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Thunder Mountain girl's basketball head coach Tanya Nizich yells at her team Friday, Jan. 22, 2016, during the Lady Falcons' 30-59 loss to Ketchikan High School in the Clarke Cochrane Gym.

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Photos: Falcons fall to Kings

The Thunder Mountain High School girls basketball team lost to Ketchikan High School 59-30 in the Clarke Cochrane…

Adaptive instructor Tristan Knutson-Lombardo and Rhonnie McMaster try out adaptive ski equipment on Jan. 17, at a day SAIL's ORCA program and Eaglecrest Ski Area have organized for five years now.

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Photos: Adaptive Day at Eaglecrest

Outdoor Recreation and Community Access (ORCA) adaptive instructors Megan Ahleman and Sean O’Neill demonstrate how to use stand-up…

First Lady Donna Walker gives the keynote address during the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 2016 Community Celebration at the St. Paul's Catholic Church on Monday.

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Photos: MLK Day

First Lady Donna Walker gives the keynote address during the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 2016 Community Celebration…

Artist Marianne Manning, right, works with seventh-graders Amanda Lamburt, center, Amy Budke and eighth-grader Claire Schumacker, left, on a three by eight-foot glass mosaic based on a painting by Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh at Dzantik'i Heeni Middle School on Wednesday. Manning is spending two weeks working with the middle school students on producing two glass mosaic panels as part of the Artist in the Schools Program.

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Photos: Glass mosaic

Artist Marianne Manning, right, works with seventh-graders Amanda Lamburt, center, Amy Budke and eighth-grader Claire Schumacker, left, on…

Photographer Kally Flynn talks to 10-month-old Luna, wearing a Batman costume, on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016 during a fundraiser for the Gastineau Humane Society at Alaskan Dames.

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Photos: You can dress up your pet, but you can’t make them pose

Shalyn Harris smiles as she hides behind a candle display to avoid distracting her dog, Harbor, during a…

Students of all ages gather to participate in the the World's Largest Lesson at Eaglecrest on Friday as part of Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month. The event, that included 80 participants and 17 instructors, was part of a national attempt to break a Guinness World Record.

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Photos: World’s largest lesson

Jeorghette Plang, left, reacts to ski instructor Leslie Antolick’s helpful push during the the World’s Largest Lesson at…

Lexi Lodwig skates with her puppy, Lola, through stranded icebergs on Mendenhall Lake on Wednesday.

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Photos: Iceberg ice skating

Lexi Lodwig skates with her puppy, Lola, through stranded icebergs on Mendenhall Lake on Wednesday.

The sun is seen rising over Aurora Harbor on Tuesday.

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Photos: Sunrise over Aurora Harbor

The sun is seen rising over Aurora Harbor on Tuesday.

Hundreds of swimmers race from the sea during the 24th annual Polar Bear Dip at the Auke Village Recreation Area on Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.

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Photos: Polar Bear Plunge

Hundreds of swimmers race from the sea during the 24th annual Polar Bear Dip at the Auke Village…

Kaylee Lanhum, left, covers Jaime Hort during a makeshift game during JDIA's all-girls hockey session at Treadwell Arena.

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Photos: JDIA sponsors all-girls hockey session

Juneau Douglas Ice Association coach Mark Kaelke led a group of 15 girls recently during JDIA’s all-girls hockey…

Honey Badgers' Stefan Ashe, left, lunges for the ball posessed by Las Mamacitas y Los Yung Sahns' Monica Daugherty, right, during their masters division game in the Holiday Cup at the Dimond Park Fieldhouse on Wednesday. Las Mamacitas y Los Yung Sahns defeated the Honey Badgers 8-0.

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Photos: Holiday Cup

Honey Badgers’ Nathan Teal controls the ball against Las Mamacitas y Los Yung Sahns’ Nathan Ord during their…

Thunder Mountain's Ava Tompkins and two Chugiak players collide as they go for the ball on Saturday.

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Photos: Thunder Mountain vs. Chugiak

Thunder Mountain’s Ava Tompkins and two Chugiak players collide as they go for the ball on Saturday.

Member of the Juneau-Douglas High School boys basketball team react to a dunk by teammate Bryce Swofford during the ducking contest at the Capital City Classic at JDHS on Sunday. Swofford won the event. Other winners included Caitlin Pusich and Molo Maka, both of JDHS, in the free throw competitions. Chugiak's Nicole Pickney and Kent Lake's Michael Alar won their respective three-point contests.

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Photos: Capital City Classic

Juneau-Douglas’ Molo Maka shoots to win the boy’s free throw contest at the Capital City Classic at JDHS…

The Eaglecrest lodge is full and decorated at the Christmas Eve at Eaglecrest event on Thursday. The evening events included crafting, cider and cookies, story time, a Hooter torchlight parade and a Porcupine torchlight parade, followed by Santa's arrival and gift-giving. Over 80 gifts were given out by Santa.

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Photos: Christmas Eve at Eaglecrest

Cordy Lillard, 2, right, receives a gift from Santa, whose identity could not be revealed, at the Christmas…

Eighth-graders Maya Araujo, left, and Cole Jensen crimp and check the seals on their steam boilers made out of aluminum cans in teacher Alan Degener's technology class at Floyd Dryden Middle School on Friday.

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Photos: Pop pop boats

Eighth-graders Maya Araujo, left, and Cole Jensen crimp and check the seals on their steam boilers made out…

MC Dreidel's Jackson Norberg, center, celebrates with teammates Abby DeRocher, left, and Corbin Mitchell after his score against the South Pole Elves during their high school division game in the Holiday Cup at the Dimond Park Fieldhouse on Tuesday.

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Photos: Holiday cup

MC Dreidel’s Jackson Norberg, center, celebrates with teammates Abby DeRocher, left, and Corbin Mitchell after his score against…

Geoffrey Wyatt sleds with his son, Lucas, 5, Orion Paden, 5, and Momar Diouf, 3, in front of the Mendenhall Glacier Visitors Center on Monday.

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Photos: Glacier sledding

Breanna Hills and her daughter, Cadance, 3, sled in front of the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center on Monday.

Rosanne Schmitz wades through nearly 2600 balloons with her daughter, Aileen, center, and friend, Tori Talley, right, in her livingroom on Monday. Schmitz tranformed her livingroom to celebrate her daughter's 21st birthday. Schmitz also opened her house to friends to frolic and ended it with a popping party Monday night.

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Photos: Balloon party

Rosanne Schmitz wades through nearly 2600 balloons with her daughter, Aileen, center, and friend, Tori Talley, right, in…

Nick Rutecki, a 2010 Juneau-Douglas High School alumnus, is shown competing at the first annual Duel at the Pool held at the Dimond Park Aquatic Center on Saturday. Rutecki finished first among male competitors.

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Photos: Pool duel

Nick Rutecki, a 2010 Juneau-Douglas High School alumnus, is shown competing at the first annual Duel at the…

Dylan Miller, John McElmurry and Aidan Kovach are shown at Treadwell Ice Arena on Dec. 15 during a hockey exhibition game with many of the Juneau Douglas Ice Association hockey players who attend Gastineau Elementary.

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Photos: Youth hockey

Dylan Miller, John McElmurry and Aidan Kovach are shown at Treadwell Ice Arena on Dec. 15 during a…