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By Jeremiah Bartz Frontiersman.com A football coach using a hockey reference as the centerpiece for his keynote address may
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Eleanor Selma Schoenheit-Brooks, 89, died June 21, 2006, at Mat-Su Regional Medical Center. Eleanor was born March 7,
Palmer resident Malita Weldon Hitchen, 92, died at her home March 13, 2005. Her ashes will be buried at Angleus
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