Poetry Corner
Predicament
I'm wandering a lot lately in my life
What thus it take to find a wife ?
Why is a man like me perhaps
Honest and humble and sincere by hart
Who wants to love and to be loved
Misunderstood in daily life
Every time work or job comes up
The ladies think that I'm a bum
Maybe I am or maybe I'm not
Maybe your destiny is to love a bum ?
So give it a chance what's there to loose ?
Don't cha wanna man who needs a wife ?
...but a wife neverless who's not a bum.
Haiku
You may be a poet and not even know it. Share your best and funniest with our town. Good haikus form a mental image, five syllables, seven, then five. It’s easy, and fun! Send your haikus to ourtown@newsminer.com, subject line, “Haikus.”
The party of no
running scared and should be
iridium layer
— Bad Bob Hammond
The ice park is back!
Get there as soon as you can.
The art is melting.
— Damien Cowger, Fairbanks
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Global warming fact
Sit on keester be fuelish
Go green, tax carbon
— Don Ross, Fairbanks
Little Redbacked Vole
Scurries in a hurry home,
Presents of birdseed!
— D. Theisen, Fairbanks
Downy and Hairy
Woodpeckers at the suet;
Pecking clear through it!
— D. Theisen, Fairbanks
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Ptarmigan and Grouse
Tracks disappear in the snow,
Flurried explosions!
— D. Theisen, Fairbanks
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Wild wolves running
On ice encased river threads,
Airborne chase — shot dead!
— Kimbuktu, Fairbanks
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Mama moose and calves
Rooting ’round the compost bin,
Upsets dogs within!
— Rugasarius, Fairbanks
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Eight years and long ones
and they did not get it right
Obama shovels
— Bad Bob Hammond
You may be a poet and not even know it. Share your best and funniest with our town. Good haikus form a mental image, five syllables, seven, then five. It’s easy, and fun! Send your haikus to ourtown@newsminer.com, subject line, “Haikus.”
Who let the dog out?
Up becomes down, black’s now white.
Truth irrelevant.
— Andy Reynolds, Ester
• • •
Hometown girl flies high.
Under the searing bright lights,
fatal flaws emerge.
— Andy Reynolds, Ester
• • •
War hero, maverick,
follows his own path always.
No one else matters.
— Andy Reynolds, Ester
Stories from Our Town
Get the most out of your insulated log home
Published September 24, 2009
The Ask A Builder series is dedicated to answering some of the many questions Fairbanks residents have about building, energy and the many other parts of home life.
Duly Noted — Sept. 17
Published September 17, 2009
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Duly Noted — Sept. 16
Published September 16, 2009
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Athabascan Word of the Week — September 12
Published September 12, 2009
The Kaltag School just hosted its culture week, which was based on the themes of plants and fish.
Know your home's orientation when building in Alaska
Published September 2, 2009
The Ask a Builder series is dedicated to answering some of the many questions Fairbanks residents have about building, energy and the many other parts of home life.
Athabascan Word of the Week — Aug. 29
Published August 29, 2009
The Athabascan Word of the Week appears every Saturday on page A3 of the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. The words are provided by Susan “K’etsoo” Paskvan of Yukon-Koyukuk School District. She is originally from the village of Koyukuk on the Yukon River in Interior Alaska. She is Tleeyegge Hut’aane, which is Koyukon Athabascan. She seeks stories and phrases from both Denaakk’e (Koyukon Athabascan) and Denak’a (Lower Tanana Athabascan), which are languages spoken in the Yukon-Koyukuk School District region.
Yukon-Koyukuk School District serves the villages of Allakaket, Hughes, Huslia, Koyukuk, Nulato, Kaltag, Ruby, Manley Hot Springs and Minto. The Board of Education places a priority on teaching the Native languages within the district.
If you build it in Alaska ... well, you’re going to have a question about it
Published August 26, 2009
The “Ask a Builder” series is dedicated to answering some of the many questions Fairbanks residents have about building, energy and the many other aspects of home life.
Athatbascan Word of the Week — Aug. 22
Published August 22, 2009
The Merreline A. Kangas School in Ruby celebrated the first week of school with a culture/career and health fair week.
Pinching Pennies — July 27
Published July 27, 2009
A friend and I were talking recently about our children. Since we have children about the same age, their career and investment choices quickly became the subject of our conversation.
Duly Noted — July 16
Published July 16, 2009
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Duly Noted — July 12
Published July 12, 2009
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Duly Noted — July 11
Published July 11, 2009
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Athabascan Word of the Week — July 11
Published July 11, 2009
The Athabascan Word of the Week appears every Saturday on page A3 of the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. The words are provided by Susan “K’etsoo” Paskvan of Yukon-Koyukuk School District.
Duly Noted — July 9
Published July 9, 2009
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Duly Noted — July 8
Published July 8, 2009
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On the Street
What is your favorite event in the World Eskimo-Indian Olympics?
““Everybody gets together. You learn lots off the elders.” ”— Vanessa Tyone, home-care provider,
““I’ll probably enjoy the dancing.””— Rose Mary Agnes, retired,
Ask a Trooper
Oct. 20, 2009
Question: I have a couple of questions. First, is it illegal or just plain unsafe to make last-minute lane changes at stop lights? Doing something like that in front of a loaded semi could be very dangerous.
