Business Briefs

Austin joins Legacy Group

Wasilla’s Debra Austin has joined the Legacy Group as a Senior Registered Client Associate. Austin has more than 29 years of financial industry experience, as well as a degree in business administration management from Alaska Pacific University. She has worked in the financial services industry in Anchorage since 1993. Email her at debbie.austin@ubs.com.

Cruz re-appointed to AGDC board

Palmer’s Dave Cruz has been re-appointed by Gov. Bill Walker to serve on the Alaska Gasline Development Corportation Board of Directors. Cruz is the president of Cruz Companies, which specializes in oil field services, heavy civil construction, remote camp construction, tug and barge operations and a variety of other construction support activities. He has served on a number of boards and commissions, including the Matanuska-Susitna Borough Port Commission, the Resource Development Council for Alaska, and Associated General Contractors of Alaska. AGDC is governed by a seven-member board of directors, which includes five public members and two commissioners.

Join Mat-Su ‘Toastmasters’

Toastmasters is a self-paced program offering flexibility while allowing unlimited personal growth and self-improvement. Toastmasters helps you learn clear communication and helps build self-confidence. If you have received our letter in the mail and come to our meeting, we will treat you to a free breakfast. Mat-Su Toastmasters meets from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m., Tuesdays at the Primrose Retirement Center, 889 N. Elkhorn, Wasilla. For more information, call Linda at 232-0624 or Cheryl at 354 5702.

Big Lake Chamber seeks derby sponsors

The Big Lake Chamber of Commerce and Burkeshore Marina will host the 6th Annual Fall Family Fishing Derby on September 26 and 27 on Big Lake, and sponsors are needed to help with the event. Interested sponsors should contact the chamber by August 30 at biglake@mtaonline.net.

Airfare assistance offered for cancer patients

ConocoPhillips and BP Alaska will expand Corporate Angel Network’s mission by providing free air transportation for cancer patients traveling to treatment between Anchorage and Fairbanks. ConocoPhillips Alaska and BP are offering empty seats to cancer patients and family members on their Monday and Thursday scheduled flights between Anchorage and Fairbanks. Call Corporate Angel Network at 866-328-1313 to register within three weeks of a specific appointment.

For more information, visit corpangelnetwork.org.

Useful online tool available for businesses

Mat-Su Convention and Visitors Bureau has partnered with Alaska’s Mat-Su Bed and Breakfast Association to promote its website, MatSuAvailability.com. The site offers a connection to travelers who are looking for places to stay. For more information, contact Justin at 746-5032.

Sunrise Rotary meets Tuesdays

Wasilla Sunrise Rotary meets at 7 a.m., Tuesdays. The group has a new meeting place, the Meridian Point Building, 865 Seward Meridian Parkway. For more information, visit wasillasunriserotary.com.

Wasilla Toastmasters meets Tuesdays

Wasilla Toastmasters meets from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m., Tuesdays at Primrose Retirement Center, 920 Elkhorn, in the Pub. Learn to improve your speaking skills, enhance your listening and leadership skills and building confidence in all of these areas.

Palmer Lions meet Tuesdays

Palmer Lions Club meets at noon, Tuesdays at the Moose Lodge No. 793, 1136 South Cobb St. in Palmer. For more information, call 761-3750.

Palmer Toastmasters meets Tuesdays

Palmer Toastmasters meets at 7 p.m. on Tuesdays at the MTA Building in Palmer. For more information, call 907-539-7111, or visit palmer.toastmastersclubs.org.

Wasilla Lions Club meets Tuesdays

Wasilla Lions Club meets the second and third Tuesdays from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., at the Wasilla Senior Center, 1301 S. Century Circle in Wasilla. Those wishing to join and current members are encouraged to attend. For more information, contact Sam Carranza at 907-252-8589.

Wasilla Rotary Club meets Wednesdays

Wasilla Rotary meets at noon, Wednesdays at the Hacienda Mexican Restaurant by Fred Meyer, at 1781 E Palmer-Wasilla Highway in Wasilla.

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