Cordova Chronicles: Another historic landmark is gone
While the fate of the Cordova House remains uncertain, the demise of another local landmark is complete. Wilson Construction made short order of the building that once housed Remy’s Florist, demolishing the 110-year-old structure in just two days.Operating under clear skies and bitter temperatures, an excavator began tearing the old Reception Building down at daybreak on Jan. 7, 2019,...
Ice skating Eyak Lake
People gathered at the south end of Cordova’s municipal airstrip on Eyak Lake for some fun on the ice Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019. Libbie Graham and Jared Kennedy provided reindeer dogs, hot cocoa, smore’s, and a bonfire for everyone to enjoy while Rusty Higgins and Aaron Deville offered four-wheeler sled rides to anyone who wanted a tow.
Polar bear birthday treats
In honor of the Alaska Zoo’s annual polar bear birthday
party in Anchorage on Jan. 19, Copper River Seafoods built a huge seafood
filled ice cake: some four dozen 80-pound blocks of ice tinted the color of a
rockfish, for 1,100 pound Lyutyic, pictured here, and his 800-pound companion
Cranbeary. The ice blocks, filled with salmon, halibut and herring, under the
direction of CRS...
Flashback: School kids tell us all about iceworms
The 1984 Iceworm Gazette staff ventured into the halls of
Mt. Eccles Elementary School to find out the truth about iceworms.Where do iceworms come from?Iceworms come from…… the North Pole. – Oma Gilmore… ice. – Joel Adkins… Anchorage. – Katie Schultz… their mother iceworms that produce them. – Skip Songer… the core of the earth – Linda Van Den Broek…...
Iceworm 2019 weekend events take off
A rainy start that greeted Cordova’s 2019 Iceworm Festival
has in no way dampened the spirit of the event.Shouts of “Happy Worm!” can be heard on Main Street.
Iceworm-themed baked goods, bobble antenna headbands and new pop sockets
donning the iconic iceworm cartoon quietly snuck their way into shops and
events as the weekend began Jan. 26.The festival kicked off with...
Another year, another “Out of this World” festival
Aliens, dancing fish and a giant fabric ice worm. For just one day out of the year, these were welcomed and celebrated guests who wiggled, twirled and strolled their way down Cordova’s Main Street during the annual Iceworm Festival.This year’s theme, “Out of this World”, prompted exuberant creativity on parade floats, in attire and even in desserts.The premiering Iceworm...
Chocolate ice worm is a hit
Bruce and Shirley Cain and their youngest son Isaac arrived in town this past weekend from Valdez aboard the Aurora for the Ice Worm Festival, where the Cains bid on and won the chocolate Ice worm made from truffles by Pete’s Treats. Bruce was the executive director of the Native Village of Eyak from 2000 to 2010 and has...
