Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Dr. Jerry Nybakken, a local veterinarian, walks up amid applause to receive a commendation from the participants in the local 4-H Club's Junior Market Livestock program Friday, Oct. 14, 2016 in Nikiski, Alaska. Nybakken, who regularly makes home visits to care for farm animals, helps out with the efforts to get the market livestock that the kids raise to the fair in Ninilchik each year. At the annual 4-H awards banquet, the participants presented him with a signed photo and board thanking him for his work.

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Dr. Jerry Nybakken, a local veterinarian, walks up amid applause to receive a commendation from the participants in the local 4-H Club's Junior Market Livestock program Friday, Oct. 14, 2016 in Nikiski, Alaska. Nybakken, who regularly makes home visits to care for farm animals, helps out with the efforts to get the market livestock that the kids raise to the fair in Ninilchik each year. At the annual 4-H awards banquet, the participants presented him with a signed photo and board thanking him for his work.

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Dr. Jerry Nybakken, a local veterinarian, walks up amid applause to receive a commendation from the participants in the local 4-H Club’s Junior Market Livestock program Friday, Oct. 14, 2016 in Nikiski, Alaska. Nybakken, who regularly makes home visits to care for farm animals, helps out with the efforts to get the market livestock that the kids raise to the fair in Ninilchik each year. At the annual 4-H awards banquet, the participants presented him with a signed photo and board thanking him for his work.

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