Photo of the Week: Water Matters
Naturalist/Artist Mavis Muller and her finished Water Matters basket at Salmon Jam July 15. Muller said she worked for more than 80 hours making the Salmon Jam basket, an interactive art piece which was burned in honor of precious waterways, later that night. Photo by Cinthia Gibbens-Stimson/ The Cordova TimesDo you have a great photo of the...
Photo of the Week: Handsome Youngster
This young bull moose browsing for his evening meal just a few miles outside of Cordova July 3. Folks sighting moose along the Copper River Highway between the 6.5 Mile community and the Merle K. “Mudhole” Smith Airport at Mile 13 have reported several cows with small calves, and other young bulls, lately.Photo by Cinthia Gibbens-Stimson/The Cordova Times
This Week in Photos: Cordova’s First People
Mimi Briggs, of the Cordova Historical Museum, discusses the museum’s new exhibit featuring Cordova’s First People, with resident Wendy Groves July 8. The Cordova Historical Museum is open Monday through Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.Photo by Cinthia Gibbens-Stimson/The Cordova Times
This Week in Photos: Council Awards
Cordova Mayor Clay Koplin presented former city councilman Tom Bailer with a City of Cordova Proclamation of Appreciation for his years of dedicated service on July 5, during the regular city council meeting. Koplin thanks Bailer for using his years of experience on the Cordova Planning and Zoning Commission for the benefit of planning, land development and economic development goals of the city. “Tom had the courage and willingness to confront the...
Happy Independence Day!
Cordovans celebrated the Fourth of July on Main Street, with kelp box derby races, street games for kids and adults, and a huge community potluck.Crew from the U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Support Facility Cordova surprised the crowd with two unscheduled flyovers in their C-130 aircraft, and the Coast Guard Color Guard arrived prior to the national anthem. The...
This Week in Photos: Now that’s a mighty catch!
Cordova commercial fisherman Mike Mickelson holds up a 47-pound Prince William Sound king salmon that he and his seine crew caught in the eastern district on June 29.Photo by Amber Morris/For The Cordova Times
Digestive athletics – Cordova’s First Beer Mile
Cordova’s first Beer Mile event took place June 24, near the end of Whitshed Road at Hartney Bay. A beer mile consists of each participant downing a full-sized beer, running a quarter mile, drink another beer, and repeat the process, completing a mile, all while being timed.
