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Where to go on your next hiking excursion

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Mountain View’s first farmer’s market brings diversity to Anchorage market lineup

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Peggy Giles, her husband and her husband’s caregiver pose in front of their personal protection equipment stand at the Mountain View Farmers Market.

By Victoria Petersen

vgpetersen@thenorthernlight.org

The neighborhood of Mountain View just inaugurated its first farmers market. From local music acts performing throughout the day to families selling

homemade treats for the neighborhood to enjoy, the Mountain View Farmer’s Market is full of diversity. The Mountain View Farmer’s Market is different from other markets around the city of Anchorage. One will find your usual stands of fresh Alaska grown veggies and fruit, but in addition to farmers market necessities,

The Mountain View Farmers Market, which opened this summer is located in the heart of Anchorage’s Mountain View neighborhood.

one will also find less traditional merchandise for sale at the market.

Pepper spray, stash cans and stun guns are just a few of the products Peggy Giles and her husband sell at their stand at the weekly market. Giles, who’s husband became quadriplegic a few years ago, is taking advantage of the market

to help her husband get outside and meet new people. Cool Stuff Safety Products is Giles personal call to action. Giles, who serves on the Board of Directors for Seeking Alaska’s Missing, was a family friend of Samantha Koenig, the barista who was

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The Mint Chip serves up organic, locally made ice cream to Anchorage area

By Victoria Petersen

vgpetersen@thenorthernlight.org

With her mint truck and her selection of all-organic desserts, Laura Aubry is back for her second summer season at The Mint Chip.

The Mint Chip sells a handful of unique, handmade Alaskan frozen desserts. In addition to the organic ice cream Aubry sells in her food truck, a fun frozen product also for sale is the ice lollie — a name affectionately given to what most would refer to as a popsicle. The name was adopted from Australia, where Aubry lived for a period of time.

“I lived in Australia for awhile and that’s what they called them. I just think it’s cute. Everyone asks me about it, but I’m just gonna stick with it,” Aubry said.

The idea for an organic, locally made, and community minded ice cream truck was conceived in Aubry’s high school years while she was working as a nanny.

“I noticed that a lot of the families I would nanny for were very health conscience. So when I’d be at the park with their kids and the ice cream truck would come, they didn’t want me buying ice cream for their kids. I began to think that it would be so cool if there was an organic ice cream run by a familiar face in the community that was trustworthy, not some random old guy selling really old freezer burned junk,” Aubry said.

Aubry learned how to make ice cream at a young age, but perfected her recipes as The Mint Chip became a reality.

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Laura Aubry poses in her ice cream truck, The Mint Chip at the Mountain View Farmers Market. The Mint Chip is in it’s second summer season in business.

Catch Aubry and her mint truck at the Mountain View Farmers Market every Thursday from 3 - 7 p.m.

“When I was a kid, my grandpa came up to visit and he taught us how to make homemade ice cream, but that kind of just a fun memory I had. I didn’t start experimenting with ice cream until this was looking like an actual feasible option,”

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Aubry said.

When Aubry gave birth to her daughter Juniper, Aubry began to reconsider where her life was headed. The organic ice cream truck of her high school nanny days came back to mind as Aubry was

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figuring out options for a way to make money on passion and creativity.

“For whatever reason this popped back into my head. So I started research-

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ing what it would take to do it and I decided to just go for it,” Aubry said.

A craigslist search and a flight to Seattle made the dream possible. Aubry found a vendor in Seattle who custom builds ice cream trucks. The truck was painted, fitted with coolers, and even had an extra seat installed for baby Juniper. After Aubry gave the final OK her and Juniper rode the bus home up the Alaska-Canada Highway to Anchorage.

Aubry makes all of her products by herself from scratch. She carries a multitude of ice cream flavors, ice lollies and drinks. She uses the power of the internet and wide world of food blogging to learn about new and unique processes of making and flavoring ice cream in the most natural way possible.

“Most of the good recipes I’ve found are from food blogs. One thing I’ve found that I like to do is steeping the ingredients in milk. It gives it a really earthy and real flavor. It’s kind of fun to see what I can steep, and what flavors I’ll get,” Aubry said. “I try to do things naturally. Instead of using an extract of something I’ll trying steeping it or making my own simple syrup.”

With organic and local sourcing being the strongest values of The Mint Chip,

Aubry goes out of her way to create the most local and organic product she can.

“I uphold organic the most when making ice cream. The next would be sourcing. Finding local ingredients. For example, I get a lot of my mint and berries from various farmers. Most of my ingredients are found locally unless I can’t find it. Especially now that I have my own kid I try to think about what I would want her to have.”

The Mint Chip’s success can be traced back to Aubry’s persistent use of social media, especially Instagram. “[Social media] is pretty much the reason my business has succeeded; between my friends and their consistent support and social media, specifically Instagram.

Instagram is huge,” Aubry said.

Despite the long hours and hard work Aubry is finding passion in her one-man show. The Mint Chip offers Aubry the ability to have her daughter with her, a creative outlet, a unique way to make money and be part of the community.

“At least for right now, I’d rather work 100 plus hours a week doing this than doing something I don’t really care about for 40 hours a week. My daughter gets to come and interact with people and it makes it feel like more of a community.

The benefits definitely outweigh the late nights and the hard work.”

Find Aubry in her mint-colored ice cream around town through out the summer. The Mint Chip will be at the Mountain View Farmers Market from 3 - 7 p.m. every Thursday and the Muldoon Farmers Market from 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. every Saturday. In addition to summer markets and fairs, Aubry does special events of any kind and is equipped to travel with her truck anywhere from Fairbanks to Homer. Check out The Mint Chip on social media for more information and up-to-date information on where Aubry and her truck will be parked next.

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Patrons wait for locally made organic ice cream at the Mint Chip ice cream truck at the Mountain View Farmers Market.

Laura Aubry prepares ice cream for customers in her food truck, the Mint Chip. Aubry makes all of her frozen treats by hand herself.

Simon and Seafort’s copycat key lime pie Ingredients •

Pre-made graham cracker pie shell

Filling: • 4 egg yolks • 20 fl oz. sweetened condensed milk • 5 fl oz. key lime juice

By Victoria Petersen

vgpetersen@thenorthernlight.org

Try this delicious key lime pie inspired by Anchorage’s Simon and Seafort’s. The pie is a simple summer treat that is best served on it’s own. You can find key limes at your local grocery store, if not at New Sagaya or other specialty stores. Nellie and Joe’s key lime juice is a good option as well, and what Simon and Seafort’s uses in their key lime pie recipe. Key lime juice can also be found at New Sagaya.

Topping: • 1 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream • 2 tablespoons powdered sugar • 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract PHOTO BY YOUNG KIM

Directions 1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

2. With a stand-up mixer or with a handheld mixer, beat egg yolks in a bowl until they are light in color and frothy.

3. Add the milk and lime juice to the beaten egg yolks and continue to mix until ingredients are fully combined.

5. Pour mixture into pie shell and bake in the oven for approximately 10 minutes.

6. Let the pie chill in the refrigerator over night.

Topping directions: 1. With a stand up mixer or handheld mixer, whip the heavy whipping cream until the cream has soft peaks.

2. Gradually add the powdered sugar and vanilla while continuing to whip the cream.

3. Spread generously around the chilled pie, then serve and enjoy.

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Summer gear room rentals GooseFest offers local music, eats and fun for free

By Victoria Petersen

vgpetersen@thenorthernlight.org

Students, staff and faculty at UAA can take advantage of the summer gear room.

Reservations can be made for tents, canoes, kayaks and much more. Reservations must be made in person and may be up to two weeks in advance. Valid UAA ID's are required for all rentals. Two pieces of equipment are available per student per reservation.

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Attendees of last year’s GooseFest enjoy the live music. This year’s lineup of artists includes Saturday Cinders, Hope Social Club, Superfrequency, The Dirty Hands, DJ Tico and RNR.

By Sam Davenport

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Free fun is often hard to find, but UAA Student Activities is here to provide the Anchorage community with live music, games and a good time at their second annual music festival GooseFest.

GooseFest will hit the Cuddy Quad July 23 from 1-7 p.m. The lineup of bands consists of Saturday Cinders, Hope Social Club, Superfrequency, The Dirty Hands, DJ Tico and RNR. There will be food trucks at the event as well as free food.

Chris Lesesne, band member of The Dirty Hands is eager to reach out to a new audience at GooseFest.

“Nobody in the band has gone to college in this state. Most of us aren’t from here, so it’s cool to step into a student community and gain some exposure from a young crowd,” Lesesne said.

The event will have continuous music throughout,along with face painting booths, as well as bracelet and crown making stations. There will also be an adult bouncy house for attendees of GooseFest to use, provided by KRUA. Brenda Craig, journalism and public communications major at UAA has been working for UAA Student Activities

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abducted from the espresso stand where she worked in 2012. Koenig’s abduction and murder shook the city of Anchorage, and no doubt those closest to her. Giles believes her products can help prevent others from facing similar fates.

“We feel like if Sam were to have some of these devices the night she was kidnapped, she might have got away.

Because we feel so strongly about people being able to protect themselves, that’s why we sell this product instead of any other,” Giles said. “We want to put more stun guns and pepper spray in the hands of people in this town, so that they can protect themselves against predators.”

Other unique stands include Uncle Leroy’s Coffee, a mobile coffee stand run out of 1968 school bus by uncle Leroy himself. The coffee stand is equipped with minimal outdoor seating where you can watch live music and the happenings of the market as you sip on your fresh cup of coffee.

The farmers market is in a large field

with plenty of space for children to play in the grass with hula-hoops and bubbles as their parents shop local.

The market began as initiative of the Anchorage Community Land Trust to bring the unique and diverse attributes of the neighborhood into a showcase and community space for the neighborhood, and the city to enjoy. The Anchorage Community Land Trust owns the lot where the market takes place. The lot, which was currently not in use, will provide a meaningful community space in the summer.

The goal of the market is to provide economic growth for a neighborhood where, according to the U.S. Census, 70 percent of its residents identify as an ethnicity other than white, one in three people live below the poverty line and

22 percent of the population is unemployed. The market will be a place where local small businesses can showcase their products to the rest of the city.

“At least half of the vendors are Mountain View residents and business owners.

I think it’s a really unique opportunity for Anchorage to come in and share the culture and food experience that the neighborhood offers,” Emily Cohn, the Development & Communications Coordinator for Anchorage Community Land Trust, said. “We have a really high prevalence of gardeners in the neighborhood. Being the most diverse census tract in the U.S., we have a lot of different cultures represented. It’s not a market that is selling $12 pasta, not to knock it, but it’s intended to be by and for Mountain View residents.”

The Mountain View Farmer’s Market started June 16 and runs until August 25 from 3 - 7 p.m. every Thursday.

since February. Craig says that there will be food trucks at the event and is most excited about the lineup of music.

“We had Smokehouse BBQ at our Juneteenth Barbeque so we’re having them again, we’ll probably have a few more too,” Craig said. “I think what most people are looking forward to is our lineup, we have a good lineup of music. First, we were leaning towards Reggae music, and then we kind of went more into the indie-alternative scene. We got good, local bands that are still playing around town and releasing albums.”

Ronell Corral, psychical therapy assistant major at UAA has been working for Student Activities for a year and a half.

Corral helped coordinate the first GooseFest last summer and has been hard at work with the Student Activities team coordinating this year’s event since the end of the spring semester.

“This year, we’ve basically copied the same template from last year and then added a few more events,” Corral said.

“We’re trying to collaborate more with clubs and other departments, and now that we’ve figured out how everything works, we’ve been able to finish a lot of the little things earlier. We’re expecting to have more crafts and games.”

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Young Over Yonder: Gold Mint Trail

By Young Kim

ykim@thenorthernlight.org

The Gold Mint Trail in Hatcher Pass is a beautiful hike with awe-inspiring landscapes. The only caveat is that you’ll want to start it earlier rather than later in the day.

The sixteen mile round trip hike is by no means difficult. When attempting the trail, I was surprised by how flat the entire trail was. The first five miles are suitable for biking. Except for a short 700 foot elevation and some easy boulder-ing in the last mile or so, this hike should be a walk in the park for anyone who is moderately active.

After hiking this trail last year, I knew that as soon as the snow melted I wanted to attempt this one again. Having recently picked up a drone from Yuneec, I knew that the glacial valley would serve as a awesome setting for a few test flights. The one spot I knew I had to get to offered a great view of the mountains with an accompanying reflection. The only problem was that I couldn’t remember how far into the trail this location was. I knew it was somewhere after the four mile marker and before the sixth. At around mile two, I made a decision. If I did not see what I was looking for by mile five, I would turn around and try again another day, as we hadn’t started hiking until it was 9 p.m.

At mile four, things were looking hopeful. The landscapes were looking

Around the fourth mile marker, the trail opens up and one can feel the breeze through the glacial valley.

familiar to what I remembered from last year, and the narrow trail was opening up into the valley. Then, almost suddenly, what little available light there was seemed to vanish. Being about a quarter mile from mile marker five, I was presented with a choice. I could continue on and gamble on the chance of seeing what I set out to see with less light, or I could choose to set up my drone there and fly. I chose the latter.

Three crashes, five broken propellers, a lost — and recovered — phone and a toe blister later, the sun was gone. I got the footage I wanted, but I could no longer fly due to the lack of light and broken pieces. I was mentally drained and physically exhausted. I packed all my camera gear and grudgingly made it back to the trailhead in the dark. As soon as I got to the car, I quickly passed out in the back seat.

One day, I’ll go back and finish this.

Hopefully, I’ll be able to include the nearby Reed Lakes and Bomber Glacier and be able to do the whole thing in a loop.

A picture I took when I completed the trail in 2015.

A photo from 2015 of my good friend Forrest Mankins sitting and taking a break in the eighth mile of the trail as we prepare for the final ascent up to the Gold Mint Hunt.

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Couple opens quality menswear store downtown

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Mikey Huff, Bex Farleigh and their dog Boogie are the trio behind The Mercantile, downtown Anchorage’s newest men’s lifestyle outfitter.

By Victoria Petersen

vgpetersen@thenorthernlight.org

Bex Farleigh and Mikey Huff are Anchorage’s newest entrepreneurial dynamic duo. Open since June 3, The Mercantile is a quality menswear, leather goods and accessories shop located in the heart of downtown Anchorage which is something Farleigh and Huff wanted to introduce to Anchorage “All these lady shops in town are awesome and they have all these different local shopping options for women, but none really for men. So we just decided to build that niche,” Huff said.

The idea sprung when Huff, who runs his leather working business, Huff Goods, wanted to have a place and supply the city with his unique handmade products.

“It kind of started when Mikey was getting more serious with Huff Goods and he wanted to have a place in Anchorage where he could stock his work, and there really wasn’t anywhere that matched the aesthetic. Then, after awhile, we started to talk about the opportunity there was to bring something new and cool to Anchorage,” Farleigh said.

The aesthetic of the store can be described in many ways.

With strong Americana vibes and antique workmanship, the store appeals to a large range of people.

The store carries high-quality clothes, accessories and grooming products, with ethical trade and American made rising to the top of The Mercantile’s values.

“Most of our brands are California based, mostly made in America brands. All of our brands are really high-quality goods and they’re something that’s going to last a long time and is ethically sourced,” Farleigh said.

In addition to Huff Goods and Huff’s workshop, the store is stocked with a handful of Alaskan made products as well.

“We have another leather worker called Backwoods Leather and Stitching, we carry his baseball glove line — he

Rooted in American culture and antique workmanship, The Mercantile caters to a male demographic with products that are both durable and high in quality.

Some of the brands The Mercantile carries include Field Notes, Filson and Alaskanbased company Cut & Caliber.

Mikey Huff stands at his work station where he creates all his leather work. Products from his brand, Huff Goods, can be found in The Mercantile.

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Other Alaska based brands include Forty Ninth Supply co., Cut and Caliber, Alaskan Handmade and Gold Heart Supply.

Both Farleigh and Huff have a wide range of Instagram followers. This “insta-fame” has helped spread the word about their business and is setting them up for success.

“It’s pretty much been the sole way we’ve gotten the word out. We haven’t paid for any advertising. We’ve also been using our own Instagram following to push it. I think without Instagram or Facebook, we probably wouldn’t be here. It’s been the best possible way to reach out to people,” Farleigh said.

The couple did all the construction themselves, from the leather workbench to the dressing rooms that were made from an old shed they found on their church’s property.

“We had to earn a lot about construction, writing a business plan — things I never thought I would have to deal with. I’ve learned a lot for sure. Everyday we learn something new,” Farleigh said.

Leather working is a relatively new craft for Huff, and has been a part of his life for the last year and a half.

“I was on a hike with my buddy, and he mentioned that he wanted a leather belt and a leather wallet. Christmas was coming up and I just thought I could make both of those things maybe. So I bought some leather and just got started.”

Huff’s self-made leather goods brand is stationed in the front of the store. His workbench, complete with all of his leather and tools, is accessible by the public to make custom orders or repairs.

Find Huff and Farleigh at The Mercantile, Monday through Saturday 11 a.m.

- 7 p.m., and Sunday 12:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. at 400 W. Fourth Avenue.

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PHOTOS BY YOUNG KIM

Bex Farleigh stands at the counter of The Mercantile, which is now open in the heart of downtown Anchorage.

Mikey Huff creates all the tags at The Mercantile at his leather work station.

The Mercantile’s aesthetic can be described as rustic Americana with values in local and handmade workmanship.

The Mercantile stocks high quality menswear and fills a new niche in Anchorage.

With a focus on American made products, all the items of The Mercantile are hand selected to ensure quality.

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MUSIC REVIEW

Zayn Malik’s ‘Mind of Mine’ It’s a dangerous world in ‘Theeb’ does not disappoint

By Jacob Holley-Kline Contributor

A typical coming-of-age tale starts with a confused kid. Coming to understand what he/she didn’t before is what evolves the character. But “Theeb,” a bildungsroman from Jordan, isn’t a typical coming-of-age story. The titular character, Theeb (Jacir Eid Al-Hwietat), is selfassured, rarely questioning himself. He focuses only on what he understands. It’s a refreshing character to see, one who the movie reflects intimately.

Director Naji Abu Nowar never deviates from Theeb’s perspective. Not only does this streamline the narrative, but it shows that, like Theeb himself, Nowar’s confident in where he’s going. You’d think he was a seasoned veteran, but “Theeb” is Nowar’s first feature. Joining him, the cast is mostly non-professional actors. Knowing that, this narrative synergy is even more remarkable.

Theeb is a young Bedouin boy, recently orphaned and caught in the middle of World War I (WWI). He lives with his brother Hussein in the Ottoman Empire controlled Jordan. One night, an English soldier, Edward (Jack Fox, “Kids in Love”), and his guide seek shelter with Theeb’s tribe. They leave the next morn-

ing, Hussein guiding them to their destination. Enticed by a locked box the Englishman has, Theeb decides to follow them.

From then on, viewers see the world as Theeb, and he has one goal: to make his own decisions. More often, he is told what to do by family and strangers alike.

His insistence that he can fend for himself goes unheard. But Nowar gives him the visual power, shooting Theeb from low angles to emphasize his autonomy.

Theeb is self-sufficient, to be sure, but not immune to the complexity of war. A larger, more complicated story, involving the Great Arab Revolt, unfolds around him. Nowar, however, never lets that distract him. A lot of violence is implied, the big explosion, Hollywood blockbuster kind of violence, but it speaks to Nowar’s restraint that he only shows its aftermath.

In the end, “Theeb” finds its strength in those aftermaths. Viewers meet Theeb on the heels of his father’s death and the Englishman after his separation from the battalion. It is a beautifully told story, hard-hearted and hopeful all at once.

Nowar and Al-Hwietat know Theeb, and this story, backwards and front. Beautifully quiet and elegantly shot, “Theeb” is a heart-twisting tale from an already consummate director.

TITLE “Theeb”

DIRECTOR Naji Abu Nowar

RELEASE DATE March 19, 2015

COUNTRY JORDAN

GENRE Drama

By Adrian Colding II Contributor

In the fall of 2015, after announcing that he will be leaving the worldrenowned boy band One Direction to focus on his solo career and to live a more ‘private’ life, Zayn Malik got the exact opposite. When I first heard that Zayn was leaving One Direction. I didn’t give it two cares in the world. For me, One Direction wasn’t my first choice in music.

However, for the millions of 13-year-olds that worship the boy band, the news may have been distressing.

Once departed from the band, Malik released his first single in January of this year titled, “Pillowtalk” which immediately shot to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. The success of this single was not only a shock to millions of fans, but also to bystanders like myself. From the start, I knew I had to purchase this song. It was catchy, simple, yet meaningful and absolutely amazing.

With the worldwide success of the first single, the yearning, wanting and desire for more music from Zayn Malik was at an all-time high. That craving was finally satisfied on a day in March when Malik’s album entitled “Mind of Mine” dropped.

The album took a second to grow on me for a few reasons. I was expecting some spin off One D-type music, but Pillowtalk blew me out the water. While my mind was blown and my hunger for more new music was surprisingly high, I was not ready for this type of album from a One Direction alumni. This album is list-

ed under pop, but like most new albums, you cannot limit it to one genre. “Mind of Mine” is pop, infused with trap elements, along with some R&B vocals and a little T-Swift sounding profound lyrical content. It took me a while to adjust to this type of art from Zayn, but once I removed my box that I placed on the singer in, I realized how amazing this album really is.

As I was listening to “Mind of Mine” I found myself replaying some songs before I even made it through the entire album.

The catchy lyrics, melodies and experimental sounds is what hooked me. One of my top favorites on the album happens to be “Rear view,” which gave me that summer vibe, riding down to Seward, Alaska while getting that unequal drivers arm tan from the sun. The song seems to talk about being torn — you want to love someone. but can’t. The cadence in which Zayn was singing the chorus is what made me fall in love with this song at first listen.

Being the only male to ever debut a solo album and land at #1 on the Billboard Hot 200 charts most likely voids Malik’s claim to want to live a more private life. This album alone solidified Zayn and placed him amongst the pop greats of today, which makes sense for someone coming from such a successful band. It makes me wonder if he really was trying to live a more private life or was this a come-up scheme. Either way, I am enjoying this piece of work.

ARTIST Zayn Malik

LABEL RCA Records

ALBUM

RELEASE March 25, 2016

“Mind of Mine” GENRE Alternative R&B

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Bucket list ideas to attempt this summer

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