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Live music, good food, and lots of cocktails filled Ester Park on Saturday during a friendly cocktail battle between two local beverage spots.
âItâs just like a breath of fresh air â being able to just do something like this,â a participant Alisha Thomspon said.
A CockFight â a competition between Ursa Major Distilling and Goldieâs AK to make the best cocktail âtook place in Ester Community Park, bringing a good crowd of people despite unreliable sunshine. Participants sipped on â and voted for â cocktails created for the event: Your Sexy Tang from Goldieâs and Malay Margarita from Ursa.
For Christa and Keifer Baysinger, a tropical mix of vodka, coconut, pineapple and lime âYour Sexy Tang âwas a winner.
For the Interior homeowners who want to switch to solar energy, a local initiative is looking for solutions to cut costs when making the switch.
AÂ community-led program, Solarize Fairbanks, makes solar more affordable by stacking up group discounts, purchasing solar systems in bulk and looking for federal and local financial incentives.
When Bob and Sharon Baker approached Solarize Fairbanks, they had been âwanting to learn about solar power for quite a long time.â
âWith the incentives from the group discount and the federal tax credit still available, it was now or never, so we took the plunge,â Bob said.