School Briefs

Streaming coverage of school board meetings

The Mat-Su Borough School District is partnering with Radio Free Palmer to provide live streaming of the school board meetings, beginning with a special budget meeting at 6 p.m., Wednesday.

The school board approved a contract with the non-profit organization to provide live audio streaming and archived podcasting service for regular school board meetings for the next year.

Radio Free Palmer has streamed Mat-Su Borough Assembly meetings since 2007.

To access these podcasts, visit radiofreepalmer.org.

Children’s health fair is April 9

Nurturing New Beginnings — Mat-Su Regional Medical Center’s annual baby and children’s fair — is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., April 9 at the Mat-Su Regional, 2500 South Woodworth Loop.The health fair includes safety games, parenting advice and health education, vision screening, the Palmer Fire Department will bring a fire truck for kids to investigate and the AT&T Sports Center will share information on Stroller Strides and Tiny Dancers programs as well as demonstrations at 10:30 a.m. And Mat-Su Regional’s obstetrics staff also will provide tours of the Birthing Center.

For more information, contact Angela Balos at 861-6807 or a.balos@msrmc.com.

College group hosts fund-raiser

The Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society from Mat-Su College will host a dinner and silent auction fund-raiser featuring guest speaker DeeDee Jonrowe. The event is from 7 to 10 p.m., Thursday at Mat-Su Career and Technical High School. Cost is $15 for students and family members, $25 for the general public, and can be purchased at the4 Mat-Su College bookstore. For information, visit matsu.alaska.edu or email t cwetzler@matsu.alaska.edu.

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