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Congratulations to the 2018 Readers’ Choice winners 6,400 votes cast online and in print.

The results are fascinating.

A few of the categories have repeat winners, but there are some surprises scattered in as well.

What it shows is how diverse and thriving Interior Alaska’s businesses and activities truly are. It’s wonderful to scan the lists and see an old favorite

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FAIRBANKS. We’re Honored By Your Votes: 1st Place - Dr. Jean Tsigonis, Family Medicine (TVC) 2nd Place - Dr. Jeffrey Banks, Pediatrics (TVC) 3rd Place - Dr. Brian Accola, Family Medicine (TVC) From left, Annie, Natalie and Chris Neubauer are pictured at the Boatel.

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Cup of Coffee 1. McCafferty’s 2. Sunrise Bagel & Espresso 3. Bucko’s Coffee

Hamburgers 1. Monderosa 2. Brewsters 3. Frostbite Foods

Pizza 1. College Town Pizzeria 2. The Hungry Robot 3. East Ramp Pizzeria

Desserts 1. College Town Creamery 2. Jo’s Oven 3. Wolf Run

Italian Food 1. College Town Pizzeria 2. Geraldo’s Italian 3. Gambardella’s

Prime Rib (not steaks) 1. The Turtle Club 2. Two Rivers Lodge 3. Lavelle’s Bistro

Fine Dining 1. 229 Parks 2. Lavelle’s Bistro 3. The Turtle Club

Margarita 1. Miguel’s Authentic Mexican Cuisine 2. Gallo’s Mexican 3. Mayan Palace

Salad Bar 1. Cafe at FMH 2. The Turtle Club 3. Fred Meyer

Food Truck 1. Spice 2. Frostbite Foods 3. (tie) Hard Eats 3. (tie) El Sabor

Mexican Food 1. Taco King 2. Miguel’s Authentic Mexican Cuisine 3. Gallo’s Mexican

Sandwiches 1. Alaska Cheesesteak Company 2. Great Harvest Bread Company 3. Friar Tuck’s

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McCafferty’s serves up home-roasted coffee and a community feel

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ill and June Rogers did not open McCafferty’s with the intention of starting a coffee shop, but 18 years later, they’ve been voted the Best Coffee in Fairbanks. “We’re musicians and having played music all of the last half of the last century and we had a recording studio in our house and it was getting a bit busy with commercial customers coming in, so we were looking for a place to get and we noticed an ad in (the News-Miner) for this building,� Bill said.

The Rogers bought the building now known as McCafferty’s coffee shop to put a recording studio in the basement of the building. “Then we decided there was nothing happening on the ground floor and we thought ‘Well it’s every musician’s dream to have their own place to play’ and so we put a stage here and installed cables for micing the stage and studio and started playing music here,� Bill said.

It was June’s idea to start the cafe though. “If you’re going to have people listening to their recordings or live music, you need to serve them something so then we put the counter in,� June said. “What I always say is McCafferty’s is the front for a recording studio,� Bill said with a laugh.

McCafferty’s roasts its own coffee and has for the past 15 years. Bill said he and June wanted to specialize in their own product. But, ultimately, coffee is not the central focus of the cafe.

Bill said the cafe serves mostly locals and has had a loyal customer base of regulars for many years. “We’re not all about coffee. We are more about people and neighborhood,� Bill said. “There are a lot of coffee shops here in town and there are four roasting facilities here, so it’s really not difficult to find good coffee here in Fairbanks, Alaska, but we stress the importance of people and the importance of community.�

Contact staff writer Erin Granger at 459-7544. Follow her on Twitter: @FDNMPolitics.

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Trainer Michael Flanagan works with a client in this 2015 News-Miner file photo. Readers voted Flanagan the No. 1 personal trainer in the 2018 Readers’ Choice Awards.

Flanagan dedicated to keeping his clients in shape

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ichael Flanagan has spent most of his adult life in gyms around Fairbanks working as an personal trainer — so it’s no surprise he’s regularly voted one of the top three personal trainers in the News-Miner Reader’s Choice awards, taking home top honors this year.

More than 20 years ago Flanagan started out at American Fitness, a small gym on College Road, before working other locales the Nautilus Center and Jungle Gym, all since closed.

After a stint working at the Univer-

sity of Alaska Fairbanks, Flanagan decided it was time to go it alone — or more accurately, as a pair.

With his wife, Phoebe Flanagan, the couple have operated 40 Below Fitness at 3174 Davis Road for almost a decade, offering both personal training and group classes.

“A lot of gyms probably cater to the millennial crowd. I think that we kind of have a clientele that’s maybe a little older, 35 and older,” Michael Flanagan explained.

40 Below Fitness also offers prospective clients a free consultation and one free personal training session.

Flanagan suspects his longevity and commitment to Fairbanks contribute

to his popularity as a exercise coach.

A former radio disc jockey, Flanagan was born and raised in Fairbanks, and years of personal training have built him a loyal clientele and positive wordof-mouth.

People interested in improving their fitness and losing some weight need to take baby steps, according to Flanagan.

“You never want to start an exercise routine with the goal of trying to lose a lot of weight really fast; the body has to adapt,” he said.

Flanagan said group classes are a great, affordable option for exercise because dedicated eight-week courses and group camaraderie help people stick to a routine.

Group classes cost between $200$250 for an eight-week session.

Personal training classes run $35 for a 30-minute session, and couples get a $5 per person discount In the past, Flanagan worked more with women, but over the years his male clientele has grown, and now “guys are more willing to say I want some help getting in better shape.”

For those wanting to join the Flanagan’s gym, contact information can be found on their website, www.40belowfittness.com.

And, as the name suggests, “We’re open no matter what,” Flanagan said.

Contact staff writer Robin Wood at 459-7510.

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Local Sports Team 1. UAF Rifle Team 2. Fairbanks Ice Dogs 3. UAF Hockey

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The GoodSinse marijuana retail and cultivation facility on Davis Road was chosen by readers as their favorite cannabis retailer in the 2018 Readers’ Choice poll.

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Readers choose GoodSinse as favorite cannabis retailer

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his humble little mom-andpop pot store has a huge following, reportedly serving about 400 people a day.

The secret that has made the business successful—News-Miner readers selected GoodSinse as their favorite marijuana store in an annual poll—is simple: Good product, good prices, good service, according to multiple customers interviewed on a recent Tuesday morning.

“People are really friendly here,” said customer Mike Pierce Jr. “They give you good suggestions. The products are good.”

GoodSinse, discreetly located along

Davis Road, was one of the first marijuana retailers to open in Fairbanks.

It is owned by a young couple, Daniel and Danielle Peters, who are also marijuana cultivators.

The store is small and understated with one display case. Two television screens hang on a wall, listing the strains, prices, whether it’s indica, sativa or a hybrid and the percentage of THC. “We’re more about the product than the place,” said general manager Shaun Huot.

They offer more than 30 different cannabis strains of their own and from other cultivators statewide, though Huot said most of the marijuana sold at GoodSinse was grown in Fairbanks.

The store offers mostly bud along with THC-infused fruit snacks, prerolled joints and marijuana concentrates.

Huot said GoodSinse was the first store to offer deals and specials to clients via text message. On April 20, the unofficial national weed holiday, GoodSinse offered joints for $1. People reportedly lined up out the door.

GoodSinse served more than 1,000 people, Huot said.

“When a new store opens up, we don’t see a drop in our sales,” he said.

Cat May is one of their main budtenders. The 55-year-old, selected by Alaska Leaf Magazine as budtender of the month in May, has lived in Fairbanks since 1985. She knows many of her customers by name.

Some will insist on buying their cannabis only from May, Huot said.

“Cat is a staple here just like the weed,” he said.

Others talk to May about their lives and seek advice. May said a few customers have become personal friends.

“I think we make people feel at home,” she said. “We don’t pressure anyone. We give them all of the time that they need.”

Friendly budtenders are what keeps John DeRushe coming back.

“I found this store once I moved here, and I really enjoy it,” he said.

“I enjoy seeing the same faces when I come in ... I stick with things I like.”

Contact staff writer Amanda Bohman at 4597587. Follow her on Twitter:@FDNMborough.

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Patty Mongold, president and CEO of Mt. McKinley Bank, stands in her office in this 2015 file photo.

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Mt. McKinley Bank valued for service, low fees

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aybe it’s the posh downtown lobby. Or the kind lending department. Or the refreshing restraint when it comes to bank fees. Readers of the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner named Mt. McKinley Bank, the oldest and largest local financial institution, their favorite bank of 2018 in an annual poll.

Bank President Patty Mongold said that what makes Mt. McKinley stand out from other financial institutions is a strong desire to meet customers’ needs. Customers express appreciation about the bank’s willingness to offer special attention, she said. “The lenders know the products and never try to sell a customer on what is best for the bank, we always look at deals as to what is best for the customer,� Mongold said in an email. “On the deposit side, our employees look

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at every customer with one thought, how can we give them the deposit products that will cost them the least and provide them with exactly what they need.�

The bank’s goal is to pay account holders the highest possible return while providing lending and banking services at the lowest possible cost.

Mt. McKinley Bank started in Fairbanks in 1965 with the goal to encourage financial growth and to provide a local alternative for home mortgages.

The bank grew, opening new branches in the 1990s and 2000s. Mt. McKinley Bank began offered commercial banking in 2000.

Today the bank has about 23,000 customers, Mongold said. Some have moved away from the area but continue to keep accounts at Mt. McKinley Bank. “We have many customers who relocate to the Lower 48 who don’t change their bank because of the personal service we provide,� Mongold said. “We

even have a few who live in foreign countries now and still don’t close their accounts here.�

Great service is a common theme in reviews of the bank posted online. “I always get good customer service anytime I have problem,� one reviewer wrote on Facebook.

Mt. McKinley Bank is also a big supporter of the community. In 2017, the financial institution helped 92 nonprofit agencies, donating a total amount of $160,482, according to Mongold. The bank employs 78 people who contributed 800 volunteer hours at area nonprofits.

Mt. McKinley Bank is also a valued local employer. Twenty-four employees have been with the bank for more than 10 years. Of those, seven employees have longevity exceeding 20 years and six have more than 30 years of employment at the bank.

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Barnes & Noble has an “endless bookshelf,” says Nicole Galagan, community business development manager.

Just about any book a reader wants is either on the premises or a couple of keystrokes away.

Barnes & Noble voted best local bookstore

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here do you go if you want a good cup of coffee, some conversation, and a good read? If the answer’s not Barnes & Noble, then you’re missing out.

Though Barnes & Noble may have won the honor of being Reader’s Choice for best bookstore two years in a row, the business is more than just a place to buy books.

Located at 421 Merhar Ave., the store has strived since its 2006 opening to be both a store and a place where people want to gather, a place where people feel welcome, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Sunday-Thursday and 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

“We really want to be a destination where families and friends can hang out,” said Nicole Galagan, community business

development manager for Barnes & Noble. “A place where you can come and grab a coffee, meet with a friend, use our free WiFi.” One of the store’s biggest draws is the large fireplace situated next to the cafe, surrounded by comfortable chairs that are almost always occupied, chairs that beckon you to take a seat and get lost in a grand new adventure — or reminisce over stories of long past.

A bookstore is nothing without books, however, and Barnes & Noble has those in spades, touting their “endless bookshelf.”

“What we like to say is if we don’t have it in the store, that’s OK — it’s probably in stock, and we can get it shipped to the customers,” Galagan said.

Customers can browse an extensive product lineup: books, games, magazines, toys, music and DVDs. If you can’t make a decision on what to get, Barnes & Noble can help with that too, with book-

sellers across the store — which includes the baristas — offering personalized recommendations on that next piece of entertainment.

“We really try to have personal conversations when we’re making those recommendations, not just ‘Here’s a book that’s on promotion,’” Galagan said. “We really want to make that connection with the customer. And if I’m not an expert in something, there’s going to be someone in the store who is.”

Barnes & Noble has also given back to the community over the years, attempting to increase literacy and education throughout the state. The store has given more than $80,000 back to the community in the last 2 1/2 years through book fair fundraising programs, along with supporting schools all the way up to the North Slope with textbooks and curriculum.

David Jones is an editorial assistant at the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner.

The fireplace and reading area is one of the most popular spots in the Fairbanks Barnes & Noble book store. Barnes & Noble was voted the best local book store in the 2018 Readers’ Choice poll.

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Splash and Dash East takes title of best car wash W team has taken over. “We focus on having an excellent management team and ‘team atmosphere’ amongst all employees,� Stefano said. “You’re more than just an employee if you’re working here.�

Customers of the East car wash can expect four tiers of cleanliness — the Basic Splash, Super Wash, Ultimate Wash and the famous Lava Wash which, thankfully, will only melt the dirt and grime and not the rest of your car.

Customers can also get their vehicle detailed at Splash and Dash East, whether quickly through express detailing or more thoroughly through full detailing, a service which Splash and Dash West does not offer.

When asked why he thought customers voted Splash and Dash East

to be the best carwash in Fairbanks, Stefano said: “Superior quality, excellent customer service, and the initiative to have a standard that

is above reproach. We take serious pride in all customer’s vehicles.�

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Though Splash and Dash West has been around since 2002, Splash and Dash East opened in 2007, and the business as a whole has expanded to Anchorage and Wasilla in 2014 and 2016, respectively.

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2018 Readers’ Choice Awards The Bread Line at Stone Soup was named the top nonprofit in the 2018 Readers’ Choice poll.

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Bread Line fights local hunger on several fronts

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read Line Inc. began in 1984 as a small group of people with backpacks full of sandwiches.

Thirty-four years later, the nonprofit organization is the umbrella for four other programs all addressing the issue of hunger and poverty in Fairbanks.

“Stone Soup Cafe is what we’re probably most known for,” said Bread Line Inc. Director Hannah Hill. “That is a soup kitchen. We have a head chef and a sweet team of volunteers who come in here and feed as many people as we can in a day.”

Right now that’s sitting at about 140150 served in the morning, which consists of a hot, sit-down meal, coffee and a sack lunch to go.

In the afternoon Bread Line uses the facilities for the Stone’s Throw pro-

gram, which is a culinary job training program.

“It’s for people who are looking to build pathways out of poverty to their own economic stability despite facing some pretty serious barriers of their own,” Hill said.

This year the program graduated its biggest class yet with 100 percent retention. All graduates were hired within an unprecedented 24 hours of graduation.

Stone’s Throw is visiting the Fairbanks Youth Facility this summer to teach the facility’s younger members self-sustainability skills, Hill said.

“Our last two programs are Kid’s Cafe, which is the third Saturday of every month. We invite families from the Fairbanks community to come and kids help prep food for the following week, learn about food insecurity and

the importance of volunteerism and being a good citizen of Fairbanks,” Hill said.

Bread Line also runs the Fairbanks Community garden located nearby between 11th and 12th avenues on Lacey Street. The garden features 40 raised beds to grow food for the programs as well as assisted living facilities in the downtown area.

Each program serves a different purpose but ultimately take aim at the central issue of hunger in Fairbanks community.

“In a lot of ways, we’re a last line of defense for people. Given the demographics that we serve here in the soup kitchen, it’s a lot of people that do not have access elsewise or who have enough trouble interfacing with the programs that are available,” Hill said.

“Because of the caliber of people we

have working here, we able to sort of point people in directions and connect them with resources.”

Many of these issues are centered in the root issue of a lack of adequate resources.

“There is a lack of adequate mental health resources in this town which I would say easily account for many of the daily difficulties that we see here, be it addiction issues, or untreated mental illness or homelessness,” Hill said. “It all wraps up into a cycle of poverty that is hard to break if you don’t deal with root causes.

“We’re a big believer in the story of self and people being able to take control of their own narrative. Resiliency is a huge part of the human characteristic and that’s what we support here.”

Contact staff writer Erin Granger at 459-7544.

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Art Gallery 1. Phillips Art Gallery 2. Expressions in Glass 3. The Bear Gallery Book Store 1. Barnes & Noble 2. UAF Bookstore 3. Forget Me Not

Cannabis/Marijuana Retailer 1. GoodSinse 2. Pakalolo Supply Co. 3. Good Cannabis Florist 1. Arctic Floral 2. Safeway floral department 3. Santina’s Flowers & Gifts

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Furniture Store 1. House of Kustom 2. Sadler’s Furniture 3. Bailey’s Furniture

Liquor Store 1. Brown Jug 2. Fred Meyer liquor store 3. Gavora’s Fine Wine

Gift Shop 1. Knotty Shop 2. Steamboat Landing at Riverboat Discovery 3. If Only … A Fine Store

Pet Supplies Store 1. Alaska Feed Co. 2. Cold Spot Feeds 3. Petco

Jewelry Store 1. Bishop’s Jewelry Gallery 2. Taylor’s Gold-N-Stones 3. Gold Rush Fine Jewelers

Sporting Goods Store 1. Sportsman’s Warehouse 2. Beaver Sports 3. REI

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Snowmachine/motorcycle/ ATV/UTVs Dealer 1. Northern Power Sports 2. Delta Power Sports 3. Alaska Fun Center

Used Car Company 1. Affordable Used Cars 2. Kendall Auto 3. Seekins Ford Lincoln

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Automotive Service and Repairs 1. Chaz Limited Collision Express 2. University Chevron 3. Collision Masters

Car Wash 1. Splash N Dash East 2. Splash N Dash West 3. Bentley Car Wash

Heating Fuel Delivery Company 1. Alaska Fuel Distributors 2. Sourdough Fuel 3. Alaska Petroleum

Bank/Credit Union 1. Mt. McKinley Bank 2. Alaska USA Federal Credit Union 3. Denali State Bank

Cleaning Service 1. Service Master/Merry Maids 2. OCD Cleaning Services 3. C&A Cleaning

Home Builder 1. Stepping Stone 2. Big Street Construction 3. TS Construction

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Insurance Company 1. Ken Murray Insurance 2. State Farm Insurance 3. USAA Interior Designer 1. Joan Stepovich, Stage & Design Fairbanks 2. Rebekah Gray, Studio 3Twelve 3. Tamara Spaulding, Spaulding Interiors

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE/BUSINESS NEEDS

Landscaping Company 1. Mulcare Lawn Service 2. Labrenz Landscaping 3. Great Northwest

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Nonprofit Organization 1. Stone Soup/Bread Line 2. Fairbanks Animal Shelter Fund 3. Fairbanks Community Food Bank Nursery/Garden Center 1. Plant Kingdom 2. Holm Town Nursery 3. Risseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Greenhouse

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Real Estate Company 1. Coldwell Banker 2. Hedgecock Group Real Estate 3. Somers & Associates

School 1. Hutchison High 2. Spruce Tree Montessori 3. Lathrop High

Realtor ® 1. Jonathan Bradish 2. Wes Madden 3. Traci Schachle

Taxi Company 1. Lyft 2. Uber 3. Arctic Taxi

Gym/Workout Center 1. F&H Fitness Studio 2. Planet Fitness 3. The Alaska Club, South

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Dentist 1. Dirk Menard 2. Phyllis Pendergrast 3. Michael Helmbrecht

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Doctor 1. Jean Tsigonis 2. Jeffrey Banks 3. Brian Accola

Pharmacy 1. Denali Pharmacy (FMH) 2. Fred Meyer 3. Safeway

Eyeglasses, Contacts 1. West Valley Vision Clinic 2. Eye Clinic of Fairbanks 3. Mountain View Medical Center

Physical Therapy Office 1. Equinox Physical Therapy 2. North Pole Physical Therapy 3. Sportsmedicine Fairbanks

Eye Care Professional 1. Brannon Mills 2. Michael Mavencamp 3. Damien Delzer

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