People we know

• Kaitlyn Klapperich of Wasilla is the 2014 to 15 Editor in Chief for the Collegian, the student newspaper of Central Methodist University. The paper is published every other week throughout the semester, with the first issue set for publication Sept. 10. Read the Collegian online at bit.ly/1uGlkrW.

• Army Pvt. Forrest E. Powell has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina. Powell is the son of Forrest E. Powell of Wasilla. He is a 2013 graduate of Wasilla High School, Wasilla.

• Army Pvt. Jeremy Bliss has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina. Bliss is the son of Tamera Bliss of Wasilla. He is a 2014 graduate of Houston High School, Houston.

• Lily Eskelsen Garcia will take office Sept. 1 as president of the more than 3.5 million-member National Education Association. She is the daughter of longtime Wasilla residents Marcella and Bobby Earl Pace. Garcia was the 1989 Utah Teacher of the Year and served 10 years as president of the Utah Education Association beginning in 1990.

• Athlete Dane Tudor, 25, of Palmer is featured in the new ski movie “Every day is a Saturday,” which was shown at the Beartooth Theatre Pub and Grill in Anchorage Sept. 6. Tudor won Best Male Pro skier at the International Free Ski Film Festival this year in Montreal, Canada.