A third-grader from Ipalook Elementary School in Barrow is the youngest person ever to win the Alaska Association of Bilingual Educators Student Essay contest. Congdon read her essay, chosen from more than 100 statewide, at the bilingual conference luncheon at the Anchorage Sheraton Hotel. Because Congdon is the first elementary student to win the award, teacher Dawn Weyiouanna said special arrangements were considered so that she could see over the lectern. Sounder Back to top 2. The man's out of the hospital, but his attacker faces a possible death sentence, or at least life in a stronger pen.
Russian boars have broad heads, sloping shoulders and tusks.
This one weighed about 300 pounds. Hillyer had just helped his son cross a river with a four-wheeler when the boar rushed him. Hillyer tried to deflect the charge by jabbing his hand in the boar's mouth, since boars have few teeth. The boar turned for another pass and skewered Hillyer's right thigh on his tusk, leaving a gash about 6 inches long and 3 inches deep. The goring was the first serious accident involving an animal attack in the 24-year history of the farm, which also has cows, sheep, horses, rabbits, chickens and ducks, said David Austin, another member of the community.