People We Know

• Hunter Eisenhower of Wasilla received an $800 Sophia Uhlken Hodges Memorial scholarship to Chadron State College, Chadron, Nebraska. He is a freshman studying sports and recreation management and the son of Chuck and Shelley Eisenhower.

• Darrell Wengler of Wasilla was named to the dean’s list at New England Institute of Technology, East Greenwich, Rhode Island for the quarter ending Sept. 27.

• U.S. Air National Guard Airman Madison C. Ginnity graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. She is a 2014 graduate of Valley Pathways in Palmer and the daughter of Angela R. Ginnity and granddaughter of Daniel and Debra L. Nelson of Palmer, and Carol L. Thomas of Dickson, Tennessee.

• Palmer City Councilman Richard Best was chosen to serve on the Alaska Municipal League’s Board of Directors. Best will begin his term in 2015.

• Gov. Sean Parnell appointed Phillip Galloway, of Wasilla, to the Alaska Safety Advisory Council, which promotes safety to reduce accidental injury and death. Galloway works as director of loss control at ARECA Insurance Exchange/Alaska Power Association and teaches occupations safety at Kenai Peninsula College. He served 25 years in the Air Force and has a master’s degree in business organization.

• Gov. Parnell appointed John Schirack, of Wasilla, to the Natural Resources Conservation and Development Board and reappointed him to the Board of Agriculture and Conservation. Schirack is a hay farmer and retired teacher.

• Gov. Parnell also reappointed and Ben VanderWeele, of Palmer, to the Board of Agriculture and Conservation. VanderWeele grows crops sold at local markets and serves on the Alaska Farmland Trust and Alaska Rehabilitation Corporation boards.

• Gov. Parnell appointed David Ludin, of Palmer, to the Alaska Fire Standards Council, which establishes training certification standards for firefighters and other fire service personnel. Ludin is a captain with Palmer Fire & Rescue and a partner and principal civil engineer with Hattenburg Dilley & Linnell, LLC.

• Gov. Parnell reappointed James Hastings, of Wasilla, to the Alaska Veterans Advisory Council. Hastings retired from the U.S. Army with 22 years of service. He is active with the Wounded Warriors Project and the Palmer Elks.

• Gov. Parnell appointed Leonard “Skip” Colie to the Controlled Substances Advisory Committee, which evaluates the effectiveness of programs, budgets, enforcement policies, treatment, counseling and regulations regarding controlled substances. Colie is a retired Alaska State Trooper with 20 years of service. He is currently the law enforcement coordinator for a federal intelligence-sharing program.

• Gov. Parnell appointed Bruce Axtell of Palmer to Serve Alaska, a commission aiming to engage Alaskans in community-based service and volunteerism. Axtell is retired from the Matanuska Electric Association and is a deputy volunteer fire chief.

• Gov. Parnell appointed Michelle Overstreet, of Wasilla, to the Alaska Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee, which works to reduce and prevent juvenile crime. Overstreet is executive director of MY House. She has owned a life-coaching an counseling business and worked as an outreach coordinator and substance abuse counselor.

• Gov. Parnell appointed Terry Telkamp, of Wasilla, to the Boating Safety Advisory Board. Telkamp is a retired probation officer active in the boating community and, for 10 years, as a U.S. Coast Guard auxiliarist.

• Bonnie Quill, executive director of the Mat-Su Convention and Visitors Bureau, was elected to two influential tourism industry boards of directors. She was elected in September to serve on the board of directors for the Western Association of Convention and Visitors Bureaus. And Quill was re-elected in October to a fourth term on the Alaska Travel Industry Association board of directors.

• Karen Harris, owner of Alaska Garden Gate B&B and Cottages and a member of the Mat-Su Convention and Visitors Bureau board of directors, also was appointed to serve a one-year term on the Alaska Travel Industry Associationboard of directors.

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