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Wedgewood Dr. Fountainhead Fairbanks To the University N A pedestrian bridge crosses the Chena College Rd. Esquire Ave. o Antique Auto River at Golden Heart Plaza, providing safe, of Alaska y Museum e scenic access for foot traffic to a wonder- s Margaret Ave. College Rd. S Map F AIRBANKS ful riverwalk that connects to the Morris l o ugh Thompson Cultural and Visitors Center es Slough oy Danby St. via an antler arch. The riverwalk provides N convenient benches and fine views of river activities. . Visit the Fountainhead Antique Auto Aspen St. Museum, one of the top attractions in Fair- Deadman Dr Aurora Johansen Expressway Graehl Street Bentley banks, located at Wedgewood Resort. This Slough Illinois St. Boat Landing collection showcases more than 70 histori- Hanson Rd. Immaculate Mall Conception Gavora cally significant automobiles produced in Minnie St. Mall Johansen Expressway The Alaska Railroad Church the United States prior to World War II, Geist 3 St. including the first car in the Territory of Rd. Alaska Railroad Old a R Pedestrian Visitor Steese en iv Depot 1 Ave. Bridge Information Alaska, built in 1905, a rare 1921 Heine- Ch e Hwy ve. Phillips Field Rd. r r Golden Heart Center & APLIC Velox Sporting Victoria, and an unusual e v Park/Plaza Griffin Fordson Snow Devil. For a complete list, go i Park Clay R 5 Ave. 3 A endell to www.fountainheadmuseum.com. C e n a 4 A ve. W University A h ve. Steese Expressway ve. Dunkle 2 A Each vehicle illustrates an important 6 A Post ve. Front Period fashion captures the spirit of the times at Fountainhead Antique Auto Museum development in early American automo- Office St. 2 Ave. S l which pairs vintage clothing with classic cars. (©Kris Valencia, staff) ve. a 9 A Police& t tive history, from early steam, electric and e Noble Lathrop St.
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Washington Dr. Washington Information Airport Way Fairbanks. Greeters, who are not commer- Golden Heart Plaza, is the site of the vintage fashion collection follows the cars Hamme cial tour guides but volunteers from differ- 18-foot bronze monument, “Unknown First through time. Wedgewood Resort is located Noel 14 Ave. Gaffney Rd. University Center Mall St. Pool ent walks of life, welcome travelers and help Family.” The statue, by sculptor Malcolm at 212 Wedgewood Dr.; phone (907) 456- Market Wien 15 Ave. Rewak Dr. Library Entranceto them get more from their stay. A typical Alexander, and park were dedicated in July 3642. ay Fort
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W 2 Mary Siah a coffee house, hotel lobby or some other itage. Hatchery. Downtown at Wilbur Street and 18 Ave. 16 Ave. Kiana St. Recreation Cushman St. ve. S. Hospital Gillam Center 18 Ave. Richardson 19 Ave. 19 Ave. Highway Alaska State Hez Ray Recreation Gillam Troopers Complex and Parks Park University A & Recreation Offices 21 Ave. 21 Ave. Ladd 22 Ave. To Routes Davis Road Davis Road 2 & 3 To Metro Field 23 Ave.
Hilton Avenue, this hatchery welcomes days (except holidays) year-round. Separate Public Parks. Fairbanks has more than visitors with a 5,000 gallon aquarium filled tours of several campus facilities are offered 100 public parks that make good stops for a with hatchery-raised fish. See the methods in the summer. For details, go online to picnic. Graehl Park has a boat launch and is and results here, where tens of thousands of www.uaf.edu/visituaf. Arrange customized a good place to watch river traffic. fish grow each year to stock local lakes and campus visits for prospective students by Griffin Park, also on the river, has the rivers. phoning the Admissions Office at (907) 474- WWII Lend–Lease Monument, a memo- Tour the University of Alaska Fair- 7500 or 1-800-478-1823; emailing admis- rial erected in 2006. This statue honors banks. The 2,250-acre campus sits on [email protected]; or by completing a form WWII Russian and American pilots as well a ridge overlooking Fairbanks and the found at www.uaf.edu/admissions/visit. as Women Airline Service Pilots. The monu- Alaska Range, giving UAF the best view in Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning ment commemorates Alaska’s importance town. The campus has all the amenities of hosts many weekly events throughout the a small town, including a radio and TV sta- summer, including special lectures and con- tion, medical clinic, museum, concert hall, certs. Visit www.uaf.edu/summer or phone theater, and its own police and fire depart- (907) 474-7021 for details. ments. UAF boasts a world-class faculty and a unique blend of nearly 9,000 students from around the world. It serves 180 communi- THE TURTLE CLUB ties statewide through in-person and dis- For an evening Free WiFi tance delivery of instruction, public service of fine dining and research. It is America’s only Arctic uni- versity, a Land, Sea and Space Grant institu- Featuring our tion and an international center for Arctic famous research. Scientific facilities operated by PRIME RIB UAF include a 261-foot oceanography ship, and Prawns • a research rocket launch range, centers that track earthquakes and volcanoes, a ground Lobster Tail • Halibut (includes salad bar) Wedgewood station to collect satellite remote-sensing data and an antenna array for studying the 10 Mile Old Steese Highway Major Resort Fox, Alaska Credit FountainheadHotels.com upper atmosphere. Free 1½-hour tours of campus begin at For Reservations (907) 457-3883 Cards Accepted Email: [email protected] *Non Smoking Estabishment Signers’ Hall at 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. week- 414 n The MILEPOST® n 2019 www.themilepost.com www.themilepost.com 2019 n The MILEPOST® n 415
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to the North Country. A he Parks Highway was calledexit to the Glenn CAUTION: Highway The east turn (©Serineto eastPalmer Reeves, on to and staff) the [email protected] 1/10/20 12:17 PM Approximately 37 percent of Anchorage–Fairbanks HighwayGlennallen. Trunk Road exit after its completion inGlenn 1971, Highway is across non-stop traffic. then renamed the George ParksA 35.5 CStill 174.5 officially F 326.5 the George Parks Highway, it is more commonly referred to as the “Parks” Highway in July 1975, in honornorthbound; access to Mat–Su Regional Highway. Designated Alaska Route 3, the the territorialof governor George A. from Parks 1925Since (1883–1984), to 1933.Medical 1949, Center (visible the from the highway on T Parks Highway junctions with the Glenn consistent Amazon "Best Seller" biblewww.themilepost.comHighway of North (Alaska Route 1) 35 miles from Anchorage and leads 327 miles north to Fair- sales to Alaskan booksellers, Distance he Best-Selling ravel uide to Alaska banks. Together, these highways connect 2 Major Attractions: in miles of Alaska’s largest population centers. CountryDesignated travel! a National Scenic Byway Alaska kon ritish ol mbia Alberta orthwest20 PARKS HIGHWAY.indd Territoriesin 2009, 377the George Parks Highway passes through some of the grandest scenery that Alaska has to offer. Highest summit on the Anchorage with an avearge of 4.8 stars! ★ Anchorage Denali Park Parks Highway is at Broad Pass (see Milepost Fairbanks Talkeetna 9 percent to Canadian booksell- 237 Wasilla A 195), at approximately 2,400 feet. Motor- 362 ists can see current weather conditions at Denali Park 113 42 237 Broad Pass by checking the website: avcams. 125 faa.gov for the FAA videocam at Summit Fairbanks 153 195 airport. 362 125 post A 132 The and Parks Fairbanks Highway is an between Alaska Scenic Talkeetna 278 320 Byway. Mile- ers, 53 percent to Lower 49 113 153 The Parks Highway junctions with the Alaska Veterans Memorial, ★ ★ Wasilla 278 Denali Highway (Alaska Route 8) at Cantwell 71 ©Serine Reeves, staff 42 at Milepost A 210. The entrance to Denali ★ 195 320 National Park is located at Milepost A 237.4 Denali National Park, 374 n 71 ★ The MILEPOST® on the Parks Highway, approximately 27 ★ n 2020 miles north of Cantwell and 125 miles south Mat-Su Valley of Fairbanks.
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If your business is situated along the 1/5 page (6 inches) 1,080 1,278 1,566 highway, we will insert your log ad in the highway log at your location. If you are in town, we will put your log ad under Lodging & Services, Camping, 1/6 page (5 inches) 900 1,116 1,341 Attractions, or whatever category is appropriate and available. Your log ad 4 inches 747 909 1,116 must begin with the name of your business. We’ll put in your mileage if you 3 inches 567 738 954 are on the highway (no charge for this). Each word counts as one (including if, 2 inches 423 585 810 and, a or but and business name); hyphenated words and telephone and fax 1 inch 333 N/A N/A numbers, email and web addresses count as one word, as do street numbers. Log ads are identified by the copy [ADVERTISEMENT]“ ,” which appears at the end of each advertiser’s copy (no charge for this). Display ads are referenced in *Discounts log ad at no cost to advertiser. When paying in full with check, money order or credit 50 word minimum...... $5.50/per word card at time of order a 10 percent discount on space 1” B/W photo...... $250 cost as quoted is given. Payment must accompany order to qualify for discount. No exceptions! Discount applies to 1-1/2” B/W photo...... $325 print display and log ads only. 1-1/2” Color photo**...... $515 Commissions **Color photo is available only to advertisers with 3 or more inches of display ad space. 15% of gross billing is allowed to recognized advertising NOTE: Photo space is restricted to use of photos of business only, no artwork, drawings, agencies on space, color, bleed and position when digital etc. Log ads are treated as text and subject to column breaks and editorial style rules. file is provided. Advertorials are non-commissionable. See Print Ad Requirements. PRODUCTION CHARGES (Print) Change After Confirmation We require the advertiser to proof their display ad con- NOTE: Discounts do not apply to production charges. If the publisher provides produc- firmation copy thoroughly. Please let us know if we have tion services for ads, the charges are as follows: made any errors. If an advertiser desires to make a change Ad set-up charge other than a publisher’s error then the production charges 1” to 5” ads...... $45 1 listed to the right may apply. Confirmation copies will not 5 ⁄2” to 14” ads...... $60 be sent for customer supplied ads or for repeat ads from 1/2 page to full page ads...... $85 previous year. Simple changes ...... $35 Inserts (1 to 3 lines added or changed on existing digital ads) Bound-in reply cards and either bound-in or tipped-in Additional charges inserts are accepted. Price quotes available upon request. B/W photo, logo, art or map scanned...... $15 Reply cards and inserts must be accompanied by at least Build a new map...... $55 one full-page 4-color ad. Full color image scanned...... $25 Print Ad Requirements The publisher will output client’s work with a line screen of 150 for the graphic folder on the disk. Include all graphic support lpi. You assume all responsibility for files that don’t output cor- files that are placed. Size and crop graphic files in their original rectly due to errors or omissions in specifications. application before placing them into the pagination file. Avoid sizing graphics after placement to produce a better quality image Files requiring correction will be sent back to creator or if desired and reduce the chance of error. Avoid nesting of EPS files (that fixed by publisher, at a rate of $90.00 U.S. per hour. is an EPS placed in a file, art added to the file and then exported Acceptable Platform & Software: Files may be as EPS again, and placed in the page layout). Bitmapped line art produced on the Macintosh or PC platform using InDesign™ (pre- should be saved at 1200 dpi in final size. ferred), Quark Xpress™, Illustrator™ or PhotoShop™. Press quality Colors: RGB (Red, Green, Blue) is for color rendition on your PDF, EPS or TIFF files are also acceptable. monitor only. These colors should never be used in page make- Note: Microsoft Publisher, Word or similar files are not acceptable. up. CMYK colors must be set to output as Process Separation in Please be aware of the following requirements & limitations the Edit Color menu. All spot color ads must be process screen of imagesetting output. builds (CMYK). Fonts and Text: Include all your versions, with a complete list of Sizing Information: Ads must be submitted at the exact size the all fonts used to create your document, to ensure complete com- ad is to run in the book per the following dimensions: patibility. When creating text with several different font attributes Inches (example Helvetica Bold Italic) use that specific font rather than 1 1 Non-Bleed size ...... 7 /3 x 10 /16 using the style menu to assign these attributes. Using the style 3 7 Trim size...... 8 /8 x 10 /8 menu may cause changes in spacing and copy flow. 5 1 Bleed size...... 8 /8 x 11 /8 Graphics: Scanned images or digital photos must be of high 1-column width...... 2.33" quality 300dpi saved as TIFF, JPEG, PSD or EPS. When original graphics or scans are created and placed in pagination files, such 2-column width...... 4.83" as InDesign™, the program links the document to the graphic file 3-column width...... 7.33" in the location it was originally created, so a document will look
2 INCH 4 INCH 1/6 PG 2.33" 5 INCH 1/3 PG 1/5 PG x 2.33" 10 INCH 6 INCH 4" x 4.83" x 5" 2.33" FULL PG 5" x 1/3 PG 1 1 6" NON-BLEED: 7 /3" x 10 /16" 2/3 PG 10 INCH 3 7 1/4 PG 20 INCH TRIM: 8 /8" x 10 /8" 1 7 ⁄2 INCH 2.33" 5 1 4.83" x 10.0625" x BLEED: 8 /8" x 11 /8" 2.33" 10.0625" x 1/2 PG 7.5" 15 INCH 2 INCH 7.33" x 5" 4 INCH 4.83" x 2"
The MILEPOST® Sales Team
Tom Marriage Kelley Barker Milton Barker Annemarie Rindt Associate Publisher P.O. Box 2469 P.O. Box 2469 406 - 894 Vernon Ave. mobile/text (907) 313-9110 Palmer, AK 99645 Palmer, AK 99645 Victoria, BC V8X 2W6 [email protected] phone (907) 707-1260 phone (907) 707-1260 mobile/text (250) 727-8305 mobile/text (907) 982-6009 mobile/text (907) 841-5556 [email protected] Fairbanks & North Pole. Steese, [email protected] [email protected] Elliott & Dalton highways. Yukon, British Columbia, Southeast Alaska Anchorage, Girdwood, Kenai Peninsula, Halibut Alberta, Northwest Territories Whittier, Eagle River, Mat-Su, Cove, Seldovia & Kodiak Interior Alaska, Prince William Sound–Cordova–Valdez