Alaska News Roundup UPDATED

Here's a Valentine for Anchorage.

Also, Maggie the elephant is still in the news. Apparently Jay Leno and Letterman both made jokes about it a few nights ago. Frank and I went to see Maggie, and I didn't think it was sad at all. She listens to ding-ding music and was definitely having fun interacting with us. It was kind of cool to have that sort of connection to an elephant.

Thank God we're going to extend Bragaw! This is the extension that we were worried about when looking at the Birch Run house, but now that we don't live on that street, I think it's great!

Up here, Canadian Border patrol has a nasty reputation for being unpleasant to Alaskans. Heck, even our boxes in the move were completely ripped open and rifled through. I've heard stories of people being held at the border for hours with no food/water while Customs berates them. In the case of David Enenshaw, the Canadian Border patrol won't allow him in suddenly (after years of travelling back and forth) due to a drunk driving conviction 13 years ago eventhough he's gone so far as to follow their own processes to get a deemed-rehabilitation status filed.

Yukon Quest starts today. Here's a guy who has made a team out of shelter dogs. Chena Hot Springs is a stop on Yukon Quest.

And...our beloved UAA Seawolves tied Minnesota last night! Take that, Big Ten!

UPDATE: I realize that this didn't make any sense, because I forgot a quote in my link about the Bragaw extension. Fixed this.