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
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Interior designer to teach color workshops
By Suzanne Bach Suzanne Bach, fine arts coordinator of the 2011 Machetanz Art Festival at Mat-Su College, interviewed Karolyn
Wasilla gallery to feature nationally acclaimed artist
Town Square Art Gallery presents a one-woman art show featuring new artwork by nationally acclaimed artist Jennifer Bowman from
37 WHS students included in poetry anthology
Wasilla High School had 37 students’ poems picked for inclusion in Creative Communication’s anthology “A Celebration of Poets: Spring
Masons award scholarships to Mat-Su Valley students
MAT-SU — Matanuska Masonic Foundation awarded thousands of dollars in scholarships this month to Mat-Su Valley high school seniors.
Artist Dean Larson returns to Palmer to teach workshops
By Suzanne Bach Art Scene Fine arts coordinator of the 2011 Machetanz Art Festival at Mat-Su College Suzanne Bach
A Ride to remember
Machetanz Elementary School third-grade students and teacher Kristine Sobbe wave as they bounce along under blue skies on a
Farmers markets keep Valley growers connected with local buyers
By GREG JOHNSON Frontiersman PALMER — As the sun lingers longer in the Alaska spring skies, work is ramping up at
People We Know
• Colony High 2007 graduate Katherine M. Enloe graduated May 15 from Mesa State College in Grand Junction, Colo. with a
Local Farmers Markets
PALMER • Friday Fling is 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fridays through Aug. 19 in downtown Palmer at the
Peak at the Past
Here’s what made news 28 years ago, from the May 25, 1983, issue of the Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman.
Nationally known children’s book author to visit Wasilla
BY ANDREW WELLNER Frontiersman WASILLA — Bruce Hale said he took a roundabout path to becoming a children’s book author.
Gail Niebrugge: Palmer artist known internationally
By Suzanne Bach For the Frontiersman I recently interviewed this year’s Machetanz Art Festival featured artist Gail Niebrugge, who