Girdwood Realty & Property Management moves into new office |
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The Girdwood Realty & Property Management office has moved. Located on the Alyeska Boardwalk next to The Bake Shop for the last seven years, the new office is in the A-frame chalet next to The Jade Shop on Olympic Mountain Loop. |
The Whittier Silver Salmon Derby began last Friday and will run through Sept. 14 with a daily entry fee of $5 and a weekly fee of $25. A jackpot for the heaviest fish will be awarded at the end of the season with weigh-ins occurring daily at Fee’s Custom Seafoods on the Whittier Harbor Triangle between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m.
Derby tickets are available at various Whittier businesses including Quiggly’s Ice Cream Parlor, Bread N Butter Charters, Sea Mist Charters, the Harbor Store, Shoreside Petroleum, Fee’s Custom Seafoods and onboard most charter boats.
Regulations are available at various businesses around Whittier. There are weekly prizes for first, second and third heaviest fish. There is also a winner for the all-time heaviest fish with last year’s weighing in at 13.65 pounds.
In addition to the regular derby, a “Small Fry” Silver Salmon Derby will be held for children on Sept. 13. There is a $5 entry fee with youngsters divided into two groups—ages ten and under and ages 11 to 15. First, second and third prizes will be awarded to contestants in both age classes for the heaviest fish. Weigh-ins and tickets are available at the same locations as the regular derby.
Join Girdwood 2020 for an 8 a.m. tee time on Sept. 10 at O’Malley on the Green at the Anchorage Golf Course. This year there will be a $50,000 hole sponsored by Alaska Executive Search, among many other great prizes from other sponsors and Girdwood businesses.
The annual Girdwood 2020 Golf Tournament is one of two fundraisers sponsored by the membership organization that works for the benefit of the Girdwood Valley. Funds raised by Girdwood 2020 provide support to Alaska Winter Olympians Foundation, Girdwood Little League, soccer, summer art camp, Four Valleys Community School Ski program, Little Bears Day Care Center, and much more.
Players can register a team of four for $580, or as an individual for $145, on-line at www.girdwood2020.org. For more information call 980-0445 or e-mail info@girdwood2020.org.
The Alyeska Climbathon, organized by Alaska Mountain Runner (AMR), will begin Saturday, Sept. 6 at Alyeska Resort at 10 a.m. The goal of the race is to run up the mountain and take the tram down as many times as possible in a nine hour time frame. The course begins at the tram base and goes up to the Northface to spoonline, then up the front side of the mountain to the tram terminal at top.
Prizes will be awarded for several different elevation achievements. Pre-registration ended Sept. 3 but participants are welcome to register on the day of the race for a $30 fee. AMR is a non-profit organization based in Anchorage, Alaska and dedicated to the promotion and development of mountain running in Alaska and to the improvement and preservation of our trails.
The popular Fungus Formal at Alyeska is Friday, Sept. 5 with dinner donated by the Byrne family. Proceeds will go to the Girdwood Skate Park. The event is sold out according to event organizers, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be plenty of fungus fun to go around if you missed out on a ticket. The event kicks off at noon at the library with informational displays and activities, followed by opening presentations and slideshows at 5 p.m. with talk on sustainable mushroom harvest techniques by Cordova fungus plucker Carol Hernley. If you didn’t get tickets to the Fungus Formal, there may be a few available at the door for $75, but arrive early at the Kahiltna Court for the gourmet fungal fare and wine pairings created by Alyeska Resort Executive Chefs Micheal Flynn and LaMont Caldwell followed by a live auction with items donated by local artists and businesses.
Saturday’s events include the fun guy/girl run and spore sprint along the Iditarod Trail, beginning at the Girdwood Elementary School at 9 a.m., as well as more educational talks, activities, and mushroom forays throughout the day. The day’s activities conclude with a screening of the 1963 Japanese horror film classic Attack of the Mushroom People at the library community room at 7:30 p.m.
The fair wraps up Sunday with more talks, art activities and forays as well as an event wrap-up including a show-and-tell session with prizes for the biggest Bolete and strangest mushroom. For a full schedule of events and other news, go to www.fungusfair.com or contact Kate Mohatt, Ecology Tech at the Glacier Ranger District, at (907) 754-2348 or kmohatt@fs.fed.us.