Retiring teacher, coach urges Colony grads to ‘find their 68’
By Jeremiah Bartz Frontiersman.com A football coach using a hockey reference as the centerpiece for his keynote address may
Michael N. “Mickey” Leek, 71, died May 13, 2012, in Little Rock, Ark. He was born in Palmer on Nov.
Leroy George Boies, 81, died March 4, 2012, at his home in Wasilla with his family by his side. Funeral
Timothy Lee Kimbrough, 63, died Jan. 19, 2012, in Wasilla. A celebration of life gathering for Tim is from 3
By Larry Wood Spectrum The U.S. Army has a policy that is killing our wounded troops. The Army refuses
Longtime Alaska resident Ed Walker, 94, died at Providence Hospital on Oct. 28, 2011, surrounded by family. Ed was born
Longtime Wasilla resident Thomas Robert Beltz, 67, died Oct. 20, 2011 at Mat-Su Regional Medical Center in Palmer. A
Wasilla resident John Adam Schwartz, 88, died at Mat-Su Regional Hospital with his loving wife at his side. Contact
Wasilla resident Robert “Bob” Riley Gindling, 85, died June 24, 2011, due to natural causes, peacefully surrounded by his loving
Palmer resident Kaye Frances Hard, 75, died Dec. 19, 2010, after a years-long battle against non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
George Anthony Mercurio, of Aquebogue, N.Y., formerly of Wasilla, died Sept. 3, 2010 at Southampton Hospital after a brief
Billy LaVoyce Fikes, 81, Big Lake, died Sept. 10, 2010 at Providence Hospital in Anchorage. A memorial is scheduled for
Wasilla resident Maurice “Mo” Bailey, 71, lost his battle with leukemia July 13, 2010 with his family and friends by