Here are a couple of visuals to go along with this morning's lead ADN story. Took these last night walking home from dinner. The building is at the corner of New Seward Highway and 36th Avenue.
FBI investigates science contracts awarded Veco
ARCTIC: $170 million in research contracts coincided with support for polar funding by Sen. Stevens.
By ERIKA BOLSTAD and GREG GORDON
McClatchy Newspapers
Published: August 16, 2007
Last Modified: August 16, 2007 at 10:03 AM
WASHINGTON -- The FBI is investigating the National Science Foundation's award of $170 million in contracts to the oil field services company that oversaw renovations on U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens' home.
The firm, Veco Corp., captured a lucrative five-year NSF contract in 1999 to provide logistics and support for polar research, although it had no previous experience in that field. During the same time period, Veco's top executive managed renovations that doubled the size of the longtime Republican senator's Girdwood home -- the scene of a July 30 FBI raid...
This picture was to show how fire weed can beautify even an ugly parking lot. Only just realized fire weed and a couple of spruce also can screen out a Veco Building almost.
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