Turnagain Times
 Volume Thirteen, No. 3     February 4, 2010 Serving Bird, Indian, Girdwood, Whittier, Hope, Cooper Landing & Moose Pass  

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TIMES HEADLINES
Vol. 13, #3 02/04/10
> Couple finds coyote snared less than 8 feet off popular hiking trail in Portage Valley
 Public safety concerns raised over trapping along Forest Service trails
Last month while walking on The Trail of Blue Ice near Williwaw pond and the salmon viewing platform in Portage Valley, Bill Nickerson and Susan Fenn were surprised when they came upon a dead coyote . . .
> Girdwood woman gears up for Kilimanjaro climb
Invites others from the community to join her to raise money for HIV/AIDS assistance
Lauren Dreiztler, a sales manager for Alyeska Resort and Girdwood resident, will be leaving on a trip to Africa
in September to help African children orphaned by HIV/AIDS. Dreiztler has been volunteering her time . . .
> Bird Ridge vapor vents draw curiosity of hikers and geologists
By Brian Stoecker | Turnagain Times
Years ago, a band of mountain runners from Anchorage to Girdwood, incorporated winter climbs on Bird Ridge, into their training regimen. Their sport may be called “mountain Running”, but on Bird Ridge . . .
> Whittier Hosts ASHI CPR/First AID Instructor Course
 21 years and counting for local EMS instructor
In a 16-hour CPR/first aide instructor course, held Jan. 23-24 in the homeowners’ lounge of the Begich Towers
in Whittier, Southern Region Emergency Medical instructor, Skip Richards, in his 21st year of emergency . . .
> Bird researchers seek answers to eagle migration
 By Jim Magowan | Turnagain Times Correspondent
The question was posed to Dave Tessler Alaska Department of Fish and Game nongame biologist, who is the expert on critters you can’t hunt, “Where do the eagles from Turnagain Arm go in winter.” The answer: . . .

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