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Reader-submitted: 2012 High School Grad

Location: sullivan arena, 05/07/12 dimond Grads

It's that time of the year: high school seniors celebrate the end of their tenure and begin to embark on the next stage of their long lives. Show off your accomplishment and see who else flipped the tassel.

Reader-submitted: 2012 UAA Grad

Location: Sullivan Arena, 05/06/12

Another college class graduating into the real world. Post a photo of your special graduate and see others.

RSVP: May 2012

Location: Bagram, Afghanistan, 05/01/2012 CW2 Clinton K. Brown III of the Alaska Army National Guard with President Obama 1 May 2012 in Bagram, Afghanistan

Submit your photos from community projects and social occasions around town in May, 2012.

Reader submitted: Alaska dogs

Location: White Mountain, 5/18/2007 Jace Kaden Gray watching over the frozen Fish River

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Turnagain Arm Trail Run

Matias Saari reaches the finish line to claim first place. Turnagain Arm Trail Run had four and eight mile races on Tuesday, May 15, 2012.

The mountain running season opened with the Turnagain Arm Trail Run on May 15, 2012. The event featured four and eight mile races.

Campbell Creek fire

Firefighters from the Anchorage Fire Department and a helitack crew from the state Division of Forestry knock down a brush fire along Campbell Creek between A Street and the Old Seward Highway Tuesday May 15, 2012 south of Dowling Road.

Firefighters knock down a brush fire along Campbell Creek between A Street and the Old Seward Highway Tuesday May 15, 2012 south of Dowling Road.

Great Alaska Seafood Cook Off

Chef Christopher Vane's winning entry of white troll king salmon pinwheels with two cakes in the inaugural Great Alaska Seafood Cook Off hosted by the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute in the Bill Sheffield Railroad Depot at the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport on Monday, May 14, 2012. The competitors cooked and plated a dish featuring wild Alaska seafood.  Chef Christopher Vane of Crush Wine Bistro in Anchorage was crowned king of Alaska seafood and will go on to compete in the Great American Seafood Cook Off later in the year.

Six Alaska chefs competed in the inaugural Great Alaska Seafood Cook Off hosted by the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute in the Bill Sheffield Railroad Depot at the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport on Monday, May 14, 2012. The competitors cooked and plated a dish featuring wild Alaska seafood. Chef Christopher Vane of Crush Wine Bistro in Anchorage was crowned king of Alaska seafood and will go on to compete in the Great American Seafood Cook Off later in the year.

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Best of May

The Alaska Aces battled to a 3-2 loss against the Las Vegas Wranglers in Game 4 of the ECHL Western Conference Finals at the Sullivan Arena on Tuesday, May 1, 2012. The Wranglers own a 3-1 lead the best-of-7 series.

See the best May 2012 photos from the Anchorage Daily News.

Alaska Native Heritage Center

The Alaska Native Heritage celebrated the opening of their summer season and 13th anniversary with their annual Mother's Day event on Sunday, May 13, 2012.  The event was free to the public and will be open 9:00 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily where visitors to the renowned cultural center and museum in Anchorage can expand their understanding of Alaska's Indigenous people.

The Alaska Native Heritage celebrated the opening of their summer season and 13th anniversary with their annual Mother's Day event on Sunday, May 13, 2012. The event was free to the public and will be open 9:00 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily where visitors to the renowned cultural center and museum in Anchorage can expand their understanding of Alaska's Indigenous people.

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STOMP

Photo by JR AnchetaSoldiers from Soldiers of the 1st Battalion 5th Infantry Regiment of the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division march in downtown Fairbanks during S.T.O.M.P. The 1/25 SBCT soldiers returned this spring from a yearlong deployment in Southern Afghanistan. About 5,000 military personnel from Ft. Wainwright and Eielson Air Force base and other veterans marched during the parade.

Hundreds of community members lined the streets in Fairbanks honoring veterans and military personnel Saturday, May 12, 2012 during the Salute to Our Military Parade. About 5,000 military personnel from Ft. Wainwright and Eielson Air Force base and other veterans marched during the parade.

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Baby bison

Wednesday, May 9, 2012, a wood bison cow gave birth to the first calf of the season at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center. The Center is expecting about 40 wood bison calves this spring. This calf is in addition to the two musk oxen calves that the Center has seen born this year, and there is also the possibility of elk calves later in the spring. The Center will be open for free admission to all on Sunday in celebration of Mother's Day. These calves are the perfect addition to an exciting mother's day.

Cook Inlet track and field

Dimond's Sarah Freistone leads the pack in the girls 3200-meter race. The Cook Inlet Conference track and field competition got underway at Bartlett High School on Friday, May 11, 2012.

The Cook Inlet Conferece track and field finals were held at Bartlett High School on May 11 and 12, 2012.