Three former Fairbanksans recently spent a month traveling and kayaking in Chile, enjoying Summer Solstice sunshine in December and warm whitewater in January. Paul Schauer, Tyler Dyer, and Garrison Collette paddled 23 sections on 11 Chilean rivers before returning home to Alaska. Paul and Garrison are both Lathrop H.S. grads. Garrison and Tyler both attended [...]
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You may be interested in this proposed rezone of the Horner property on the north side of the Chena River just upstream of the University Ave bridge (and the mouth of Noyes Slough). Note that this will be heard by the Borough Assembly at their mtg tomorrow evening at 6 pm. From Anna Plager: Cam, Thanks for helping to spread the [...] Monday night Kayaking pool sessions started again on at Hamme Pool on January 9, 2012. They are held every Monday night except for January 16 and February 20 until mid May. Get back in your boat and be ready to get on the rivers when they break up this spring. Meet other paddlers, and talk [...] Last July two Fairbanks paddlers (John Morack and Tom Paragi) and a couple from Outside canoed an 80 mile loop through BIG lakes and a glacial river in Katmai National Park. They will share a 40 minute program of still and video photography including brown bears and the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes. Where: upstairs room [...] We’re happy and relieved to report that the Web site is restored to its former state. It’s too bad that some people have no better outlet for their creativity than to vandalize sites. Thanks for your patience, and see you at the pool starting in January! The Fairbanks Paddler’s website was recently vandalized by a hacker. Currently, only the first page is visible, and menu links aren’t working. Please be patent as our volunteer web guru restores our full website. The Fairbanks Paddlers annual meeting and potluck dinner will be held Friday, November 4, 2011 at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Fairbanks located at 4448 Pikes Landing Road, across from the Princess Hotel, off Airport Way. Come swap paddling stories of days gone by, plan for next year’s season, and enjoy the food and entertainment. The agenda [...] The Tanana Valley Watershed Association is sponsoring a Noyes Slough clean-up on Saturday, September 10th. They will meet at the Lions Recreation Area Picnic Shelter at the corner of College and Danby roads. The clean-up begins at 9:00 a.m. and the picnic begins at noon. The TVWA will provide all necessary clean-up supplies, including canoes [...] The Second Annual World Famous Farthest North WOODEN BOAT RENDEZVOUS will be held August 27th, 2011! What: When: Where: The Denali Adventure Festival is now over two weekends: Aug. 13 and Aug. 19-20. The Nenana River Wildwater races have been re-scheduled for August 19 and 20, eliminating the conflict with the Six-Mile Festival. Running Race Schedule: Fourth Annual Mt. Healy Challenge: Saturday, Aug. 13, 12 noon |
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