From DeWitt with Love: FBC group headed to Alaska frenzy

  • Children and families of the fishermen listen to storytime hosted by Alaska Missions. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
    Children and families of the fishermen listen to storytime hosted by Alaska Missions. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
  • Brenda Crim
    Brenda Crim
  • Deborah Granberry pauses in front of the Iditorad finish line, where Alaska Missions has one of its many service events.
    Deborah Granberry pauses in front of the Iditorad finish line, where Alaska Missions has one of its many service events.
  • Two Pacific Samoan girls at the Salmon Frenzy. CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS
    Two Pacific Samoan girls at the Salmon Frenzy. CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS
  • An Alaskan shows a fresh catch from the Salmon Frenzy on the Kenai River. Fishermen, seen in the background, use nets to capture the salmon migrating up river. The salmon caught during the frenzy feed Alaskans all year and are cooked “every way imaginable,” according to Cuero’s Deborah Granberry.
    An Alaskan shows a fresh catch from the Salmon Frenzy on the Kenai River. Fishermen, seen in the background, use nets to capture the salmon migrating up river. The salmon caught during the frenzy feed Alaskans all year and are cooked “every way imaginable,” according to Cuero’s Deborah Granberry.
  • A young Alaskan sleeps through his face painting.
    A young Alaskan sleeps through his face painting.
Texas and Alaska share a frontier mystique in the American psyche, one embodying the mythic cowboy and the other the “call of the wild” to the adventurer. But both places rely on communities to make them livable in modern life.One Cuero group is reaching out to support families in the Alaskan Kenai peninsula during this summer’s Salmon Frenzy, when much of the area’s food for the year is secured…

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