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Monday, January 11, 2021

Alaskan Man beat Florida Man to the punch

FAIRBANKS — Frank Stagno went in an airboat where no one had gone before. 

It's not that the man addressed by some as "Famous Frank" couldn't live down the events of that August night in 1985, it's just that people in Fairbanks couldn't forget it. 

At a memorial service for Stagno in late July in Fairbanks, one of the photo displays about his life was devoted to the newspaper coverage of the time he tried to drive an airboat to the Lonely Lady topless bar and the court case that followed.
-Frank
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  1. SgtBobJanuary 11, 2021 at 9:32 AM

    You have to admire the first po-leece who told him to get the hell off the street. Local cops often handle things differently than do the state variety.

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  2. p2January 11, 2021 at 11:08 AM

    I missed this one, didn't get here till 95, but I've heard the tale. The Lonely Lady has since been shut down and burned to cinders. Fairbanks was, and still is in many ways, an odd place to live. Wouldn't trade it for anywhere else.

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