For the first time in Slush Cup history, Ken Leghorn attempted to skim across the traditional 130-foot-long, four-foot-deep pond on nothing more than a pair of “skinny skis” Saturday at Eaglecrest Ski Area. His run kicked off the 2009 Slush Cup, which marked the end of the ski season and drew just under 60 competitors in the less-than-spring-like weather.

Juneau’s 91-year-old Dean Williams played an exhibition match against 11-year-old Whitehorse player Louis Kedziora Saturday at the JRC-Alaska Club’s Capital Cup tournament.

Junk art: Thunder Mountain High School Wearable Art models and artists line up in front of the student body in the school’s gym Friday during a pep assembly after the fashion show.

UPCOMING EVENTS

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game warns residents that bears will soon be emerging from winter hibernation and will start searching for food to restore energy reserves after a long winter.

With an eye towards the program’s inaugural 2009 football season, prospective Thunder Mountain High School Falcons worked up a sweat Saturday morning by slinging hashbrowns, sausage and flapjacks instead of the usual turf, mud and sweat of preseason training.

Anthony “Five” Manacio V, 23, a first-time fighter with a six-year wrestling career, stunned the crowd with his Rough House Boxing record breaking win over fellow first-time fighter Andrew “Anderson” Johnson, 21, just 11 seconds into the bout. With Superman tattoos on his arms, Manacio beat the previous MMA record of 17 seconds by using what he called his “Superman” punch.

The Juneau-Douglas High School girls varsity soccer team opened their season by sweeping past Southeast Conference rival Ketchikan on the road this weekend, adding Saturday’s 8-1 victory to Friday’s 9-0 shutout.

Gov. Sarah Palin on Friday denied asking Sen. Mark Begich to resign from his seat after criminal convictions against former Sen. Ted Stevens were thrown out.

A star of the national Republican party, Gov. Sarah Palin is increasingly finding herself at odds with leaders of her own party in the Alaska Legislature.