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
By Verne Rupright Mayor's Corner This is no news flash, but Christmas is next week, a high Christian
Beloved son, brother, husband, father, grandfather and well-known LDS author and speaker John Marion Pontius, 60, died Dec. 10,
Kathryn Willey, 79, died Nov. 27, 2012, four days short of her 80th birthday. A memorial service is at 1
Virginia Corine Bombardier, 96, died Sept. 20, 2012, at the Harbor View Manor in Wasilla from natural causes. Virginia was
Palmer resident Leonard John Hoffman, 55, died Sept. 18, 2012, at St. Elias Specialty Hospital. Leo, as he was known
Edward E. Peck, 43, resident of Wasilla died of a heart attack on May 28, 2012, while hiking on Mount
Esther Lois Bowen Sparks, 82, died peacefully at her home in Eagle River on June 18, 2012, from complications of
Marley Reianna Tubbs Chatterton, 29, of Pocatello, Idaho, died May 31, 2012. Marley was born May 8, 1983, in Palmer
Robert John “Griz” Smith, 69, died unexpectedly May 20, 2012, after stopping for a rest while out on his Harley-
By Dan Fagan The Fagan Report I believe it’s important to forget the past and look to the future.
M. Blanche Mossburgh, 91, died May 10, 2012, at Mount Joseph Senior Village, Concordia, Kan. She was born Aug. 26,
Talkeetna’s oldest resident Bette Sinclair Grula, 90, died in her home on April 15, 2012. Bette, affectionately known as