alaska Federation of Nativeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Quyana Night. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a Polynesian Community Center that aims to â&#x20AC;&#x153;empower, perpetuate, and unify the Pacific Islander community within the state of Alaska.â&#x20AC;? Anchorageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first Polynesian Lions Club was chartered in 2013, the same year Hansen was honored by the White House for her work within the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Polynesian community. By 2014, Samoan was the fourth most frequently spoken language in the Anchorage School District, behind only English, Spanish and Hmong, according to ASD. And this year, the tenth annual Polynesian Culture Flag Day is set to take place during Anchorageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s official centennial celebration June 27 at Cuddy Family Park. The Anchorage Assembly recognized the event with an official resolution. The festivities include more than a dozen local performers and more than two dozen vendor booths. While PAOA has shrunk drastically over the yearsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Hansen said only about half a dozen active members remainâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the Anchorage community is strong. From Polynesian-owned businesses to cultural events, Alaskaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fastest-growing demographic is easily one of the most visible. The Saturday before the flag day celebration, RnR played F Street, celebrating solstice with hundreds of Alaskans in the heart of Anchorage. The band performed catchy originals and covers alike while people of all ages danced in front of the stage. Maâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;o Tosi made his way through the crush, holding a beer, snapping photos of the band and stopping to chat with people in the audience. Former NFL defensive end-turned-community advocate, youth mentor and property manager, Tosi is perhaps one of the most prominent members of Alaskaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Polynesian community. He knows why it is the way it is; small in numbers but big on influence. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s based on family and community, he said, and that canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t help but pull people in. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all love,â&#x20AC;? he said. The music rose around him as the band struck up another song, and the crowd on the street cheered and danced some more. n

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HEN I GOT OFF WORK on a recent Friday I was ready for my weekend. I drove home, showered the construction film away, had a quick bite to eat, and sat my ass down to smoke weed and lounge over a beer or two before trekking off to The Flying Chinook to catch The Scurvies and Granddad along with a couple other bands. Then, groaning, I remembered I’d set up an interview with the folks over at Pot Luck Events. I thought to myself, “Well fuck me, I’m already sitting and smoking, why on earth would I drag myself down there to partake?” I groaned again. Conveniently enough, 420 West 3rd Avenue (locale of Pot Luck Events) isn’t a far cry from my Fairview dwelling, so I hopped on the ol’ two-wheeled steed and made my way there—a little skeptical, but with a mind to approach the establishment objectively and openly. As a preface to my experience at Pot Luck, I should say that while I’ve smoked weed for quite some time, I’ve never been particularly keen on stoner culture. I just haven’t really given too much of a shit. Case in point, during my visit to Pot Luck, when Lee Haywood and Theresa Collins (the former in the process of becoming a part owner, the latter a part owner) mentioned February 24, 2015 (date of marijuana’s most recent relative legalization in Alaska) they were met by my blank stare. You could chalk that up to a lapse of memory on my part or my relative distance from, and apathy toward, the overwhelming majority of society—your call. I mean, I knew it was legal, but much beyond that the facts are hazy. It hasn’t seemed to drastically alter the course of my life. We categorize and prioritize, reacting accordingly. I locked my bike up, opened the doors to the space just underneath Club Millennium once called The Downstairs and The Fiesta Room, entered and paid my $5 one-night membership fee. Under normal circumstances an attendee would pay this as well as a cover for the night’s event which, since opening March 21, have run somewhere between $15 to $25 depending on the festivities, however, purchasing a $20 one-month membership waives your first event’s admission price. Thus far events have ranged from bong pong (same red Solo cups and ping pong balls—in lieu of beer: bong hits) to Cards Against Humanity, DJs, and even a 907 Gamers night; all with featured growers happily sharing their product for nothing other than feedback on quality, June 25 - July 1, 2015

seeing other’s enjoyment of it, and subsequent conversations in return. Coming up on July 1 will be their first foray into stand up comedy with host Kelly Lee Williams, and from what Haywood and Collins told me, they are open to suggestions for other types of events. Haywood (whose business card reads “Cannabis Emissary”) remarked during our sit down to follow, “This is new to us, too… you have to be open to allow this to grow.”

The weed, smoked by whatever apparatus, was great, and the people I spoke with were interesting and made for stimulating conversation. I was escorted inside by a very nice, smiling woman and immediately led to a table with information regarding this week’s featured grower and strain, ArcticBlue Farms signature ArcticBlue. The table featured a large bowl of complimentary small baggies containing around a dime of this particular weed along with an informational card on the strain’s particulars. Placed next to the bowl was a comments box with survey cards requesting feedback on the strain. I grabbed a bag and looked around. The room was filled with comfortable couches and chairs surrounding tables atop which were ashtrays, packets of papers, and coils of hemp rope with which to light a joint, blunt, or whatever your preferred means of smoking might be. Ten to 15 members sat in circles talking and sharing both personal weed as well as the provided ArcticBlue. A tray of special cookies begged picking up. There’s a stage and sound system in place, and the bar features candies, snacks and drinks for sale. No marijuana products are sold here. I was told that if someone attempts to sell any marijuana on premise—or even talks about its sale—they are swiftly asked to leave. Adjacent the snack bar stands a dab bar at which Dave Nyberg (Owner of ArcticBlue Farms) stood, trying

and sharing honey oils, and conversing on all range of subjects. Collins sat down with me, joined shortly afterwards by Haywood. They laid it out. Pot Luck Events currently has over 750 members, ranging in age from 21 to 74 and pulling from a diverse pool of social and economic backgrounds. There are currently five owners. Pot Luck Events recently donated $2,000 to Mountain View Boys and Girls Club. In the short time they’ve been open, people from around the United States and other countries have stopped in. There has not been a single incident. The two joke that their security guards have the easiest job: “They get hugs,” Collins laughs. Haywood adds that the goal is “to facilitate this to grow as an industry and a culture.” They want to provide a safe, responsible place to smoke, they tell me, to prove to skeptics that marijuana’s legalization isn’t an omen of endtimes. On Mondays they’ve been hosting the Alaska Cannabis Chamber of Commerce to discuss all things weed and Tuesdays they’ve hosted a small business and marketing class. In the future they hope to host beer and wine events as well. More than anything, they seem open to ideas and encourage people to give Pot Luck a try. Overall their goal is to shed a positive light on marijuana culture and its population. They don’t want to fight anything or anyone, but rather work with the community to further foster a positive integration of marijuana culture into society. Haywood stepped outside to do sidewalk chalk with his 19year old daughter and Collins had another meeting to attend. I texted my ride to the show later on and asked him to get me at Pot Luck, then sat down at the dab bar. I got really fucking high. The weed, smoked by whatever apparatus, was great, and the people I spoke with were interesting and made for stimulating conversation. Nyberg relayed a botanist’s knowledge of vegetation. A pair of members mulled over a physics discussion. Everything was relaxed. My ride arrived, so I took my leave, filling out and submitting the survey. Shit was dope. Later that night I smoked the sample I’d picked up with a few friends. Shit was still dope. It was a positive experience worth the price of admission, and I look forward to attending more events there. n

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Y THE END OF THE DAY Tuesday, those in the best position to unravel Alaska’s most convoluted cold case mysteries, to hunt down the rapists and murders who’ve beaten, stabbed, shot, strangled, suffocated and otherwise stolen the lives of more than 100 men, women and children in this state will have stepped away from their desks, gathered up their things, turned in their keys and walked out of their offices for the last time. Although the Alaska State Troopers’ Cold Case Unit has helped solve several high-profile cases, due to the state budget shortfall, as of July 1 this specialized unit will no longer exist. The investigators losing their jobs—James Gallen and Randel McPherron based in Anchorage, James Stogsdill in Soldotna, and Lantz Dahlke in Fairbanks, three former trooper sergeants and one lieutenant—came out of retirement to focus on solving these cases, most predating Internet resources, DNA testing and other forensic tools of the trade investigators rely on today. That’s 130 years of experience out the door. All that specialize training, all that extensive insight, all that institutional knowledge of Alaska’s criminal underbelly dating back to the pipeline days goes out the door with them. “We’ve been around since Christ was a corporal,” Dahlke said. “We can really link a lot of stuff together.” Since its inception in 2002, the unit has solved nine cold-case murders across the state, and one by happenstance from Kansas while investigating one of its own. The case of Scott Coville, missing since 1988, is among them. Following up on a new lead and discovery of a 20-year-old bloodstain on the subfloor of his Sitka trailer helped cinch the 2010 conviction of his wife, Jane Reth, who admitting shooting him as he lay in bed, dismembering his body with an ax, stuffing parts into garbage bags and disposing of them like trash. “Of the 20 cases we’re actually investigating right now, we believe there’s an opportunity to solve each and every one given the time and presence to go about it,” said Stogdill, who’s been with the unit since the beginning. “Even if the best intention of the state is to reassign these cases to in-

vestigators who are working the daily grind, they aren’t going to have an opportunity to do justice to any one of them for quite some time.” “Please understand it’s not for lack of desire within the department,” McPherron added. “The active duty investigators working on current cases are essentially holding back the tide with a bucket in terms of trying to keep up with all the incoming new cases. It takes up so much of their time, effort and resources, they don’t have much leftover to work on the cold cases.” The unit is just one in a long list of causalities of the state’s $3 billion-plus budget shortfall. The trooper division of the Department of Public Safety has seen $8.5 million, or 6.2 percent, cut from its budget. That includes 27 trooper positions primarily in urban Alaska, two background-check investigators and the four coldcase experts, Trooper Director James Cockrell said. And he’s bracing for more of the same next fiscal year.

How does a young woman get raped and shot on a university campus, students everywhere, her body dumped in a women’s dormitory bathtub, and supposedly no one hears or sees a thing? “It reduces our ability to provide the services that we’re expected to provide.” Eliminating the unit will save the troopers about $383,000 a year, plus travel expenses when investigations take team members out of state. “Even though they focused on cold cases, we’ve been able to use their expertise elsewhere when needed,” Cockrell said. “They’ve helped our other investigators on some other ongoing cases, too, because of their expertise. So they’ve been mentors for other investigators. “I think, bang for the buck, really the state of Alaska gets a huge benefit from them. When you look at what they are doing, under $400,000 a year is actually a pretty good bargain for the people of this state.” An effort was made in Juneau to save two of the four positions, but the legislature shot it down. Karen Foster is the mother of one of the unit’s most high-profile cases. Bonnie Craig was 18 when her body found at the bottom of a ledge, facedown in McHugh Creek in 1994. After 17 years, Foster finally saw her daughter’s rapist and killer convicted and handed a 124-year sentence. “No one should get away with murder, rape, or any other heinous crime,” Foster said “And that’s essentially what’s going to happen by getting rid of this cold case unit. Across the country they are solving cases (going back decades), and Alaska has taken this huge step backward. “But the majority of the victims’ families are not going to speak up,” she added. “They’re so

overwhelmed. They’re just too broken down.”

Bad News for Families “Nobody’s happy about this at all,” Stogsdill said from his office in Soldotna, the last 13 years of his work’s life stacked around him in boxes he figures are bound for some cabinet or closet. “And, I’m sorry, but I’ve been putting off notifying some of the families that the end is near. There’s a case out of Kodiak that I’ve been working on that, the family is over on the East Coast, and I’ve been contacting them fairly often, back and forth, and I’m just dreading calling them.” He wasn’t looking forward to Sophie Sergie’s mother, Elena, getting the news, either. She’s been waiting 22 years for justice. Sophie’s murder has been one of the unit’s biggest mysteries. How does a young woman get raped and shot on a university campus, students everywhere, her body dumped in a women’s dormitory bathtub, and supposedly no one hears or sees a thing? Sophie, a 20-year-old Yup’ik woman studying marine biology on scholarship at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), was taking time off to work as a teacher’s aide in her home village of Pitkas Bloo dstains from Scott Coville's tra Point just before she was killed. On April 24, 1993, she flew into Fairbanks for a dentist appointment, and was staying in a girlfriend’s dorm room in Bartlett Hall. She was last seen the following day around midnight smoking a cigarette with several others outside of Hess Commons. The next afternoon around two, after students had been in and out of that second-story bathroom all morning, a janitor passed the sinks and shower stalls, opened a door to a private bathtub area and screamed. “That’s probably, volume-wise, the largest case that we’ve had,” said Stogsdill, who has been working it since 2007. “That case is so extensive that it would take a person, I believe, six months to read every page, including the reference materials, then try to understand all the ramifications. I mean, I have it sitting right here in front of me. I have 14 volumes of these notebooks of case materials and another three or four file boxes of reference materials that I’ve gathered over the years. The rest of us have all worked on this case, as well. A lot of effort has gone into this. “I think it can be solved. But even if a tip were to come in today and we were all gone, that new person is going to have to sit down and read all this in order to correlate and come to some analysis on the value of that tip. The guys who are working cases now don’t have time for that.” James Trull was a UAF campus cop when Sophie was killed.

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to recognize the danger. you put into a case you weren’t going to be able She trusted them. In turn, to solve it. And we could recognize those. Just it’s likely one or more of in that category we were able to take off I think those men beat and raped 27 cases.” Jessica Bassen her, then threw her out of With 27 out, nine solved, and several added, “Sophie Sergie was my first homicide a vehicle on the Seward the investigators will be walking away from 74 victim I had ever seen in person,” he said. “It Highway and took off, her hand slammed in the cases early next week. happened in ‘93, and I still think about it. I told door. When they realized they were dragging “The fact of the matter is I have three cases Stogsdill that if he ever solved it and went to her, they stopped and pitched her into a ditch. right now that I feel are plenty ready to go in arrest somebody that I hoped he would let me Broken fingernails and tracks in the snow indi- front of a jury and get convictions,” Dahlke know. I would take vacation time, do whatever, cated she’d tried to claw her way back up to the said. “Basic ally, all they need to do is be preto follow him and watch as they put the brace- road before she died. sented to a grand jury. If that doesn’t happen lets on. How are those who loved her, and all the then chances are they will never be completely “I personally think that the legislators who other cold case families, supposed to move on pursued. got rid of that unit, each and every one of them knowing these killers, if not dead or in prison “It’s just so frustrating to let these cases fall should have to go talk to a homicide victim’s somewhere, are still out there? back into the cobwebs of our agency.” parents or spouse or brothers and sisters and “It’s bad enough that it’s been 37 years,” said Once the unit is dismantled, families will explain why they’ve cut funding to try to catch Shelley’s mom, Judy Connolly, who soon after lose the personal contact they’ve had with those these bad people and give them closure. They Shelley’s death founded what was once the Alas- familiar with these cases. should have to stand in front of Sophie Sergie’s ka Chap ter of Parents of Murdered Children. “Like on the anniversaries,” Gallen said, parents and explain why her life isn’t that im- “There have been leads here and there. And the “they alway s call: ‘Is there anything new?’” portant.” investigators, they have traveled to the states for Stephanie Juarez of Everett, Washington, has With the closing of the unit, chances are different leads. been calling Gallen regularly. July 1 will be 20 slimmer that Sophie’s family, or any other cold“This just takes away any hope that we’ve years since her 24-year-old sister, Erin Gilbert, case family, will see justice. And they’ve been ever had of trying to find the perpetrators for disappeare d at the Girdwood Forest Fair. waiting so long. my daughter’s death.” “My dad, he still can’t talk about it,” she The family of Eileen Wafer has been waiting said. “There were three of us girls, Erin was the 33 years. In June 10, 1982, the 14-year-old was Origins of the unit youngest. It’s been devastating. home in Haines babysitting her brothers. When Alaska’s cold-case unit was formed in 2002, “My husband and I came up in February and her mother returned, the boys were in bed but under what’ s referr ed to we as met with the cold case detectives, and they the Presid ent’s DNA Eileen was gone. Her boyfriend and an older brother found her body four days later stashed Initiative at the launching of the DNA databank were great. They did a ton of work on the case known as CODIS. At the time, Congress was … so I felt a lot better about beneath brush on a beach in Portage Cove. it.” supporting the establishment of cold case units Officially Erin is still considered a missThomas Carbine’s family has been waiting just as long. The 27-year-old University in states and jurisdictions across the country ing person but her disappearance is suspiof Maryland graduate had been working as a with federal funding and specialized training cious enough that the cold case unit picked it commercial fisherman in Bristol Bay and was provided through the Department of Justice. up. Same for Michael Palmer, the 15-year-old in Kodiak between jobs on July 14, 1982. He’d When that funding ran out, the state picked up Wasilla boy who slipped out during a sleepover at a friend ’s house to go to a high school gradurecently been paid, had a lot of cash on him and the costs. “So then we became a line item in the state ation party, and was last seen was buying rounds at the Beachcomber bar. June, 4, 1999 ridWhen he left around 3:30 in the morning of July budget,” Stogsdill said. “And it was the line ing his bike along Pitman Road around four in 15, it seems someone followed him out, stabbed item in the state budget that a line was drawn the morning. His bicycle was found in the Little Susitna River, his wet sneakers on an airstrip in him in the chest against the building, robbed through during this legislative session.” The origin al team, Stogsd 200 yards from shore. ill, Bill Giffor d and him and fled as Carbine stumbled into the parkDan Hickman, launched the unit by reviewing “Technically he’s a missing person,” McPhering lot and died. 101 unsolved homicides dating back to 1961, ron explained, “but given the totality of all cirJessica Baggen’s family has been waiting their fresh eyes looking for clues that might have cumstances in the investigation, nearly 20 years. Someone grabbed her off a Sitit’s pretty clear ka bike trail sometime after 1:30 the morning been missed. In addition to advances in forensic that this kid met with foul play. And so that’s on May 4, 1996, sexually assaulted her, stuffed science, with time gone by there was the chance why it’s more in our arena than purely a missmud and leaves down her throat until she suf- a guilty conscience would bring someone for- ing person.” Alaska’s cold case investigators are losing focated and buried her naked body beneath ward. Or perhaps a deathbed confession or a their jobs, but the families are losing, too. dirt and brush. She’d been walking home from secret a person was no longer willing to keep. “You hate to say it, but essentially in the “I think one of the most important things for her sister’s place that morning beginning years we were looking for the low- families of these cases is the fact that there is a where she’d celebrated her 17th hanging fruit, and we were fortunate to find person somewhere in Alask a who cares enough birthday. some of those and off we went,” Stogsdill said. and has some information For Shelley Connolly’s “At the same time we were looking at cases that about their cases to listen to family, it’s been 37 years. The were just going to be impossible to solve. Those them, to answer their ques16-year-old was last seen on were the ones we had to, what we call, close tions and to be able to talk the morning of Jan. 7, 1978 by exception. Because evidence had been de- with some knowledge about leaving Chilkoot Charlie’s stroyed, either inadvertently or for some other their family members who with three or four men. She reason, or suspects and witnesses were de- were killed,” Stogsdill said. was too young to be there, of ceased. There were a number of reasons where “The departure of all four of course, but also too young it wouldn’t make any difference how much time us ends that for everyone.” n

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HE INTERSECTION of art and commerce is oftentimes not a pretty place. Any working artist struggles with the desire to make great art and the need for that art to be marketable. For a writer, however, there is always that persistent dream that maybe one day your books could be made into movies. I’d bet there isn’t a novelist in the world who hasn’t fantasized about getting that phone call, for movies, if nothing else, are where the money is for a professional storyteller. These last several years have been a heady time to be writing in Alaska, what with the state’s film tax-incentive program bringing major film productions up here. It was the beginnings of our very own bona-fide movie business. Pie in the sky dreams, perhaps, but an artist is entitled to big ambitions. As you may have heard, though, the film tax-incentive program (more properly known in government agency speak as the Alaska Film Production Tax Incentive Program or AFPTIP), has just been officially repealed by a stroke of Governor Walker’s pen. He froze the program back at the start of the year, meaning that the statutes were still on the books but not being applied. But now, Alaska’s nascent film business is officially dead, and with it the hopes and dreams of many of our fair state’s creative folk, to say nothing of the livelihoods of our film professionals. “It’s always been my opinion that Alaska could be another British Columbia,” says Thom Denomme, filmmaker and chief executive officer of Sleeping Lady Productions. Together with actress and director Irene Bedard, he’s getting ready to start production on a film adaptation of Velma Wallis’ book Two Old Women, a literary re-telling of an old Gwich’in Athabascan legend about two elderly women left behind by their people to die during a harsh winter with nothing to eat. It’s about as Alaskan a story as you’re likely to find. “We were all set to shoot in Alaska,” Denomme says, “but number one, this is a business. With no film tax credits, it’s not going to be shot in Alaska.” Sleeping Lady has committed to shooting in Gwich’in territory, and fortunately for them that territory straddles the boundary line between Alaska and Canada’s Yukon. East of the 141st meridian, the Yukon government welcomes film productions with open arms, experienced camera crews and a 25 percent tax credit. Many of Canada’s provinces and territories have set themselves up with attractive film incentive programs. Denomme mentioned British Columbia; BC was one of the first Canadian provinces to really ramp up its film incentive program, starting in the late 1970s. After almost 40 years of being open for business, it offers film producers an appealing combination of stunning scenery, diverse locations, several sound stages, a trained and production-ready community of behind-the-camera professionals—cinematographers, wardrobe people, set dressers, etc., plus a tax credit program that makes it extremely cost-effective for Hollywood to shoot there. As of this writing, it’s still going strong. Alaska’s film tax credit program, meanwhile, has wobbled like June 25 - July 1, 2015

a top for the past several years, and movie companies, like all other corporate entities, are loathe to set up shop in any place where they never know from one year to the next what sort of tax and regulatory structure they’ll have to operate under. Carolyn Robinson, a born-and-raised Alaskan, was one of the driving forces behind the original creation of Alaska’s film tax credit program. After finishing high school at Dimond, she went Outside to seek her education, which turned into a double major in French literature and film. At the time, there was no film business in Alaska, so she had to stay in the Lower 48 to ply her trade. She worked for the Discovery Channel, and for USA Today, but she missed Alaska terribly. Finally, in 1995, she’d had enough of the States and moved back to Alaska to start Sprocketheads, a film support, cinematography, and production logistics company based in Anchorage.

We’ve shot ourselves in the foot, or to be more precise, our legislature and Governor Walker have shot us all in the foot. “Hollywood is a business,” she says, “and that’s why they call it the film business.” Her work with Sprocketheads led her to start lobbying Alaska’s legislature to create AFPTIP. Her aim was nothing short of kickstarting a whole new industry in Alaska. “It was a tough gig just to educate them about the industry,” she says of lawmakers, “and the dollars that came with it.” It will come as no surprise that legislators in Juneau were solidly focused on natural resources, the traditional stream of revenue in the Far North. It was, at the very least, not very political to talk seriously about movies, actors, and the business of producing film. Eventually, though, she got through to the right people. The film tax incentive program was created in 2008 with the specific intent of bringing big budget productions up here. In its original version, a film company, when it finished production on a movie shot in Alaska, would apply to the Alaska Film Office in the Department of Commerce for the tax credit. The base rate was 30 percent of the total Alaska spend, with extra percentages tacked on for local hire, winter and rural shoots. All told, a film could recoup as much as 58 percent of its expenses as tax credits. The tax credits themselves were designed to be sold on the open market by the movie company to other private, non-film companies in Alaska who pay corporate taxes. Oil companies are a prime example, and also a particularly germane one. If a film company had $1 million in tax credits to sell, the oil company might have offered to buy those credits for 85 cents on the dollar, which translates to $850,000. The oil company could then

apply the $1 million dollars of tax credit to its tax bill from the state. Having acquired this credit for only 85 percent of its value, they saved $150,000. Taken by itself, that little bit of savings is chump change in the oil business, but as any accountant will tell you, the little bits add up to big savings in the long run. The film company, meanwhile, essentially had $850,000 of its production costs refunded. At its inception, Alaska’s film tax credit program was seen in Hollywood as one of the better ones in the country, and it wasn’t long before we started drawing movies like Big Miracle and The Frozen Ground. The films pumped tons of money into the state’s economy; carpenters and electricians were hired, along with extras and actors for bit parts. Entire floors of the Captain Cook Hotel were booked out. Cameramen, grips, sound technicians and other movie professionals started moving to Alaska to work. Showbiz folks like Carolyn Robinson who wanted to live in Alaska suddenly had the door of opportunity opened for them. It’s worth noting here that tax credits, by definition, are a money-losing proposition for the governments that offer them, and that holds true for any industry, not just the movies. But the bigger idea here is that the government sacrifices a bit of tax revenue in order to pump dollars into the economy via private spending. A legislative audit of AFPTIP in 2012 found that, “direct spending from AFPTIP approved productions has generated $2 in economic output for every $1 in Alaska Film Production Tax Credits (tax credits) issued.” This audit was commissioned as part of a revamping of the film incentive program spearheaded by Republican Senator Bill Stoltze of Chugiak. His website describes him as, “A Hard-Working Legislator… Representing our Conservative Values.” Stoltze has a long history of trying to do away with the film incentive program, but the 2012 reconfiguration came about after Ted Danson (Sam Malone on the TV show Cheers) testified at an Anchorage against the concept of drilling for offshore oil in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas. When word of this reached Senator Stoltze, he started the process to “improve” AFPTIP so that Alaska’s taxpayers weren’t financing the salaries of flaky left-wing Hollywood stars. Oil in 2010 was still paying the state’s bills, and woe unto the big-shot actor who dared criticize the oil business. Among the changes Stoltze put in place was to move the responsibility for the program from the Department of Commerce to the Department of Revenue. Also, this new version of AFPTIP created a state film review board to which all film production companies applying for the tax credit would have to submit their scripts for pre-approval, to determine, “whether a production is contrary to the state’s best interest,” as stated in a 2014 audit of the program. The biggest change, however, had to do with a bit of movie jargon most folks probably have never encountered: Above-theline and below-the-line expenses. Above-the-line costs are salaries paid to the principal cast members, the screenwriters, the director, and the producer; they usually account for a solid 50 percent of a movie budget. Below-the-line expenses are everything else. Prior to the 2012 change, the 30 percent base rate for the tax credit could be applied both above- and below-the-line.

Afterward, only five percent of expenses abovethe-line were eligible. What this meant, in practical terms, was that almost half a movie’s budget became ineligible for the tax credits, which just doesn’t work for Hollywood. A dollar goes where it gets treated best, and why would Hollywood film executives be willing to take such a whack in the pocketbook to film in Alaska when they could just go film in Canada, Louisiana, or any of the 30-odd other states that have competitive film incentive programs? At the end of the day, Alaska just isn’t that special, regardless of what all us sourdoughs like to think. Phone calls to Bill Stoltze’s office were, as journalists are wont to say, not returned. “I tell the kids starting out that it’s show business, not show show,” says Ron Holmstrom. Originally from southern California, he’s been in the movie business more or less full time since 1976 and worked in all different aspects of movie making, both behind the camera and in front of it. If you’ve seen The Frozen Ground, you might remember him as John Cusack’s onscreen attorney. Far from the image of the actor who worries obsessively about the alignment of his chakra, Holmstrom is all business when it comes to film, except when breaking character during our interview in a downtown coffee shop to talk to some kids in a Donald Duck voice. “Bill Stoltze,” he says, clicking back into businessman mode, “has tried to ruin the movie industry ever since we started up here. He hates Hollywood. He thinks they’re a bunch of left-wing people that want to come up here and make trouble for the oil industry.” Back in 2012, Holmstrom knew that the virtual elimination of above-the-line expenses from AFPTIP would be disastrous, and did his best to lend his extensive knowledge of the movie business to the process at the time. His pleas fell on deaf ears, even as producers in California were looking at the proposed changes and saying, ‘over my dead body will the state of Alaska have script approval.’ The legislature was bound and determined to Alaskanize the movie making process, which may have been good for local creative types but was a terrible decision from a business standpoint. The 2012 change to the film incentive program included a provision that allows movie companies to claim 100 percent of above-the-line expenses if, and only if, they hire Alaskans as directors, actors, screenwriters, etc. This is the sort of thing that sounds good on the campaign trail—one envisions a Republican state senator banging his fist on the podium in the high school

easy for Stoltze and his minions to do a little research and figure out how to queer the deal, which I believe is exactly what they did. Like, if we cut out the above-the-line, we know they won’t come.” Basically, we’ve shot ourselves in the foot, or to be more precise, our legislature and Governor Walker have shot us all in the foot. Rome, as they say, wasn’t built in a day. Like all businesses, movies require infrastructure, and places like British Columbia and Louisiana get lots of films because they’ve created and maintained film incentive programs that have in turn allowed the film industry to grow and flourish. The oft-repeated line that Alaska’s film incentive program needed time to work meant exactly that. Holmstrom’s own brother was getting ready to start a company that would have rented out mobile dressing room trailers, which remain absolutely essential to movie production. Two sound stages were set to be built with private money in Anchorage. The idea was that as word got out that Alaska was an attractive place to shoot, more and more movies would come North, and there would always be a film in some stage of production. This would have translated into a stable, year-round, sustainable industry for Alaska. Alaska’s lawmakers just never did seem to grasp the fact that, like every filmmaker interviewed for this story pointed out, movies are a business. Just like oil. This point is all the more salient now that the state’s economy has crashed and Governor Walker is starting to talk seriously about the need for an income tax. The stupidity of relying exclusively on a single commodity for state revenue has never been more obvious. And now Alaska’s film professionals are leaving the state in droves to seek work elsewhere. Carolyn Robinson has said she won’t be putting any more effort into the film business in Alaska, and the future of Sprocketheads remains unclear. Ron Holmstrom plans to keep living here, but will have to commute down to the Lower 48 for acting roles. Thom Denomme and Irene Bedard will be moving their production into Canada to film an iconic Alaskan story. And exclusively because of Bill Stoltze’s efforts, many Alaskans will be left without jobs at a time when jobs will be sorely needed. Hollywood, however, is not sweating this at all. They had plenty of options before Walker signed away the film incentive program, and they still have plenty of options. It’s we Alaskans who will be left in the poorhouse. Commerce goes on because it will. Art goes on because it must. And movies will continue to be made, just not here. n

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gym and telling the assembled constituency how he stuck it to those Outside Lamestream Media morons who don’t want to hire Alaskans. But as Holmstrom, a director and actor himself, pointed out in a 2014 op-ed for the Turnagain Times, “How many Alaskan movie stars do we have? Or well-known screenwriters, directors and producers?”

“Bill Stoltze has tried to ruin the movie industry ever since we started up here. He hates Hollywood. He thinks they’re a bunch of left-wing people that want to come up here and make trouble for the oil industry.” The answer, more or less, is none, and Holmstrom is of the opinion that this, plus the elimination of the above-the-line expenses was an underhanded ploy by Stoltze to get rid of the film business. “The people in charge have so little understanding of how the motion picture business works,” he says, “that it was

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EER FESTIVALS in Alaska have matured significantly over the last couple of years. When craft beer emerged in the mid 1980s Alaska was slow to follow and the love for craft beer was slow to emerge, lagging years behind the Lower 48. Back then, beer festivals were primarily a fall, winter and spring phenomenon; Alaskans were too busy enjoying summertime to waste a weekend in town searching out new and uncharted beers. I took the risk and stayed in town one summer afternoon 15 or so years ago to attend a beer festival on the Park Strip in downtown Anchorage. There was plenty of good craft beer to choose from and the traditional accompaniment of food and music, but the event was sparsely attended. It was a bust. I felt bad, not for myself, but the selfless breweries and distributors that donated beer to make the event a success. Participating in a beer festival back then came with that inherent risk and event organizers avoided the season. Fall was an iffy time too; with late season fishing and the moose hunting season in swing, interest in beer festivals remained low. I had real trepidation in 2010 when La Bodega, a small, independent liquor store in Anchorage, announced a September beer festival. The first annual Bodegafest was held at Kincaid Park northwest of the pavilion under a massive white tent. I showed up not knowing what to expect, but by then La Bodega had developed a cult following. The event was packed, boisterous and beer and cider rich. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event is slated for September 12, although it hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been officially announced yet, and tickets will go on sale soon. Mark your calendars. Times have changed and Alaskans, their visitors and tourists are flocking to beer festivals around the state year-round now. In 2013, recognizing the flourishing craft beer emergence on the Kenai Peninsula, the Soldotna Rotary Club organized the first Kenai Peninsula Beer Festival. It was held on August 13 at the former Glacier Pontiac Dealership in Soldotna. I attended and to this day proclaim this annual event a model beer show based on a number of factors. First, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s highly communal and structured in a way to deter beer-sloshing tire-kickers that are more interested in surfing a buzz than sampling craft beer wares. Second, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s held outside and is heavily peppered with vendors featuring local food and crafts. When I at-

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want to enter beer or help judge, contact Stihler at (907) 474-2138 or at stihlerunits@mosquitobytes.com. Perhaps one of the most upscale annual events is The Culmination. This gig is put on by Anchorage Brewing Company and brings in very rare beers, many of which are never available on the open market. The beers come from around the globe and feature small-scale artisan breweries and brewers. In particular, sour ales and ales that are dosed with brettanomyces and barrel-aged are the theme, so this one, for sure, is not for the faint of palate, especially when tickets are $100 a piece for the August 22, 4 to 8 p.m. event at the brewery. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t balk at the price. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been to this event every year since inception and would gladly fork over double that amount to experience the rarest of the rare. Catered food and live music accent the event. Tickets are not yet available and admission is limited to the first 250 people. Check out theculminationfestival. com for information about the attending breweries and ticket availability. Undeniably, one of my favorite festoriented road trips every year is to attend 49th State Brewing Companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Augtoberfest in Healy. The three-day event held in the breweryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s expansive beer gardens features ongoing food, beer and music from noon to the wee hours on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, August 7 through 9. Details are sketchy about the music and beer at this point, and tickets arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t on sale yet, so monitor 49statebrewing.com for news. My favorite itinerary includes the leisurely drive from Anchorage to Healy with stops at Arkose Brewery in Palmer, Last Frontier Brewing Company in Wasilla and Denali Brewing Company in Talkeetna along the way. I rent a cabin in Healy over the hill and out of earshot of the fest, and visit the legendary Prospectorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pizza and the Denali Salmon Bake in nearby Denali Village as part of the trip. Easily, this can morph into an exciting four-or-five day sudsy adventure, so plan accordingly. Down in Juneau, the beer culture has emerged in the shadow of Alaskan Brewing Company, Alaskaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest and most representative brewery. This year celebrates the fourth annual Capital Brewfest that takes place on September 26 at the Juneau Arts and Cultural Center from 1 to 5 p.m. Tickets go on sale July 1 at capbrewfest.com. If you love good beer like I do, you could probably burn up a lot of your vacation time chasing suds around our increasingly beer-rich state, but careful planning and budgeting is in order, so get started now.

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ALKING INTO KAY’S FAMILY RESTAURANT, the décor may confuse you. There’s something homey about the carpeted floors and tables covered in classic white cloths topped with dinerstyle coffee mugs. However, when you look at the ceiling an industrial design greets you. It is hard to tell from first glance where the food will fall. Are you getting a taste of good home cooking like breakfast at grandmas, or enjoying a fresh, quick lunch at a trendy new hot spot? Don’t expect TLC from your server at Kay’s. While there are some who come with the expected welcoming smile, my server is somewhere between disenchanted and bored. Her attentiveness to our needs varies; first we feel almost rushed to order after she arrives just moments after giving us our menus, then we wonder where she is when we need water refills. My dining partner and I start off our meal with the appetizer snack combo ($12.95), which comes with mozzarella sticks, calamari, chicken strips and jalapeno poppers. The mozzarella sticks, calamari, and chicken strips are all well fried and decent, but unremarkable. The true star is the jalapeno popper, which come with a thick, crunchy exterior and delicious, spicy cheesy center. We both agree that they are some of the best poppers we’ve ever had, tasting almost homemade. The plate is accompanied with ranch dressing and the house burger sauce, a secret recipe that’s tangy and addictive, reminiscent of seasoned fry sauce. Upon browsing the menu, my dining partner is immediately drawn to the veggie burger ($10.95), which comes with avocado at no extra price. I myself go with the B.L.A.S.T. ($10.25), a deli sandwich that comes with bacon, lettuce, avocado, Swiss cheese, tomato and mayo on my selected sourdough bread. The veggie patty seems to be made of potato, and is rich in flavor. Even a carnivore would be happy with this entrée; it doesn’t lack the potent onion and garlic combination found in many hamburger recipes. The bun is moist and fresh; not so the avocado, which

looks a bit brown. My B.L.A.S.T. is stuffed full of bacon, which is hard to complain about, but makes for a difficult chew. Both

A subsequent visit reveals breakfast is clearly Kay’s biggest draw, the restaurant buzzing with families of six on a cloudy Sunday morning.

There are a large variety of pies and cakes at Kay’s displayed at the front counter where we select a slice ourselves from the case. We settle on a slice of chocolate cream pie ($4.50). My dining partner comments that the pie at Village Inn is better and I have to agree. The crust is doughy and undercooked and the filling has the consistency of pudding rather than cream, and doesn’t have much give. The best part of the pie is the mocha whipped cream, which tastes of a cool hot chocolate. When compared to homemade varieties at local favorite Peggy’s, it doesn’t come close. A subsequent visit reveals breakfast is clearly Kay’s biggest draw, the restaurant buzzing with families of six on a cloudy Sunday morning. My order of biscuits and hash brown ($10.95) and a Denver omelet ($10.95) comes out hot and fresh within 10 minutes of my order. The biscuits and gravy is a pleasant surprise; garnished with a dash of paprika, the country gravy has a full enough flavor that it doesn’t need any extra salt and pepper. The omelet, however, could use some improvement. The flavors are there, with a rich green pepper taste and a healthy helping of cheese, but the cubed ham inside is cut too thick for the omelet. The result is a fat center that explodes like a piñata when you cut into it for the first bite. Upon leaving Kay’s, I’m not sure whether I am satisfied or not. There are elements of each dish that are delicious, but there are many that don’t quite reach the heights of their counterparts. Kay’s is neither trendy nor breakfast at grandma’s, but it is a decent place for a cheap meal if you’re a hungry and not particularly picky Spenardian. n

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OR A RESTAURATEUR with no previous experience, Laile Fairbairn has proven herself to be something of a Midas since breaking into the Anchorage cuisine scene in 1998. That’s when she opened downtown’s Snow City Café, which arguably remains Anchorage’s most popular breakfast spot. Next, working with Sacks’ owner JoAnn Asher, she launched Spenard Roadhouse. The kitschy-cool midtown hotspot is much loved for its upscale comfort cuisine, hand-crafted cocktails, and nostalgic noshes like tater tots and s’mores. Working with partner investors, Fairbairn now brings her third venture, South. It recently opened in South Anchorage with a menu that marries the best of Snow City and Roadhouse. Its adjoining coffee shop amps up the urban feel, and its cozy “chef’s kitchen” in back offers a unique, private space where diners can socialize with the chef as food is prepared. The Press recently chatted with Fairbairn about her businesses and inspiration. You grew up in Alaska but went to college and worked in the Pacific Northwest before returning. How did your time in Portland and Seattle influence your first restaurant, Snow City? My degree was in journalism, and I ended up emphasizing public relations and advertising. I got a job at an ad agency in Seattle. It was a growing company. I loved it. I loved the people. I met my soon-to-be husband back up here [in Alaska] and I kind of knew I wanted to be out of advertising. So I thought, what can I do [in Alaska] that isn’t in advertising? I loved eating out in Seattle. You always went out to breakfast with your friends. You sat for an hour and read your paper while you waited to get in. It was kind of a thing. And I thought Anchorage needed another option for breakfast, something more urban. So that’s what I thought I would create. It’s funny how naïve I was at the time. I really thought it would be easier than it was. How did you turn Snow City from its previous identity, Legal Pizza, into the breakfast and lunch hot spot it is now? In 1998, I bought Legal Pizza. By the time I got it, it had been through a number of iterations. They were only open Monday to Friday to serve the lunch crowd. I bought it on a Monday night and I opened it on Tuesday as Legal Pizza. I didn’t have any money. This is how naïve I was. I just bought it. My family all came down and we cleaned it. We had one cook. I sold like $330 worth of stuff and thought, ‘oh my God, what have I gotten myself into?’ A few months later, April 1998, we opened up as Snow City. It was always fairly popular from the beginning but after a few months we tried to do dinners and those were horrible. I had gotten married and had a baby and it was just too much to handle. When we dropped dinners everything became more manageable and it really evolved and blossomed. So 10 years pass, and you and friend JoAnn Asher from Sacks decided to open Roadhouse together. How did that come to be? I knew I wanted to open in South Anchorage and do another Snow City, because I knew there was more business for breakfast in town. When someone approached me that Hogg Brothers was selling, I instantly dismissed it and said, “I’m not looking in midtown, it’s too close to Snow City.” But a friend of mine who ended up investing in it said, “we need another place besides Bear Tooth. We all go to Bear Tooth three times a week and it’s so packed.” Meanwhile, I had kind of asked JoAnn on a date because she was a fellow female restaurant owner and we started doing these lunches and saying it would be fun to do something else. So when someone mentioned this opportunity, I asked her if she wanted to do it with me, and she said, “Sure.” It’s really amazing how little we knew each other and we just kind of jumped into it together.

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What kind of ambiance and concept were you going for at Roadhouse? JoAnn brought a chef, Shane Moore, who’s (at South) now. Her daughter Sage is younger—back then she was just turning 30. We went to Seattle and Portland and just checked out every place we thought was cool. Did it on a total shoestring. It’s funny—what really stands out to me about the Roadhouse is how we all hit our own personal demographic, so everyone is comfortable there. The young people wanted a vibrant bar scene and cocktails. JoAnn’s husband Larry Asher said, “Bourbons are kind of becoming big,” and without much thought we said, “OK, we can do that.” So we focused on bourbons. For me, it was family-friendly where Mom could get a drink. I didn’t want wine, I wanted a cocktail. And JoAnn, as an empty nester, wanted a place where she and her husband could get a good meal with a foodie attitude. Sage added that hipster flare with all that kitschy stuff. She had a budget of “I’m not going to spend more than $25 on anything.”

“There was so much that we wanted to do down here and we kind of built this monster because we wanted to do everything.” With South, your third establishment, what were you aiming for? JoAnn and I worked on it together in the beginning and we knew we wanted to do something with Shane. So again, we did another trip to Seattle and saw 40 places in four days. We knew we had to bring Snow City’s breakfast down here, which we just made minor tweaks to. And at lunch we thought we’d bring a little Roadhouse style. For dinner, we really wanted this small-plates tapas style. That was our predominant take on the experience in Seattle. People want to share. We want to share. We fell in love with a chef’s kitchen, the idea of cooking in front of your guest and having that communal atmosphere back there. And I am a huge lover of coffee houses. There was so much that we wanted to do down here and we kind of built this monster because we wanted to do everything. We wanted to do breakfast, lunch and dinner, and have a coffee house, and do the back room where there’s a chef’s kitchen.

We facilitate our guests participating, and we’re always pro whatever builds soul and community at our establishments. To me, I’m just trying to get more value for the nonprofits we’re trying to help by turning our guests on to them and letting them know it exists. People come in with bags of toys. How cool it that? They don’t do it for the tots. They do it because we put it in front of them. And the tots for votes thing (on Election Day)— we ran out of tater tots this year, even after we stocked up. What do you do in your spare time? Well I have a husband and two kids, a 14-year-old and an 11-year-old, so I do whatever they’re interested in. I’m along for the ride—baseball, dance, just hanging out with them. And I have close family here. I have a lot of cousins. My mom and dad are in town. So hanging out with family. Reality TV plays a larger roll in my life than I want it to. And my husband, I hang out with him. My primary job outside of here is coordinating my kids’ schedules with my husband. So with these awesome restaurants, do you cook? It is my shameful secret. I enjoy cooking but I rarely do it. We eat out a lot. All those places I mentioned—and Burger Fi, Arctic Roadrunner. I’m also not a hugely adventurous eater. They kind of make fun of me. I don’t like olives or beans. I’m learning to like black beans and garbanzo beans. What are your favorite meals at your restaurants? I think the fried egg sandwich at Snow City Café is the best ever. And then at The Roadhouse, I really like the kale and blueberry salad. And here, I just love the kabobs. I think it’s so great. I add them to salads. You can get a chicken skewer or shrimp skewer or beef skewer and add it to your kale Caesar. I love that. And there’s a dish here called Love on a Plate, which is basically Snow City’s Heart Attack on a Plate. It’s basically potatoes and veggies with cheese sauce all over it. Professionally, what’s next? I have a feeling there’s another restaurant in my future. I just don’t know what it is yet. n

So who is eating and drinking at South? Same crowd or new clientele? Definitely the same crowd. I think people who like one of those restaurants will like the others and feel comfortable. And I think we’ve been pretty successful in having a great service staff that really just wants you to have a great time. They’re really genuine. We talk about bringing your personality to the table. That’s important to us and I think for the most part that they do. The restaurant business is tough. How have you succeeded? We wanted businesses that were accessible and where you felt comfortable visiting multiple times a month, if not a week, because it’s not too fancy or not too niche that you couldn’t eat a salad one day and eat a juicy burger the next. I think there are a few restaurants like that—Middle Way, Bear Tooth, Moose’s Tooth—where you just feel really comfortable, whether it’s now and then or every day. And a huge part of what we’re doing is hopefully creating an environment where our staff thrives and enjoys coming to work and gets their needs met. They work really hard. And to have staff work really hard, you have to appreciate them. Your restaurants definitely promote citizenship and community. You feature local artists, toy drives, and even do special giveaways to encourage voting. Why focus on all that? It makes what we’re doing more meaningful and I think the staff really enjoys it. Roadhouse does the bacon station for Bike to Work Day, and they just love that.

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“Releasing hatchery fish into a stream is like dropping suburban teenagers into the middle of the Congo and asking them to walk out of the jungle to the coast. Few will make it.” we still continue to over fish, after the numerous warnings we have had, we take the consequences in the probable extermination of the salmon.”

Over-fishing is a salient dynamic in the ongoing challenges faced by salmon. But it’s neither the singular nor most damning danger threatening them. If anything, it’s our obsessive fixation on profit. It is the consistent factor throughout the years, resulting in the decimation of salmon throughout the world. Economic interests trumps all else. In the 1980s the U.S. helped lead the fight to rationally respond to rapidly diminishing salmon stocks in the Atlantic. A number of European countries—Denmark, Norway, Sweden, even the U.K.—all of whom succumbed to political pressure from their respective commercial fishing industries, worked to throttle these efforts. Why was the U.S. able to maintain such a noble, proactive role? Simple. Ocean fishing of salmon off our East Coast shores had dwindled years before; there were no commercial interests to appease. The direct economic exploitation of salmon is not the species’ only financial headache. Oft times, competing economic priorities place salmon in harm’s way. The timber industry in Oregon and Washington seriously imperiled salmon’s fate. And then, the expansion of populations into once rural areas with their needs for water and electricity competed with the spawning requirements of salmon. Califor-

nia’s Gold Rush provides a vivid example. To extract the greatest amount of gold, industry turned to hydraulic mining. “The Sacramento River, prior to the introduction of hydraulic mining in 1853 was, during the running season, so plentifully stocked with salmon that no use could be made of but a moiety of the supply … eleven years after its introduction the Sacramento River was practically rendered useless for commercial purposes as a salmon stream.” Western societies have not turned a blind eye to the woes heaped upon salmon. No, we’ve leaned on technology driven solutions to solve the problem. Hatcheries offered an appealing alternative and have a long history going all the way back to ancient Rome. Flash forward to 1850 when the French became intrigued by the possibilities of creating a “veritable fish factory.” Montgomery pointed out that many believed “hatcheries could provide an easy answer to the problem of over-fishing. The promise of increasing salmon runs without having to reduce fishing was irresistible.” Regrettably, the logic of hatcheries delivering salvation is severely flawed. Montgomery capsulizes the research: “raising fish in a hatchery and releasing them to the wild may not increase the number of adult fish. Instead it simply rearranges when in their life cycle most of the fish will die.” He concludes: “Releasing hatchery fish into a stream is like dropping suburban teenagers into the middle of the Congo and asking them to walk out of the jungle to the coast. Few will make it.” Compounding these very real threats from above is the role rapidly changing ecologies play, jeopardizing the very existence of salmon. In Salmon Crisis, a pamphlet issued by the Washington State Department of Fisheries, they state it starkly: “The main cause of salmon depletion can be traced directly to the environmental changes that have taken place since the advent of civilization in the Pacific Northwest.” All is not forsaken. The good news is that there are cadres of conservationists across the globe committed to protecting the world’s remaining salmon. The looming question is whether or not their voice is vibrant enough to offset the institutionalized rhetoric of those controlling the purse strings. Will we muster up the political will necessary to protect this invaluable resource? We can only hope so, because as Montgomery pithily observes: “Extinction by a thousand cuts, whether deliberate or incidental, is still forever.” n

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June 25 - July 1, 2015

MUSIC BY BRIDEY HEING

ARY “ALASKA” SLOAN returns to Anchorage this weekend, for shows at the Levitt AMP Music Series and Tap Root Public House. Celebrating his 70th birthday, the accomplished musician’s five decades of performing have spanned genres and defied expectations. But one thing is for sure: Sloan will be a staple of the Alaskan music scene for the long haul. Sloan moved to Alaska in 1964, bringing with him a deepseated love of music born in the church and fostered by records he loved. “At church I sat next to my mother while she played a huge pipe organ,” he shared via email. But blues was what he gravitated to from early on, including one particular artist he happened to overhear that kickstarted his drive to perform. “I went to buy Dion & the Belmonts and the record store was playing John Lee Hooker. I was hooked.” First with his band Proof, Sloan began building a reputation playing harmonica, guitar and powerful vocals. Before long, he was performing with a range of artists, including a very familiar name. “My personal favorite [accomplishment] is the first gig with John Lee Hooker in the ‘70s. My second is backing six acts, including Bo Diddley, for a Wolfman Jack show.” Sloan went on to tour with some of music’s greatest names, and perform and organize festivals. He’s been a staple of the

JUST ANNOUNCED BREAKING INTO THE CANNABIS INDUSTRY WITH CHARLO GREENE

Wed. Jul. 1/ LED Ultra Lounge/ $25 in advance, $30 at the door/charlo-greene. ticketleap.com for tickets. Tips from an industry leader at an educational and networking event. Lecture given by the woman herself, Charlo Greene. NAHKO AND MEDICINE FOR THE PEOPLE

Thur. Jul. 2/ Bear Tooth Theatrepub/ $30/beartooththeatre.net for tickets. July’s First Tap features Nahko and Medicine for the People, a world music collective fronted by Nahko Bear that aims to blend various cultural music influences. He is joined by lead guitarist Chase Makai and hand percussionist

June 25 - July 1, 2015

Hope Medford. AMERICAN AUTHORS AND KONGOS

Sat. Jul. 11, doors at 5 p.m./ Humpy’s/ $50 in advance, $60 day of/ etix.net for tickets. The first in Humpy’s Big Spawn concert series, American Authors and Kongos will get your summer started off right. All ages show with a 21+ full bar with valid I.D. For more information visit humpys.com. MÖTLEY CRÜE

Thurs. Jul. 16 & Fri. Jul. 17/ Alaska Airlines Center/ $69$169/ centertix.net In the words of the Crüe themselves, “all bad things must come to an end.” The final tour for this iconic rock band is stopping in Anchorage for two days. JANE’S ADDICTION

Sat. Jul. 25/ Moose’s Tooth/ $52.50/ beartooththeatre.net for tickets. The best pizza joint in town

touring circuit in both Alaska and Arkansas ever since. Over the years Sloan has experimented with sounds ranging from blues to electronica, with the release of the limited-run vinyl Harmonitalk in 1980. Along with friends Kurt Reimann and Paul Alexander, and under the name Gary Sloan and Clone, the album was a foray into a beloved genre they all enjoyed. “We

Getting tied down to one genre has never been a concern of Sloan’s, as he blends sounds he loves to make something entirely unique. were all electronic music lovers, loved Tangerine Dream, and we would get together and jam,” he told the Anchorage Daily News upon the album’s re-release in 2012. Getting tied down to one genre has never been a concern of Sloan’s, as he blends sounds he loves to make something entirely unique. It’s a reinvention he has kept going through today, both with his own style and as he performs with his sons under Twilight Sloan & Sons. “My style is a mish-mash. I play rock, blues and folk with gui-

tarist Jim Lasiter. But with my sons it’s more progressive.” Although many may take time to look back over the past five decades, Sloan is always focused on the future. When asked if he has a performance he’s especially proud of in the past 50 years, his answer wasn’t a stretch into his own history. “I have over 50,000 copies within 28 releases, and am proudest of the performances on the latest CD.” He’s also not showing signs of slowing down anytime soon. Although he and his wife have lived in Arkansas since 1995, they return to Alaska each summer for a string of shows. That’s a tradition he hopes to continue as long as possible, giving him a chance to reconnect with a state he loves. “I have written a CD’s worth of Alaska based songs, including the crowd favorite “Doggone Blues” … I will continue returning to Alaska every May to September and playing music as long as I can! Never thought I’d be doing this at 70!” n

Gary “Alaska” Sloan with Twilight Sloan and Sons performs at 5 p.m. Friday, June 26 at the Levitt AMP Music Series at Town Square. They will play on Saturday, June 27 at Tap Root (3300 Spenard Rd.), doors at 6 p.m., show at 7 p.m., $10 cover.

is celebrating 19 years of being too damn packed to just walk in and sit down. Helping them celebrate is the classic four-piece rock band Jane’s Addiction, credited with founding the annual Lollapalooza Festival. Nothing’s shocking, indeed!

kastatefair.org for tickets. Grammy-nominated rock band Skillet have released platinum-selling singles and albums, including “Monster,” “Sick of It” and 2009’s Awake. Presented by 94.7 KZND.

notable festivals such as Bonnaroo, Coachella, and Lollapalooza. Since their inception in 2001, the band has released eight albums.

SALMONFEST

RUFUS WAINWRIGHT

Sat. Aug. 29, 7:30 p.m./ Discovery Theatre/ $48.50$51.50/ centertix.net for tickets. Best known for being the crooner behind the 2003 cover of Jeff Buckley’s version of “Hallelujah,” Wainwright is an accomplished musician in his own right. To date Wainwright has released seven full-length albums.

Thur. Sep. 3, 7 p.m./ Alaska State Fair/ $35-$65/ tickets available Fri. May 29 at 10 a.m. at alaskastatefair.org The final concert announcement of the 2015 Alaska State Fair is none other than Grammy-nominated rock quintet 3 Doors Down. Joining them is special guest-opener, alternative metal band 10 Years, who have toured with the likes of Hollywood Undead.

PORTUGAL. THE MAN

JIM GAFFIGAN

Fri. Jul. 31 to Sat. Aug. 2/ Kenai Peninsula Fairgrounds/ $65-$115 until May 31/ salmonfestalaska. org for tickets and more information. An annual festival of music, beer, and camping is back and better than ever before, with Emmylou Harris headlining. Come for one day or stay the whole weekend. Either way, get your tickets now to cash in on the early bird special before it expires. Bring a tent and a hula hoop. SKILLET

Fri. Aug. 28, 7 p.m./ Alaska State Fair/ $30-$45/ alas-

Wed. Sep. 2, 7 p.m./ Alaska State Fair/ $25-$35/ alaskastatefair.org for tickets. Born in Wasilla, Portugal. The Man is now one of the most sought-after live bands around. They’ve played

3 DOORS DOWN WITH SPECIAL GUESTS 10 YEARS

stop in Alaska for his CONTAGIOUS national tour. His style is noted for its commentary about his own laziness and love of food, as detailed in his books Food: A Love Story and Dad Is Fat. KACEY MUSGRAVES

Mon. Sep. 7, 3 p.m./ Alaska State Fair/ $35-$55/ alaskastatefair.org for tickets. A rising country star, Kacey Musgraves’ debut album, Same Trailer Different Park, debuted at number one on Billboard’s Country Albums chart and featured the Top 10 hit “Merry Go ‘Round.” She is the winner of two Grammy awards and the Academy of Country Music award for Album of the Year. n

Fri. Sep. 4, 7 p.m./ Alaska State Fair/ $35-$70/ alaskastatefair.org for tickets. Grammy-nominated comedian and New York Times bestselling author Jim Gaffigan is making a

EVENT CALENDAR THURSDAY, JUNE 25

ARTS, OUTDOORS, ENTERTAINMENT, CULTURE BOREALIS TOASTMASTERS CLUB—Toastmasters helps

people develop communication, leadership, and public speaking skills in a supportive environment. The club meets at the Midtown Denny’s Restaurant banquet room. Guests are welcome. For additional information visit 522.toastmastersclubs. org, or call John: 748-3966, or Judy: 333-4206. Free, 7 to 8 a.m. (2900 Denali St.) GO CLUB—Enjoy the ancient Chinese game of Go with the Go Club. Simple rules guide a game of abstract strategy with magnitudes of possible outcomes. The Anchorage Go Club meets from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursdays and Saturdays at Title Wave Books. (1360 W. Northern Lights Blvd.) A MIDSUMMER GALA IN THE GARDEN—Alaska Bo-

tanical Garden is one of the best-kept secrets of Anchorage. So get out to see this hidden gem for an evening of art, music, and fine food. There will be a silent auction with plenty of conversation going around amongst friends. 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. (Alaska Botanical Garden, 4601 Campbell Airstrip Rd.)

Yoga Eureka leads a class in the Alaska Zoo Gatewall Hall. What a perfect opportunity to get in touch with the great outdoors, your center and river otters. $10, 6 to 7 p.m. (Alaska Zoo, 4731 O’Malley Rd.) POETRY IN MUSIC, MUSIC IN POETRY—A meeting

of music and poetry from Shakespeare to Maya Angelou, this event follows in the tradition of the classical art song in which composers put music to sung poetry. Featuring the chamber jazz duo Primal Mates, the show will combine writers, poets, vocalists, cellists, and vibraphones. Contact Stacia at mcgourtysa@muni.org for more information. 7 p.m. (Wilda Marston Theatre, 3600 Denali St.)

LIVE AT THE LIBRARY, Paul Cataldo, 12 p.m. (Loussac Library, 3600 Denali St.)

BOB PARSONS, 5 to 9 p.m. (Pubhouse 1200 L St.) THE LONG & SHORT OF IT WITH MEG ANDERSON, 7

p.m. (Organic Oasis, 2610 Spenard Rd.)

OPEN MIC, 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. (Anchorage City Limits, 239 W. 4th Ave.)

MOTOWN THURSDAYS, 9

p.m. (LED Ultra Lounge, 901 W. 6th Ave.) JOHN DAMBERG LATIN JAZZ QUINTET, 9:30 p.m.

(Tap Root, 3300 Spenard Rd.) KARAOKE, 10 p.m. (Chilkoot Charlie’s, 2435 Spenard Rd.)

YOGA EUREKA!—Vinyasa

Flow yoga classes take a trip outside as Karen Rogina of

I LIKE ROBOTS, 10 p.m. (Chilkoot Charlie’s, 2435 Spenard Rd.) DJ MIXTA B, 10 p.m. (Pio-

neer Bar, 739 W. 4th Ave.)

FRIDAY, JUNE 26 ARTS, OUTDOORS, ENTERTAINMENT, CULTURE CLAUDIA MCGEHEE BOOK SIGNING—Artist and il-

lustrator Claudia McGehee will be signing her new book, My Wilderness, An Alaskan Adventure. The story takes place during the winter of 1918 on Alaska’s Fox Island

ANCHORAGE BUCS VS. GLACIER PILOTS—The Bucs

are back in town, and playing their rivals, the Pilots. Come and catch the summer baseball fever. 7 p.m., $5 (Mulcahy Stadium, A St. & E. 16th Ave.)

MUSIC MUSIC IN THE PARK: CONWAY SEAVEY, 12 p.m.

(Peratrovitch Park, 524 W. 4th Ave.)

LEVITT AMP ANCHORAGE MUSIC SERIES PRESENTS: TODD GREBE & COLD COUNTRY, 5 to 8 p.m. (544

advance, $5 – $15 at the door. Scotch tasting is $30. 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. (Alaska State Fairgrounds, 2075 Glenn Hwy., Palmer, AK) MULDOON FARMERS MARKET—There’s a new market

in town! The Muldoon Farmers Market is kicking summer off right with local music, entertainment, family-fun activities and more! Enjoy new vendors offering locally grown & caught, baked & cooked foods, as well as locally made arts & crafts! Shop, eat, play and chat with fellow community members. Every Saturday through Sat. Sep. 26. For more info, visit muldoonfarmersmarket.org. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. (Begich Middle School, 7440 Creekside Center)

UNDER 21 OPEN MIC NIGHT, 5:30 to 8 p.m.

(Middle Way Cafe, 1200 W. Northern Lights Blvd.)

ANCHORAGE CHESS CLUB—Join in for a game

of chess to learn or just to play. Club membership not required, so have fun. The Chess Club meets inside Title Wave Books. For more information contact John Peters at nimzo@mtaonline.net, 5 to 10 p.m. (1360 W. Northern Lights Blvd.) THIS IS A THING/THIS IS NOT A THING—Presenta-

tions about new and interesting developments in art and science juxtaposed with discussions about notions people have that don’t hold up under scrutiny. Admission is half the usual price. 7 to 8 p.m. (Anchorage Museum, 625 C St.) FRIDAY NIGHT MAGIC—

Looking for a way to play Magic while meeting new friends and winning cool foil prize cards? Friday Night Magic is designed to bring casual players together on Friday to play HE’Snights AS BAD AS for HE fun in a less-competitive event. LOOKS- AND HE’S ONE OF Try it out and discover why THE night GOOD is GUYS! READ Friday the best night of “BEFORE the week. WATCHMEN” All are welcome 2301 SPENARD RD. AND BOSCOS.COM

den art show. Vendors will be selling everything from crafts to plants, and there will be demos, children’s activities, music and food. There will be limited parking, and Botanical Garden members can get in an hour early on Saturday. Sat. Jun. 27 & Sun. Jun. 28. $10 adults, $5 children, children 5 and under free, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. (Alaska Botanical Garden, 4601 Campbell Airstrip Rd.) BROWN BEAR SUMMER FEST 2015— Come out to

enjoy the sunshine, fire and friends as well as featuring artists The Whipsaws, Harp Daddy, Melissa Mitchell & Friends, 2 Catfish, Pot Roast, Emma Hill and Captain Matty’s Fatty Patty. The BBQ will be firing all afternoon and cover charge includes free burgers, dogs, veggie burgers and sides. After hours the party will move inside the bar for more fun. $20, 5 p.m. (Brown Bear Saloon, Mile 103 Seward Hwy., Indian, AK)

LIVE MUSIC, 6 p.m. (Alaska Zoo, 4731 O’Malley Rd.)

MUSIC

PIANO WITH MISHA SHIMEK, 6:30 p.m. (Organic

PIANO WITH MISHA SHIMEK, 12 p.m. (Organic

Oasis, 2610 Spenard Rd.)

There’s a lot that goes on ROGUES & WENCHES, 7 behind the scenes at the muto 9 p.m. (Tap Root, 3300 seum, and no one knows that Spenard Rd.) better that the conservator. Each Friday you are invited BEAT 2 BEAT, 8 p.m. to ask questions and watch (Chilkoot Charlie’s, 2435 the conservator repair and Spenard Rd.) preserve cultural and historical objects. The conservator HOUSE SESSIONS WITH DJ will also impart knowledge ADAM J, DJ TONY H, AND about the materials and FRIENDS, 9 p.m. (SubZero methods used to create them. Microlounge, 612 F. St.) Program runs through Fri. ** DON’T MAKE HULK YOUR Nov. 20. Included with ad-MAD! GET DJ SPENCER LEE, 9 p.m. COMICS AT BOSCO’S 2301 SPENARD RD mission, 2 to 4 p.m. (Anchor274-4112 AND THE DIMOND CENTER (Flattop, 600 W. 6th Ave.) age Museum at Rasmuson Center, 625 C St.) H3, 9:30 p.m. (Humpy’s, 610 W. 6th Ave.) UAA GOOSEFEST—Put together by the fine folks of BLACKWATER RAILROAD UAA Student Activities, this COMPANY, 10 p.m. (Tap summer festival will feature Root, 3300 Spenard Rd.) live music, food, games and other sorts of fun. Bands set GET THE I LIKE ROBOTS, 10 p.m. to perform are The Modern (ChilkootFULL Charlie’s, 2435 STORY Savage, All That Counts, Spenard Rd.) The Rebel Blues Band, The AT BOSCO’S Jephries, and DJ Pleas. 3:30 B, 10 p.m. (LED YOUR COMICS to 9 p.m. (UAA Cuddy Quad, DJ MIXTAGET Ultra Lounge, 901 W. 6th 3211 Providence Dr.) AT BOSCO’S 2301 Ave.)

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to come to play without joining the tournament. 6:30 to 11 p.m. at Bosco’s. (2606 Spenard Rd.)

W. 5th Ave.)

CONSERVATOR’S CORNER—

(Humpy’s, 610 W. 6th Ave.)

D&D Encounters is an exciting, weekly campaign that plays out one epic encounter at a time. As you defeat enemies, solve puzzles, finish quests, and perform heroic deeds, you’ll earn Renown Points that you can use to get exclusive rewards. Each session only takes 1-2 hours to play, so it’s easy to fit your game in after school or work, and each week there’s a new and exciting challenge. Jump in anytime, all you need is dice. 6 to 8 p.m. at Bosco’s (2301 Spenard Rd.)

and get crazy with volleyball, Frisbee, super soakers, and a sand castle building contest. Bring a beach towel, sunscreen and picnic lunch for a day of family fun and summer entertainment. Beach toys, including your super soaker, are encouraged. 1 p.m. (Goose Lake Park, 2811 UAA Dr.)

MUSIC

JUKEBOX HERO, 8 p.m.

DUNGEONS & DRAGONS ‘NEXT’ ENCOUNTERS—

SAND CASTLE BEACH PARTY— Get out in the sun

GEEKS WHO DRINK—Simply, a quiz game played in a pub. It’s an Anglo-Irish tradition, but the goal is the same: to foster friendly competition, and promote social drinking—a noble cause indeed. Free, 7:30 p.m. (Chilkoot Charlie’s, 2435 Spenard Rd.)

ART NIGHT—Anchorage’s

first and only pop-up art studio Palette will be hosting an Art Night focusing on painting the Sugar Skull Bear. 21+ with valid I.D., preregistration at palettepopupart.com/classschedule is required. $40, includes supplies and instruction. 6 p.m. (Steam Dot Coffee Bar, 600 E. Northern Lights Blvd.)

from the point of view of nine-year–old Rocky, son of the painter Rockwell Kent. As his father paints the landscape on canvas, Rocky explores his new home, making friends with the animals, discovering snow for the first time and letting his imagination run wild. 1 p.m. (Muse Restaurant, 625 C St.)

Oasis, 2610 Spenard Rd.)

THE TWILIGHT SLOAN, 7

to 9 p.m. (Tap Root, 3300 Spenard Rd.)

WRITERS CRITIQUE GROUP—A critique group

for writers of all genres, at all levels of experience who seek ** DUDE LOOKS betterment through their MEAN ! BETTER peers.GET Meets at Title Wave SOME COMICS Books.AT For more info, BOSCO’S 2301call SPENARD RD Mary Edmunds 569-5075. 274-4112 AND THE 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. (1360 W. DIMOND CENTER Northern Lights Blvd.) GARDEN AND ART FEST—

Family fun awaits at the gar-

DAVE SARGINSON MEMORIAL CONCERT, 8 p.m.

(Chilkoot Charlie’s, 2435 Spenard Rd.)

SINGER-SONGWRITER SATURDAY, 8 p.m. to late

(Organic Oasis, 2610 Spenard Rd.) DJ MYNDGRUV, 9 p.m. (SubZero Microlounge, 612 F St.) DJ GRE, 9 p.m. (Flattop, 600 W. 6th Ave.)

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SATURDAY, JUNE 27 ARTS, OUTDOORS, ENTERTAINMENT, CULTURE 34TH ANNUAL ALASKA SCOTTISH HIGHLAND GAMES—Bring the kids

and cheer on professional and local amateur Highland athletes while enjoying piping, drumming, dancing and so much more. The Australian band Brother will be making their second visit to the Games after becoming a fan favorite at the 2012 Games. The Scotch tasting event has become an annual favorite and is featured again this year. Tickets are $4 - $12.50 in

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June 25 - July 1, 2015

ART LISTINGS 6.25.15 DOWNTOWN ALASKA NATIVE ARTS FOUNDATION—Arielo Bisco Taylor and

show by sisters Marina Thompson and Amanda Faith Petumenos working with acrylic and watercolor. (343 W. 6th Ave.)

William Kozloff present their show, “A Melding of Two Worlds” where graffiti meets fine art. Vivid colors in large-scale formats showcase a combination of traditional imagery and street art. (500 W. 6th Ave.)

FIRE

ANCHORAGE COMMUNITY WORKS—UAA printmakers show

INTERNATIONAL GALLERY OF CONTEMPORARY ART— Sonya Kel-

their work from Spring 2015 classes with Mike Conti featuring Sandy Talbot, Ellen Davis and Cody Swanson, Michael Rehe, Alec Wilbur, Donna Goldsmith, Kirk Scott, Lucy Franklin, Austin Gardeline, Rhonda Mera, Anna Bassler, Joe Buli, James Freeman and Jillian Anderson. (349 E. Ship Creek Ave.) THE ARC OF ANCHORAGE— Solo

show featuring paintings and jewelry by Ramond. (425 D St.) BEAUTY

GALLERY—Photography

by Karrie Denise. (417 D St.) CRUSH

WINE

BISTRO—“Sister

Paths to AK Abstraction” is a joint

ISLAND

BAKERY—

“Facecards” by Kay Marshall features playing card-size original drawings meant to celebrate the infinite variety of faces and universal expressions across the centuries. (1343 G St.)

liher-Combs’ “Recent Works” expresses inspiration from patterns of history, family and culture through the use of synthetic, organic, traditional and modern materials. (427 D St.) SALMON BERRY TOURS—Interna-

tional award-winning fine art photographer, David Ryan Taylor. (515 W. 4th Ave.) CITY CAFE—“First Fish, Second Opener” features artwork donated by the Eyak Corporation’s shareholder artists and friends. Proceeds will benefit The Eyak Foundation’s scholarship program. (1034 W. 4th Ave.) SNOW

Dr. Marion Clement is a Naturopathic Doctor providing health care to women, children and men, with a special interest in fertility and pediatrics. She also provides annual exams, PAP smears, and well child visits. Dr. Clement uses lifestyle counseling, nutrition, botanicals, and craniosacral therapy to help patients reach their optimal health goals.

STEPHAN FINE ARTS—V Rae’s

“Fly Away” is bright and whimsical animal art displayed on paper, canvas and metal substrates. (939 W. 5th Ave.) SUBZERO MICROLOUNGE—Fresh

art from Deuel & JT Bryant. (612 F St.)

AROUND TOWN ARCTIC ROSE GALLERY—“Under/

Over... a Watery Art Show.” Gallery artists show off their talents with original art and prints. Also on display, “Fresh Ink” new canvas prints from in-house printer, Ravenink and featuring “In the Barnyard” digital paintings by Jana Latham. (1443 W. Northern Lights Blvd.) BLUE HOLLOMON GALLERY— Su-

zanne Dvorak’s paintings and Annie Duffy’s small sculptures share gallery space for a joint show this month. Live music and snacks provided by BEEf Cake Catering. (3555 Arctic Blvd.) BOHEME

COFFEE

LOUNGE—

”Repurposed” from Vonnie Gaither

showcases painted recycled and reused items turned into wall art. (1443 W. Northern Lights Blvd.) BODY

PIERCING

UNLIMITED—

Tyler Smith, aka Thursday Skies, presents his collection of minimalist designs driven by bold line work depicting surreal sceneries. (2408 C St.) HERITAGE ART & FRAMES— “The

Second Run” by Artist Rob Johnson of Metal-Head Fish Co. features metal sea life sculptures crafted from upcycled junkyard vehicles. HUGI-LEWIS STUDIO—Artist Don-

ald Ricker will be curating a group art exhibit entitled “Celebration Anchorage Log Cabins 1915-2015.” Works by Margret Hugi-Lewis, Industrial Art Lighting and accessories by “Alaska Mad Scientist” Clinton Brown will also be on display. (1008 W. Northern Lights Blvd., across from Spenard Roadhouse) WAY CAFE—Photographers Brian Montablo and Will Koeppen present their show “Beyond Adventure Beyond Crowds,” an exploration of deconstructed photos and hidden shapes. (1300 W. NorthMIDDLE

ern Lights Blvd. Suite G) NORTHERN MADE CREATIONS—

Didier Lindsey’s award-winning Alaskan nature and landscape photography. (1120 Huffman Rd. #18) RESOLUTION BREWING COMPANY—Joshua Demain’s paintings

attempt to capture the beauty and magnitude of our glorious skies while establishing a social commentary between nature and humanistic elements. (3024 Mountain View Dr.) TAP ROOT PUBLIC HOUSE— Craig

Updegrove presents a retrospective of music posters he designed for Sasquatch Music Festival over the last five years titled “Had To Be There.” (3300 Spenard Rd.) BELLA—“Close Encounters” is a series by artist Karen Ottenbreit that brings an unexpected dimension of sculptural designs on canvas using polymer and acrylic. (601 E. Dimond Blvd #6) TERRA

VILLA NOVA RESTAURANT—Fea-

turing Tamara Hageland’s array of metal and fiber jewelry. (3121 Arctic Blvd.) n

Dr. Marion Clement To schedule an appointment with Dr. Clement call (907) 561-2330 or visit, nhcak.com to learn more about the types services provided by the Natural Health Center.

Preferred Provider with Blue Cross Blue Shield and Aetna Insurance June 25 - July 1, 2015

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MUSIC

ETERNAL COWBOYS, 9:30

GAME NIGHT AT SUBZERO MICROLOUNGE—Every

PIANO WITH ERIN PESZNECKER, 1 p.m. (Organic

p.m. (Humpy’s, 610 W. 6th Ave.)

Oasis, 2610 Spenard Rd.)

I LIKE ROBOTS, 10 p.m.

BLAZE & ERIC, 4 p.m. (Ber-

(Chilkoot Charlie’s, 2435 Spenard Rd.)

nie’s Bungalow, 626 D St.)

GRANDAD WITH GHOST HANDS AND DUTCHESS,

OPEN MIC JAM, 8 p.m. (Humpy’s, 610 W. 6th Ave.)

10 p.m. (Tap Root, 3300 Spenard Rd.)

COMEDY OPEN MIC, 8:30 p.m. (Chilkoot Charlie’s, 2435 Spenard Rd.)

SUNDAY, JUNE 28

BLUES JAM, 9 p.m. (Tap Root, 3300 Spenard Rd.) OPEN MIC, 9 p.m. (Al’s Alaskan Inn, 7830 Old Seward Hwy.)

ARTS, OUTDOORS, ENTERTAINMENT, CULTURE ANCHORAGE BOARD GAMERS GROUP—Interested in

playing board games? So is the Anchorage Board Game Group, from classics to the latest boards play casually or bunker down for epic campaigns. 1 p.m. at the Loussac Library. (3600 Denali St.) GLACIER PILOTS VS. ANCHORAGE BUCS—The Bucs

once again face off against crosstown rivals Glaciers Pilots. Nothing like a summer game of baseball. 5 p.m. (Mulcahy Stadium, A St. & E. 16th Ave.)

MONDAY, JUNE 29 MUSIC MUSIC FOR LITTLE ONES,

12 to 1 p.m. (Peratrovitch Park, 524 W. 4th Ave.)

MOTOWN MONDAYS, 5 p.m.

(Fat Ptarmigan, 441 W. 5th Ave.) DJ JESSE CROSS, 8 p.m. (Chilkoot Charlie’s, 2435 Spenard Rd.) I LIKE ROBOTS, 9 p.m. (Chilkoot Charlie’s, 2435 Spenard Rd.) KARAOKE, 10 p.m.

(Chilkoot Charlie’s, 2435 Spenard Rd.)

TUESDAY, JUNE 30 GEEKS WHO DRINK—Sim-

ply, a quiz game played in a pub. It’s an Anglo-Irish tradition, but the goal is the same: to foster friendly competition, and promote social drinking, a noble cause indeed. Free, 6 p.m. (Tap Root, 3300 Spenard Rd.) BEER PONG—Koot’s’ new Sunday social, beer pong is an old sport for beerheads everywhere. Brings your friends, make a team, and play for a night of shooting the shit with the crew. Hosted by DJ Anthem and Ref Kim, the night’s winner takes the cash and Koot’s gold cards. $5 cover per team, 9 p.m. (Chilkoot Charlie’s, 2435 Spenard Rd.)

HUNTING

ARTS, OUTDOORS, ENTERTAINMENT, CULTURE

Tuesday evening SubZero Microlounge hosts a game night featuring some of America’s favorite games, including Clue, Life, Cards Against Humanity and Scattergories just to name a few. Game Night starts when the bar opens for cocktail hour at 4 p.m. and goes until closing. Make sure to come early to call “dibs” on your favorite game. (612 F St.)

free Tuesday social run for anyone starting from Skinny Raven Downtown. Meet at Skinny Raven at 5 p.m., walkers can start early and the group run starts at 6 p.m. Meet friends and fellow joggers as well as view product demos and there are fun prizes every week. Finish the run at McGinley’s Pub or overflow to Flattop Pizza & Pool. The runs are approximately 5K in distance. 5 p.m. till finished. (McGinley’s Pub, 645 G Street / Flattop Pizza, 600 W. 6th Ave.) GEEKS WHO DRINK—Sim-

ply, a quiz game played in a pub. It’s an Anglo-Irish tradition, but the goal is the same: to foster friendly competition, and promote social drinking, a noble cause indeed. Free, 7 p.m. (Tap Root, 3300 Spenard Rd.) LIFE ART SKETCHING—For those of you who consider yourselves artists, consider taking a life art class at the Alaska Center for Alternative Lifestyles. ACAL hosts this life art sketching class every Tuesdays. It’s an 18+ event, and professional (nude) models are staffed for the class. $15 per session or $50 for a 5-session punch card. 7 to 9:30 p.m. (Alaska Center For Alternative Lifestyles, 225 E. 5th Ave.)

from the game Duel Monsters within the original Japanese manga, the Yu-Gi-Oh card game is a battle-based gameplay where players duel each other using monster face cards. Come and try it out for free, or if you’re a more serious dueler, bring your decks along. Occasional sealed deck tournaments may come with a higher charge. Free for casual play, $6-7 for tournament play, 3 p.m. (Bosco’s, 2301 Spenard Rd.)

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MEDIEVAL SWORD AND BUCKLER CLASS—Fiddle-

bow Fechtschule offers a weekly class on the use of the medieval sword and buckler. Each class incorporates the development of fundamental skills, technique exchange and conditioning in a relaxed but mindful atmosphere. No prior martial arts or fencing experience is necessary. Please contact Fiddlebow Fechtschule by email at chris@fiddlebowfechtschule.com to make arrangements to watch or participate. Drop-ins will be flayed. Classes take place each Wednesday at 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Open Space Alaska, LLC. (630 E. 57th Pl.)

BLUES JAM, 8 p.m. (Anchorage City Limits in The Lofts, 239 W. 4th Ave.)

MUSIC

(Pioneer Bar, 739 W. 4th Ave.)

OPEN MIC WITH JAMES GLAVES, 9 p.m. (Tap Root,

3300 Spenard Rd.)

MUSIC AT THE PARK, 12 p.m. (Peratrovitch Park, 524 W. 4th Ave.) ACOUSTIC WEDNESDAYS, 5

DJ JESSE CROSS, 10 p.m. (Chilkoot Charlie’s, 2435 Spenard Rd.)

to 8 p.m. (Hard Rock Café, 415 E St.)

KARAOKE, 10 p.m. (Chilkoot Charlie’s, 2435 Spenard Rd.)

p.m. (Organic Oasis, 2610 Spenard Rd.)

WEDNESDAY, JULY 1 ARTS, OUTDOORS, ENTERTAINMENT, CULTURE OPEN SOCIAL—The Alaska

Center for Alternative Lifestyles hosts a weekly open social that offers a chance to come out and connect with like-minded people. The vibe allows for interesting conversation in a sex-positive environment. Every Open Social ends with a workshop taught by different community members each Wednesday. Coffee, snacks, and tunes are provided. Free, 6 to 9 p.m. (Alaska Center for Alternative Lifestyles, 225 E. 5th Ave.) ISRAELI FOLK DANCING—

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tact Darla at hanedc@muni. org for more information. Free, 6:30 p.m. (Z. J. Loussac Library, 3600 Denali St.)

JARED WOODS, 6:30 p.m.

An evening of Israeli, American and other folk dances, no experience or partners required. Come active and ready to learn some dances, if you are a more experienced dancer who is interested in helping teach or bringing new dances to the group con-

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6 p.m. (Organic Oasis, 2610 Spenard Rd.)

SKINNY RAVEN TUES. NIGHT PUB RUN—A

YU-GI-OH TOURNAMENT AND OPEN PLAY—Born

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MUSIC

DIANE & SANDRA, 6:30

ROOTS MUSIC SPOTLIGHT WITH TODD GREBE, 8 p.m.

(Tap Root, 3300 Spenard Rd.) ORION, 8 p.m. (SubZero Microlounge, 612 F St.) I LIKE ROBOTS, 10 p.m. (Chilkoot Charlie’s, 2435 Spenard Rd.) OPEN DECKS, KARAOKE

10 p.m. (Chilkoot Charlie’s, 2435 Spenard Rd.) UNFAITHFUL LOVERS, 10

p.m. (Pioneer Bar, 739 W. 4th Ave.)

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS NIKE SITE SUMMIT—A special event on July 14 will feature dinner at the Arctic Valley Ski Lodge, and a bus tour with interpretive guides of the iconic Site Summit landmark. Once home to Nike Hercules missiles during the Cold War, the site is being saved for posterity by FONSS in cooperation with JBER. Visit nikesitesummit. net to RSVP, which is a must for this event. ALASKA JAZZ WORKSHOP SUMMER 2015—Applica-

tion are now being accepted for the Summer 2015 session of AJW featuring jazz combo class and jazz camp. Beginner, intermediate, and advanced sections will be offered for grades 7 - 12, university students, and adults. Classes fill up early and space is limited. Registration deadline July 20 for August 10 - 15. For more information visit akjazzworkshop. org.

ONGOING EVENTS For a complete list of events visit www.anchoragepress. com DISCOVERY CENTER SCIENCE DEMONSTRATIONS—

Reptiles and marine animals shine bright at the museum this summer as the Rasmuson Center invites you to come and see the daily science demonstrations at 12 and 3 p.m., animal demonstrations take place at 1:30 and 4:30 p.m. (Anchorage Museum, 625 C St.)

EXPERIENCE THE AURORA—Marvel at the Northern

Lights are they shimmer and glisten overhead. Seen overheard through time-lapsed footage, watch the immersive two-part show and all it captured up at the Arctic Circle. After the 20-minute film, a museum educator leads a discussion to further unearth the science behind this incredible phenomenon. Shows daily at 1 and 3 p.m. thru Mon. Aug. 31. (Anchorage Museum Auditorium, 625 C St.) YOGA ON DONATION—

Open Space offers weekly yoga, dance and other drop-in classes. Come join a vibrant community and pay what you can. All levels are welcome. Classes include: MWF lunch hour classes, Ashtanga, Hips, Core Explore, Prenatal, Baby & You, 50 and Fit and much more. Find our full schedule and special events online: OpenSpaceAlaska.com/calendar/ (630 E. 57th Pl.)

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FILM REVIEW BY INDRA ARRIAGA

ÜEROS, THE MEXICAN FILM by Alonso Ruiz Palacios, takes the viewer on a hell of a ride along with the four protagonists through the Periférico or peripheral ring of highways encircling Mexico City (known as “el DF” for District Federal). With over 27 million people, el DF is sprawling and vast. The road trip that weaves in and out of neighborhoods and suburbs doesn’t have to leave the area in order to take viewers and protagonists on a journey through the long history of revolution, race and cultural identity in contemporary Mexico. Like many metaphorical journeys, the destination is ultimately one’s self. Race identity and racism are folded into the class system of Mexico, where the color of skin affords disproportionate advantages to some at the expense of others. The word “Güero” or “Güera” is used to describe persons of light skin, light hair, and/or light eyes. The importance of skin color is vociferous throughout the culture, in its music, humor, storytelling, etc. As it turns out, uses of terms like “Güero” or “Blanco” for light skinned people, and their counterparts for dark skinned people like “Moreno,” “Prieto,” “Negro,” are largely contextual; it all depends on how and when it’s used and by whom. The film does a great job at showing this when at some instances, “Güero” is a compliment, and at others an insult. The dichotomy is this, on the one hand if someone is “Güero”, he or she is likely to be of a higher class, thus being called “Güero” is a compliment. On the other hand, the word itself likely comes from “Huero”—a term applied to eggs that are non-fertile and don’t yield any benefit. A “huevo huero” or failed egg, gets paler with time. When this meaning of the word is applied then the resulting insult is that a “Güero” is a dud of a person. The plot of the story in Güeros is based on the 1999 student strike at the UNAM (National Autonomous University of Mexico), which is Latin America’s largest university and has been pivotal to social and political movements since its inception. The 1999 student strike, not only straddled the 20th and 21st centuries, it lasted 292 days and was successful. For that entire year, the country sat on tenterhooks lest there be a repeat of the 1968 stu-

dent massacre. Tenoch Huerta plays Federico who goes by Sombra or Shadow. Sombra is from Veracruz and is a student at the UNAM. He’s dark, handsome and has the soul of a troubadour but also carries with him the insecurities that come from being of a lower class and having darker skin than Ana (Ilse Salas), with whom he’s deeply in love. Ana is from a rich family, she’s smart, articulate and a born leader, but even her skin color can’t protect her from the misogynist comments that are hurled at her as she speaks out. Sombra and his friend Santos (Leonardo Ortizgris) are not like Ana, they’re not part of the movement, nor do they transfer to other schools, they simply live in limbo as the strike goes on. They live in squalor, stealing electricity from their neighbors, and not seeing the point of leaving their digs. Then along comes Tomás (Sebastián Aguirre), Sombra’s younger

At its final destination Güeros is about arriving at the present, armed with the past and with the power to change the future. brother who, after getting into mischief one time too many in Veracruz, is sent to el DF by his struggling mother. The relationship between the brothers deepens as the film unfolds, and even though Tomás is Güero, and it seems everyone comments of the difference in their skin color, they share a home, a point of origin and genetic bond. Tomás is obsessed with a singer from a generation past. The fictitious Epigmenio Cruz’ music was so moving that it was rumored to have made Bob Dylan cry. When Tomás discovers that Cruz is hospitalized and dying in destitution, the gang begin its search for the music maker. As each character hears the music through an old-style Walkman, their obsession with finding the singer grows. Ruiz Palacios foments the mystery of the music further by using complete silence as the characters put on the headsets providing intimacy for the characters and a respite

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from the insanity of the strike and pandemonium of the city. The dynamics of the social criticisms in the film are not so much contradictory to one another as they are simply parallel: ancient and modern, black and white, rural and urban, rich and poor, cacophony and harmony exist side by side. Güeros provides space for this type of dialogue delivered through beautiful prose, colloquialisms, music and humor. Ruiz Palacios takes advantage of creative cinematic tools. Apart from the obvious grey scale contrasts created by shooting in black and white, he also uses imaginative camera work to create tension and immediacy. The sound design is thought through and parallels the concept of the film nicely. Ruiz Palacios uses the music of Augustin Lara to bring an idyllic Mexico into the chaos of a contentious one. The bitter sweet irony in this is that Lara’s music is now ubiquitous and has been usurped by the Mexican mass media, often portrayed as simple, romantic ballads with cheesy orchestration; however, at the time that Lara wrote them, from the 1940s on, he pushed the boundaries of racial inequities by writing key pieces of his repertoire for the voice of Toña la Negra, an unknown Afro-Mexican singer from Veracruz. Subsequently, Toña la Negra landed some film roles, but even though her presence on the screen is undeniable, she was relegated, like other dark-skinned actors, to secondary and undeveloped roles. After her death in 1982, her music was almost never heard outside of Veracruz and certain musical circles. Luckily, there has been a resurgence of the original recordings and today, Toña la Negra can even be heard on Pandora. Ruiz Palacios’ finely focused juxtaposition of places representing time and concept, in this case el DF and Veracruz, dovetail nicely into the personal journeys of each of the protagonist. At its final destination Güeros is about arriving at the present, armed with the past and with the power to change the future. n

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Dave and niece Olivia during a surprise Thanksgiving visit in Seattle.

BY ZAKIYA MCCUMMINGS

Dave and his grandfather out and about in Seattle. They frequently went on walks during his treatment.

AVID JONATHON SARGINSON passed away on March 7, 2015 surrounded by close friends and family. His passing came at the end of an 11-month battle with testicular cancer, one that eventually took him out of the state he loved so dearly and into the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. Even from thousands of miles away, Dave refused to stop contributing to his community. A stanch supporter of the American Cancer Society, he wanted to hold a benefit concert to raise funds for the organization that helped him so much throughout his own treatment. On June 27, his dream will be realized with the help of Family Tree Presents and the dedication of friends from the local music scene who loved him. Sarginson was born on September 4, 1984. Originally from Canada, he moved to Alaska as a young child with his younger sister Kayla and mother Jacque Malette after Jacque met her future husband, Ken. When asked what David was like as a child, his mother’s smile is a mix of sadness and nostalgia, eyes watery. “He was such a funny kid,” she says. A jokester from the very start, Jacque relays a story of one year’s April Fools joke when he covered the toilet seat in Vaseline and Saran Wrap. “I was the first one in the bathroom, of course, and all I could hear was David and his sister Kayla outside the door just laughing,” Jacque shares with a shake of her head. Kayla Harrison, known to friends as Kay, was David’s younger sister and his best friend. The two grew up in each other’s pockets. There was the typical sibling rivalry in their youth, with one particular day standing out for both Kay and her mother. It was during the dead heat of summer in Ontario when Jacque arrived home and saw her youngest child riding her bike down the street in full winter gear. “When my mom came home and asked Dave what was going on he just said, ‘Oh, I said she wouldn’t do it and I dared her,’” Kayla laughs. Such antics were typical of the jovial Dave, de-

scribed by friends and family as caring, hilarious and kind-hearted. From a very young age he became known as the class clown, always doing his best to make everyone around him laugh. It was that aura of carefree cheer that drew people to him. Charleen Ivanoff, one of his best friends, says that they met in Soldotna when she was 16, and she, Kayla, and Dave soon became the three musketeers. “We became closer as we got older,” she explains. It was music that brought the three of them together; the Mabrey brothers, Ray and Matt, first introduced Charleen to Dave at a show. Music was the common denominator in many of Dave’s friendships over the years. Active in the music community in many aspects, he was a longtime manager of Kenaibased band Fallen Hero and booked many of their first shows in Anchorage. It was at one of those shows that Dave first met Wes Johnson of Reconstruct, then a member of the band What May Fall. “Dave was supportive of everything I did musically, and wanted to help and be a part of it in any way he could. I’ve been in many bands over the years and he played a huge part in booking a lot of our shows and getting our name out,” Wes shares. “When Fallen Hero needed a guitarist, he insisted that they let me join. The summer of 2009 ended up being one of the best summers I’ve ever had, even despite living in Wasilla and having to drive to Kenai almost every week.” Aric Hanley, now playing in local favorite Lamplighter, also credits Dave with pushing his musical career forward. He was once in the popular band To The Depths, and Dave booked them their first show outside of Anchorage in Kenai. “That was a really big deal to me at back then. Before that I hadn’t ever really considered just how important music was in my life,” Aric says. His contributions to the local music scene went beyond inspiring countless musicians around the state. In 2009, his close friend Jason ‘Deuce’ Larson drowned in Talkeetna during the Moose Dropping Festival. Dave created Deucefest in his honor, a music festival in Kenai that celebrated punk and metal music. “He wanted Deuce to be remembered,” Kayla

Jacob ‘Deuce’ Larson and Dave.

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Friend Matt Mabrey and Dave.

Dave’s sister Kayla Harrison and her daughter Olivia during Oktober Fest.

explains. Although the last Deucefest took place in June Just two months after his passing, the wound still feels 2011, Dave’s charitable nature didn’t end with it. fresh for his stepfather Ken, who raised Dave from a Wes says that in the beginning, Dave was scared of his young age and considered him one of his closest friends. diagnosis, as many are when they first hear the ‘C’ word. “It’s tough for me to talk about,” Ken confesses. His mother But it didn’t take long for him to decide that he was go- Jacque, too, feels his loss every day. The pair find solace ing to beat it, and then raise cancer awareness within the in the dedication of his friends to insure his legacy lived Alaska music scene. “He got motivated and was already on. In Kenai, family friend Dennis Matthew began offertrying to set up shows,” Wes reveals. “Even when he relocated to Washington for cancer treatment, he never stopped talking about a cancer benefit show, one that he was determined to put on when he returned to Alaska in May of 2015.” Unfortunately, he would never get the chance to see his dream become a reality. Dave’s passing in March of 2015 was a shock for many. It was hard to believe someone as full of life as Dave could be gone. Throughout his illness he never once complained, always making sure to keep those around him in high spirits. “We’d walk into the cancer center and all the nurses would be like, ‘Hi, David! How’re you feeling?’” Jacque recounts with a laugh. “And he’d just say, ‘Eh, I’m fine. How are you?’” Wes, too, was surprised by his death; he had always though of Dave as someone who would be in ing $10 cancer tattoos at Northern Ink Studios, the profits his life forever. “I’ve had a few friends beat cancer. I as- from which will be donated to the American Cancer Sosumed he was gonna be another survivor,” he admits. Aric, ciety in Dave’s name. Here in Anchorage, his friends have who’d been friends with Dave since 2009, said it was the rallied together to put on the cancer benefit show Dave first time he had cried in years. wanted to host himself. His funeral service was attended mostly by family, with Sarah Pederson of Family Tree Presents, a pivotal promany of his close friends reaching out via private messag- moter in the punk and metal community, was instrumenes on Facebook and letters. His death was a loss too great tal in the process. Dave originally approached Sarah and for many to face in person. “I didn’t blame any of them,” ShowDown Production’s Mac Holtan about putting on Kayla states. “If David hadn’t been my brother, I probably the show. After his death, she worked together with Bryce wouldn’t have gone either.” Reimer of Tequila Mockingbird, members of Reconstruct,

Throughout his illness he never once complained, always making sure to keep those around him in high spirits.

and the now disbanded band To The Depths, as well as his sister Kayla in order to make the show a reality. While Dave had no children of his own, it would be fair to say that he is survived by his niece Olivia Sliker. Ask any of his family and friends, and they’d tell you that the little girl, now 17 months, was the center of his world. “You could see it in his eyes the first time he held her,” Jacque says with a smile. “It was like, ‘That’s it, that’s my girl.’” Kayla recalls how her older brother would send her videos every day for her daughter, often times making odd noises that had her cracking up. “We came and surprised him during Thanksgiving,” Kayla explains. “My Papa had to pick Olivia up because she wouldn’t crawl the right way, and as soon as he saw her he started bawling, and then Liv started bawling, too.” For the rest of his friends and family, it’s one step at a time, day by day. Each has their own way of coping. Both his sister and mother say that when they have a bad day, they can think of his laugh and feel a little bit of joy again. For his dear friend Charleen, Dave is with her no matter where she goes. “He’s apart of my soul,” she declares resolutely. While Dave Sarginson was only a part of this word for 30 years, his friends describe a life full of laughter, love, and joy. And while nothing can ever bring him back, they all hope that his legacy carries his spirit on forever. n

Dave Sarginson’s memorial concert will take place at Chilkoot Charlie’s on Saturday, June 27 at 8 p.m. See page 23 for more event info. All proceeds will go to the American Cancer Society in Dave’s name. If you wish to donate online, visit donate.cancer.org.

Kayla (center left) and Dave (center right) with cousins at their grandfather’s cabin.

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Professional

Mat-Su Health Foundation (MSHF)

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INDUSTRIAL AUCTION Saturday, June 27, 2015 Auction starts at Noon 235 Ingra St., Anch, AK Preview Friday 10AM-4PM

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ANCHORAGE WEEKLY CONFESSIONS FROM AROUND THE WEB • My best friend slowly becoming not my best friend is the biggest liar!!!! For some reason I can’t confront her about it but all she does is lie. Should I just let her drown in her pool of lies or check her on it?? • I feel like my significant other doesn’t care anymore. She shows no affection and when I try to she brushes me off. Should I keep trying? We’ve been together a long time and have a life together.... • Today was my birthday. I only got five birthday wishes. I’m not upset or anything, because to me it was just like any other day. The only difference was the age that I tell people has changed. I just feel blessed that I was able to see another year. Although, it did make me think of what kind of a person I am that only a handful of people took the time to type happy birthday to me. • I have been trying to loose weight for a while, ever since I had my second baby, but my younger son really loves my belly fat. He flaps it around, smacks it, pinches it, makes fart noises and uses it as a pillow. Kinda makes me feel bad taking his enjoyment away, kinda wondering

if I should just keep my flappy gut around just for him. • My other half had a child by a one-night stand with a woman over two years ago. Even though he’s never had the chance to even meet the child, he’s still paying out the ass for child support, even with his two jobs. Even went after his tax refund. Isn’t there something he can do about this, after not even meeting this child? Meeting the child/having rights to see this child he’s paying for or having the case dropped because what’s the point of paying for a child if you can’t even see what it’s going to? If I had a confession, it’s that some “women” are money hungry bitches that don’t consider all who are involved or affected by their actions. • A man asking a woman out is like a man liking a woman’s Facebook profile picture, it really doesn’t show any character at all it just shows that you he can get a hard on for her. However when a woman asks a guy out it generally does show character; this is why I never like any woman’s profile picture and I only ask them out twice then move on relatively quickly for three reasons: if she says no she is either not

ready for a relationship or she just is not into me, and because I always do a little home work to see what kind of character she has but I am really unable to show my character in asking her out.

friends and none have admitted to this happening to them, so I feel pretty embarrassed and it seems silly to me, so I don’t tell my husband. Is this at all a normal occurrence for women?

• When you cook a really nice dinner. And your boyfriend never comes home from work... maybe it’s time to stop sucking at cooking and be grateful that your newest baby daddy is paying your rent and bought you an Escalade.

• I’m in love with this guy who works in the meat department at Carrs on Minnesota. Haha he will never know now because I moved. n

• I’m a 25 years old woman and over the past year I’ve started having sleep-gasms i.e. “wet dreams.” It just started happening randomly and since the first time it happened it continues to happen. I am married and have sex with my husband on a normal basis, so I’ve taken the possibility of it being due to the lack of sex. I don’t go broadcasting it, but I’ve talked with a few female

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Bi chance... You were at the bar, you told me how you liked my ‘colon’. It reminded you of being back home in the mountains. Would be nice to talk with you more. Sexy man. NEW SAGAYA MIDTOWN - M4M - 23 (ANCHORAGE)

I feel awfully weird posting on here, but I find it a necessity for I can’t stop thinking of how adorable you are. I came into New Sagaya in midtown today to have lunch while on my break from work. Only, while I was sitting on the cafe side, I couldn’t help but notice this incredibly cute guy who was reading his book by himself at a table. I thought it was absolutely humbling to see you so intrigued and lost in your reading. I wanted to come up and spark conversation, but then what looks to have been your family joining you at the table for lunch, the lot of you quickly

used sign language to communicate with each other. It was in that moment that I realized I wouldn’t have been able to communicate effectively with you, while also not wanting to infringe on you and your family. Regardless of this major hurdle, I couldn’t help but think about how much I wish I could have initiated some sort of conversation before leaving. I truly hope if the planets align in some weird order, I am given the opportunity to try this again, or you happen to come across this missed connection. If that is the case, share with me what you were wearing and how many people were with you and maybe we could start from there. Cheers

ing life and enjoying a north breeze. I had just fancied that I had an outstanding connection to nature while noticing the gentle dancing of dandelion seeds drifting past me. A bird had just landed on my outstretched finger while I sang a short ditty to it when your tire flew off of your car, nearly taking me out and causing my small friend to take flight. You ran out of your car to check if I was okay. I am sorry I didn’t stay longer to chat, but I was always warned me not to talk to strangers and I left without my shoe. If you should come across it, I’d appreciate it back. I don’t need date, but I have a narcoleptic friend who is always looking for a good time.

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TO THE BEAUTIFUL WOMEN OF ANCHORAGE - M4W (ANCHORAGE)

I was sauntering down the trail between mountain view and Tikatnu commons around midnight last night, minding my own business, liv-

I see you all the time, every day. Mostly driving somewhere, maybe work, maybe home, perhaps to get your nails done. You can’t possibly all

have a significant other. Why haven’t I met you? Is it because I don’t go to the bars regularly? Is it because I didn’t show up at the color run? I have what you want. I am loving, attractive, tall, intelligent, hilarious.... So sue me because I smoke cigarettes. I also have a good job, own my home, and a nice vehicle, all shit that really doesn’t matter in the big scheme of things, but many of you tend to look for, and I don’t blame you, you want stability. So why weren’t you at Carr’s when I was buying dog food, or walking your dog when I was mine? Where in the hell do you go when you drive by me? Yes, I tried dating sites, but the only people who would respond or reach out to me were not exactly my type. I am in good shape, they were not, and I am simply not attracted to large women. Don’t get me wrong, I love me some curves, but not fat. So why have I not met you? What am I doing wrong? I don’t want to meet you at a bar. Are you afraid

of me? I am not your last boyfriend, I am not a creep, or mooch, I have my own shit and simply need your companionship. I am generous with those I care about, but far from a pushover. So where are you? There are a ton of you, I saw perhaps 10 in traffic on my last trip to the grocery store alone. Do you not shop? Do you not need food? Where the hell are you? n

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NEWS of the WEIRD WHAT CANNIBALS CAN TEACH US Researchers studying the human-brain-eating Fore tribe of Papua New Guinea reported in a June journal article that they have identified the specific “prion” resistance gene that appears to offer complete protection against mad cow disease and perhaps other neurodegenerative conditions such as dementia and Parkinson’s. The tribe customarily dined on relatives’ brains at funerals (although has abandoned the practice) and consequently suffered a major 1950s epidemic that wiped out two percent of the tribe annually. According to the lead researcher, survivors, with the specific resistance gene, demonstrated “a striking example of Darwinian evolution in humans.” RECURRING THEMES (ALL-NEW EPISODES!) —Spouses often disagree politically and vote accordingly, but occasionally one runs for office against the other—as is the case in Bremerton, Washington, where incumbent Councilmember Roy Runyon is being challenged by his wife, Kim Faulkner. Both were mum as to reasons and in fact filed their registration papers together at the same time in May. Said Runyon: “We’re different people. She might have a different approach.” —India’s media reported in April yet another birth defect in which the surviving baby is treated as a representation of Hindu holiness. A four-armed, four-legged child (medical explanation: remains of an underdeveloped conjoined twin) is worshipped as the reincarnation of the multi-limbed Lord Ganesha, and pilgrims journey from all over India to the birthplace, Dumri-Isri in Jharkhand state. (In a nod to modernity, one witness told a reporter that initially he had thought a photograph of the child was “Photoshopped,” but now has seen the baby with his own eyes.) —The law of turkey-baster insemination took a turn in Virginia in April when mother Joyce Bruce was unable to keep sperm-provider Robert Boardwine out of her son’s life. Bruce relied on a state statute that seemed to allow her sole parenthood if the pregnancy was based on assisted-reproduction medical technology. However, the Court of Appeals of Virginia declared that a “kitchen implement” is not “medical technology” and, considering Boardwine’s genuine interest in fatherhood, ruled that he was entitled to joint custody and visitation rights. —Another “Human Right”: In April, London’s Daily Mail spotted Anna Broom of Gillingham declaring that despite her various disorders that keep her from working, she nonetheless imagines a first-class wedding with champagne, horsedrawn carriage and Mexico honeymoon—all at government expense—because that would be her “human right.” She told a reporter that a small ceremony at a government office would not boost her confidence, but that her “dream” wedding would be just the thing to get her back on a job search. —The most recent exposition of people who tattoo their eyeballs, at the International Tattoo Festival in Caracas, in February, featured the phenomenon’s founder, Mr. Luna Cobra, who said it all started when he tried to create “bright blue” eyes, as in the 1984 film Dune. (Pigment is injected, permanently, so that it rests under the eye’s thin top layer, the conjunctiva.) Asked what the process feels like, devotee Kylie Garth told BBC News, “It was mentally intense,” resembling an eye poke, pressure and “a bit of sand”— but “no pain.” Mr. Cobra urged young people to get their jobs before trying eye tats, since “you’re going to look frightening forever to the majority of people you encounter.” —Once again, in May, lawyers went to court trying to per-

suade a judge that some rights under the U.S. Constitution be extended to intelligent apes (here, chimpanzees, as “autonomous and self-determining beings” at least as perceptive as, for example, severely mentally ill people, who retain rights while institutionalized). Lawyers are once again asking for a writ of habeas corpus (now available only to humans) to take Hercules and Leo out of a lab and into a sanctuary. (Adding to the discussion, in the week after the court hearing, a Harvard professor and colleagues, writing in the journal Current Anthropology, hypothesized that chimps could cook foods if given the chance. Tests revealed that they resist raw food when they are able to place it into a device that made it taste better—which in theory makes them more intelligent than children who eat cookie dough.) —Baffling Perversion: Some men are compelled to express unrequited love for women by ejaculating onto them or into their beverages. The Minnesota legislature is working to upgrade its law (since a recent defendant, John Robert Lind, was

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acquitted of adulterating his co-worker’s coffee on the ground that current law requires actually touching the victim). However, Lind (who admitted a total of six climaxes against the coworker) is an amateur compared to Tetsuya Fukuda, 40, who was finally apprehended in April, at which time he admitted “more than 100” semen attacks on women on trains near Kinshicho, Japan, dating back to 2011. He told police, “I get excited when in close contact with a woman on a crowded train.” UPDATES ON PREVIOUS NEWS OF THE WEIRD —News of the Weird has remarked on modern, over-thetop versions of the centuries-old tradition in China of making funerals entertaining, to attract mourners and thereby signify that the deceased did not die “faceless.” In the recent past, festive song-and-dance acts were hired, and soon, in the competition for attendees, some families took to hiring strippers to perform—even “obscene” acts, “severely pollut(ing)” the culture, according to a critic. In April, the Ministry of Culture, previously somewhat tolerant because of sensitivity for the families, formally denounced the practice and began detaining the traveling performers. —Convicted “satanic cult” day care operators Dan and Fran Keller were finally unconvicted by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in May—23 years after being found guilty based in part on toddlers’ fantastical testimony (encouraged by counselors) telling impossible tales of molestation. Still, however, the judges could not bring themselves to rule the Kellers “not guilty,” thus preserving children’s narratives of the Kellers videotaping orgies, serving blood-laced Kool-Aid, kidnapping them to Mexico and more—yet somehow releasing them, unscarred, each day to parents at pickup time in Austin. (The Kellers spent 22 years behind bars.) —The South Pacific islanders on the Vanuatu island of Tanna believe that 2016 will be the year that the man they inexplicably worship as a god—Britain’s Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh—will finally visit them. One highly regarded islander told a London Daily Telegraph correspondent in New Zealand that the cult is starved for a visit, since Philip’s only contact since the 1940s has been via gifts (one, the most treasured, an autographed photo). Legendary Vanuatuan “Chief Jack” was convinced that Philip was a descendant of island royalty. A NEWS OF THE WEIRD CLASSIC (JANUARY 2011) Biologists Studying Rare Species Have to Be Fast: Researchers learned from reports in early 2010 of a new monkey species in Myanmar, with a nose so recessed that it habitually collects rainfall and constantly sneezes. However, according to an October (2010) National Geographic dispatch, by the time scientists arrived to investigate, natives had eaten the monkey. (The sneezing alerts hunters.) Similarly, researchers studying a rare species of Vietnamese lizard learned of a sighting in November (2010), and a two-man team from La Sierra University in Riverside, California, rushed to Ba Ria-Vung Tau province. However, on arrival they found the lizards being routinely served in several restaurants’ lunch buffets. n

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LOVE BETTER OFF WITHOUT BY DAN SAVAGE I am a male grad student who is technically engaged to a female grad student. She has numerous positive qualities, but she is repulsed by sex. She is very sensitive about her repulsion and becomes distraught when I broach the subject. She says that even the thought of doing anything sexual with me elicits a panic attack. She also insists that she is “broken” because, in the hopes of preventing me from leaving her, she forced herself to go further than she felt comfortable. We are both virgins, and the furthest that we ever went sexually was cunnilingus. She has never seen me completely naked or expressed any interest in making love to me. When she revealed that any form of sexual affection prompted panic attacks and psychological distress, I decided to call off our engagement. She proceeded to threaten to kill herself and blame me for her aversion to sex. I agreed to continue the relationship but insisted that we postpone marriage. She refuses to go to couples counseling. I love her and enjoy her companionship, but my sexual self-esteem is devastated. I feel rejected and bitter, and I am still with her mainly because of guilt. Although she denies that this contributes to the situation, she also holds strong religious convictions. She claims that she always had a weak libido and that bodily fluids (especially semen) disgust her. Finally, despite her use of oral contraceptives, she fears pregnancy. She also disapproves of my family and friends, my interest in science, my distrust of religion, and my use of antidepressants. My questions: (1) If I did cause or contribute to her sexual aversion, do I have a lifelong obligation to remain with her? (2) Barring cheating, the impetus for her decision to break up with a previous boyfriend, what other options do I have? (3) Could her sexual aversion ever dissipate? (4) Could her sexual aversion stem from asexuality? Gradually Escalating Threats Obligate Unending Togetherness 1. You are not obligated to stay with this unpleasant woman for the next 50 years just because you made the mistake of proposing to her. And even if she started fucking you, GETOUT, do you really want to be with her? 2. Why bar cheating? If taking herself hostage is so intimidating that it prevents you from breaking up with her (threatening to kill herself = taking herself hostage), then go ahead and cheat on her, or pretend to cheat on her, and let her break up with you. 3. Her sexual aversion may dissipate over time. Or it may not. But someone who doesn’t want to fuck someone—and she clearly doesn’t want to fuck you—rarely starts wanting to fuck that someone down the road. So she may get over her sexual aversion in time, but she’ll probably be fucking someone else when she does… even if she’s married to you. 4. Could be that, sure. But unless you’re willing to live a sexless life with a manipulative spouse who disapproves of your family, friends, meds, etc., the root cause of her sexual aversion is irrelevant. I am getting married to my partner next month. I’m super pumped. Her family is awesome and supportive. I’ve had a long back and forth with my family about the wedding—including inviting them and saying how much it would mean to me if they would come. I’m trying to be the bigger person, even though they have never been supportive of me as a queer person. I suspect some of them are not coming, as I got a pretty intense e-mail from my sister-in-law about how my family can’t support my engagement because

blah blah Catholic blah. Yesterday was the RSVP due date, and none of them have responded. So it is now to the point where I’m going to have to call and outright ask if they’re coming and potentially absorb all their rejection personally. Here’s the kicker: I found out through Facebook that my brother, who I used to think was my ally (he said that he and his GF were going to try to make it to my wedding), is getting married seven days after we are! And he forgot to invite me?! So with this knowledge, what am I supposed to say when I call asking for RSVPs? Please Please Please Help You are not going to absorb your shitty family’s rejection personally, PPPH, because you are not going to call each and every shitty member of your shitty family to personally ask each individual shit if they’re coming to your wedding. The shits aren’t coming—adjust your seating charts accordingly. And you know what? You don’t want these shits at your wedding. You don’t want to see your shitty sister-in-law’s sour face when you look out at your guests. You don’t want to see your shitty brother’s face—the shit throws you noncommittal shitty scraps and then in a shit move fails to invite you to his own wedding—when you cut the cake. You want people at your wedding who love and support you, who love and support your relationship—and your shitty family has made it abundantly clear that they are incapable of loving and supporting you. It’s worse than that: Your shitty family has made it clear that they will seize any opportunity to wound you. So stop creating those opportunities. Don’t send any more invitations, don’t make any more phone calls, unfollow the fuckers on Facebook. Devote a week to grieving your loss— this kind of rejection is painful—and then resolve to focus on your wife-to-be, your education, your friends, and your career. Focus on the life you and your fiancée are embarking on together. She’s your family now. My boyfriend and I have been together almost two months. Lately, he doesn’t seem that interested in investing in our relationship, but when I talk to him, he says the opposite. We are a bit long-distance (he lives an hour away). Two weeks ago, he went home to visit his parents. I was going to see him when he got back, but he said he wasn’t feeling well. Then last week, he went to his best friend’s wedding. Now he tells me he’s got to go back home this weekend to get his laptop. Through all this, his texting responses have gone down to where I am lucky to get a reply. If we are on the phone and the call drops, he doesn’t try to call me back, and he never answers when I call him back. I’m just trying to keep the lines of communication open, especially since we don’t see each other all the time, but he is making it difficult. What would be the best way to approach this? Boyfriend’s Absences Worry Lonely & Invested New Girlfriend Don’t call or text your boyfriend for two weeks. If he doesn’t call or text you in that time—and he won’t—then you cancel your three-month anniversary party. My hunch is that this relationship has been over for a while, BAWLING, but your boyfriend lacks the decency to put you out of your misery. Looking on the bright side: You won’t have to waste any of your money on a traditional three-month anniversary present—a bag of Cool Ranch Doritos—or any more of your time on this guy. n

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LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22): One summer afternoon when I was seven years old, my friend Billy and I grabbed an empty jar from my kitchen and went looking for ants. Near the creek we found an anthill swarming with black ants, and scooped a bunch of them in the jar. A little later we came upon a caravan of red ants, and shoved many of them in with the black ants. Would they fight? Naturally. It was mayhem. Looking back now, I’m sorry I participated in that stunt. Why stir up a pointless war? In that spirit, Leo, I urge you to avoid unnecessary conflicts. Don’t do anything remotely comparable to putting red ants and black ants in the same jar. VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22): In order for everyone in your sphere to meet their appointed destinies, you must cultivate your skills as a party animal. I’m only slightly joking. At least for now, it’s your destiny to be the catalyst of conviviality, the ringleader of the festivities, the engineer of fun and games. To fulfill your assignment, you may have to instigate events that encourage your allies to leave their comfort zones and follow you into the frontiers of collaborative amusement. LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22): Your symbolic object of the week is a magic wand. I recommend that you visualize yourself as the star of a fairy tale in which you do indeed have a wand at your disposal. See yourself wielding it to carry out a series of fantastic tricks, like materializing a pile of gold coins or giving yourself an extraordinary power to concentrate or creating an enchanted drink that allows you to heal your toughest wound. I think this playful imaginative exercise will subtly enhance your ability to perform actual magic in the real world. SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21): The taskmaster planet Saturn wove its way through the sign of Scorpio from October 2012 until the end of 2014. Now it has slipped back into your sign for a last hurrah. Between now and mid-September. I urge you to milk its rigorous help in every way you can imagine. For example, cut away any last residues of trivial desires and frivolous ambitions. Hone your focus and streamline your self-discipline. Once and for all, withdraw your precious energy from activities that waste your time and resist your full engagement. And if you’re serious about capitalizing on Saturn’s demanding gifts, try this ritual: Write either “I will never squander my riches” or “I will make full use of my riches” twenty times—whichever motivates you most. SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21): The advanced lessons on tap in the coming days are not for the squeamish, the timid, the lazy, or the stubborn. But then you’re not any of those things, right? So there shouldn’t be a major problem. The purpose of these subterranean adventures and divine interventions is to teach you to make nerve-racking leaps of faith, whether or not you believe you’re ready. Here’s one piece of advice that I think will help: Don’t resist and resent the tests as they appear. Rather, welcome them as blessings you don’t understand yet. Be alert for the liberations they will offer.

seems to prefer to live in a single room in the basement.” Wilson wasn’t just referring to Capricorns. He meant everybody. Most of us commit the sin of self-limitation on a regular basis. That’s the bad news. The good news, Capricorn, is that you’re entering a time when you’re more likely to rebel against the unconscious restrictions you have placed on yourself. You will have extra motivation to question and overrule the rationales that you used in the past to inhibit your primal energy. Won’t it be fun to venture out of your basement nook and go explore the rest of your domain? AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18): “An obscure moth from Latin America saved Australia’s pasture-land from the overgrowth of cactus,” writes biologist Edward O. Wilson. “A Madagascar ‘weed,’ the rosy periwinkle, provided the cure for Hodgkin’s disease and childhood leukemia,” he adds, while “a chemical from the saliva of leeches dissolves blood clots during surgery,” and a “Norwegian fungus made possible the organ transplant industry.” I think these are all great metaphors for the kind of healing that will be available for you in the coming weeks, Aquarius: humble, simple, seemingly insignificant things whose power to bring transformation has, up until now, been secret or unknown. PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20): “She is hard to tempt, as everything seems to please her equally,” said artist Anne Raymo in describing a hedonistic acquaintance. A similar statement may soon apply to you, Pisces. You will have a talent for finding amusement in an unusually wide variety of phenomena. But more than that: You could become a connoisseur of feeling really good. You may even go so far as to break into a higher octave of pleasure, communing with exotic phenomena that we might call silken thrills and spicy bliss and succulent revelry. ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19): During my regular hikes along my favorite trails, I’ve gotten to know the local boulders quite intimately. It might sound daft, but I’ve come to love them. I’ve even given some of them names. They symbolize stability and constancy to me. When I gaze at them or sit on them, I feel my own resolve grow stronger. They teach me about how to be steadfast and unflappable in all kinds of weather. I draw inspiration from the way they are so purely themselves, forever true to their own nature. Now would be an excellent time for you to hang out with your own stony allies, Aries. You could use a boost in your ability to express the qualities they embody. TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20): “Everyone is a genius at least once a year,” wrote German aphorist Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. “The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together.” According to my astrological analysis, Taurus, your once-a-year explosion of genius is imminent. It’s even possible you will experience a series of eruptions that continue for weeks. The latter scenario is most likely if you unleash the dormant parts of your intelligence through activities like these: having long, rambling conversations with big thinkers; taking long, rambling walks all over creation; enjoying long, rambling sex while listening to provocative music. GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20): “I think if we didn’t contradict ourselves, it would be awfully boring,” says author Paul Auster. “It would be tedious to be alive.” But he goes even further in his defense of inconsistency, adding, “Changing your mind is probably one of the most beautiful things people can do.” This bold assertion may not apply to everyone all the time, but it does for you in the coming weeks, Gemini. You should feel free to explore and experiment with the high art of changing your mind. I dare you to use it to generate extravagant amounts of beauty. n

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Wednesday, July 1, 2015 4:00pm - 7:00pm Town Square Park Everyone is invited! Join us at the inauguration ceremony for Mayor Ethan Berkowitz on Wednesday, July 1 in Town Square Park. This will be a free, family friendly event for all to enjoy. Enjoy food trucks, free cake, live music by bands H3 and Vinyl Floors, and fun! Make sure you save the date and join the community to celebrate Anchorage and its new Mayor! Also check out the Diversity Celebration on Sunday, June 28 from 2-5 pm at the Northway Mall parking lot.

June 25 - July 1, 2015