Dancing, polka, polar bears mark celebration of parks along the Fish Creek corridor

Updated: September 11, 2016 Published: September 11, 2016

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Lyla Doherty and others dance to the Polka Band at the Kiwanis Fish Creek Park along the Fish Creek Corridor in Anchorage, on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016. The dancers were taking part in the Fish Creek parks celebration. (Bob Hallinen / Alaska Dispatch News)

A celebration of the Kiwanis Fish Creek Park, Barbara Street Park and Woodland Park along the Fish Creek Corridor is held in Anchorage Saturday. The moving event started at the Kiwanis Fish Creek Park, moved to the Barbara Street Park and then onto Woodland Park. There was a dedication of new playgrounds at Fish Creek and Barbara Street parks, which were designed to be accessible for people of different abilities.

Bob Hallinen

Bob Hallinen has been a photojournalist in Alaska since the 1980s and has traveled extensively all over the state. He retired from the ADN in November 2018 after 33 years at the newspaper.