Kirk Hans Vos Nov 21, 2009
Kirk is survived by his parents, Paul and Chris Vos of Kasilof, Alaska; sisters, brothers, nieces and nephews; Joanne and Tom Girardi, Janet Vos and Craig Neikirk of North Bend Joe, Letha, Amanda and Brandon Vos of Coos Bay, Michael Vos of Fairbanks, Alaska, Bert, Lori and Cassandra Vos of Reedsport, Denise, Bob and Robbie Finch, Michael and Joy Coverstone of Medford, Jason Crockett of Wasilla, Alaska, Sarah Crockett and Julia Girardi of Portland, Emily Emmett, Ryly and Remy Barber of Redmond,... (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Wasilla to buy mall for future library Nov 21, 2009
News and Features for Wasilla, Alaska ... WASILLA The city is planning to buy the Meta Rose Square as the future home for the Wasilla Public Library, a move that has shocked the library steering committee and the shopping center s tenants ... Wasilla has signed a purchase agreement to pay 1. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Hammering Sarah Nov 21, 2009
So I am expecting a new song, to be sung by Bruce Springsteen, entitled: "Don't Cry for Me Wasilla, Alaska." I hope the lyrics aren't whiny. My theory is that liberal America fears Palin. (Human Events Online)
Dad charged in girl's slapping death Nov 21, 2009
Wasilla resident Clayton Phillip Allison, 26, was charged this week with manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in the death of Jocelynn Renee Allison, who died Sept. 24, 2008, at Providence Alaska Medical Center ... Troopers, however, say the injuries could not have been caused by falling down eight carpeted stairs, which were guarded with a baby gate, in the split-level home in the 4300 block of South Philie Drive in Wasilla. (Anchorage Daily News)
The many identities of Sarah Palin Nov 20, 2009
When she ran for mayor of Wasilla in 1996, Palin emphasized abortion and gun rights in order to distinguish herself from her opponent ... Because, after concluding her second term as Wasilla's mayor in 2002, Palin had adopted persona No. 2: Sarah the watchdog. (Juneau Empire)
Troopers involved in fatal shooting identified Nov 20, 2009
News and Features for Wasilla, Alaska ... WASILLA Alaska State Troopers have released the names of five of their own who shot and killed a woman in Wasilla over the weekend ... The incident happened in the wee hours of Saturday morning when troopers were called to what they were told was possibly a suicide attempt just off of Wasilla-Fishhook Road on Atka Drive. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Go 'Rogue' by the words Nov 20, 2009
The roughly 127,000-word book covers Palin's life before politics, her years in local government in Wasilla, Alaska, her tenure as governor and her failed vice presidential campaign with Republican presidential nominee John McCain. The themes will seem familiar to anyone who followed Palin's campaign. (MSNBC -- Politics)
A woman who savors a fine wine Nov 20, 2009
In "Advertisements for Myself," Norman Mailer admitted "a desire to inflict my casual opinions on a half-captive audience." That's what Palin has done in her 400-plus-page advertisement for a woman who, at age 45, seems to have permanently attached the word former to her name - former beauty queen, former mayor of Wasilla, former governor of Alaska, former Republican vice presidential nominee ... - swarmed Wasilla and in their haste and indifference made up stories about her. (Juneau Empire)
Dems hope Palin disrupts GOP's game plan Nov 20, 2009
She couldn't get re-elected mayor of Wasilla ... Palin: Writes about a city councilman in Wasilla, Alaska, who owned a garbage truck company and tried to push through an ordinance requiring residents of new subdivisions to pay for trash removal instead of taking it to the dump for free - this to illustrate her stance against conflicts of interest as a public servant ... Facts: As Wasilla mayor, Palin pressed for a zoning exception so she could sell her family's $327,000 house, then did not keep... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Army to Block Media at Palin Book Signing Nov 20, 2009
Well, maybe the PTA in Wasilla. by 50BMS13 November 19, 2009 10:28 PM EST. (CBS News)
Wasilla got more than it bargained for with building purchase Nov 20, 2009
News and Features for Wasilla, Alaska ... The city of Wasilla s announcement that it has found a new home for its aging and cramped library came as a surprise to many, including a library steering committee and Friends of the Wasilla Library ... It s frustrating, said Jeanne Troshynski, chairwoman of the steering committee and president of the Friends of the Wasilla Library. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Cable Exclusive Nov 20, 2009
What was the worst moment as this process was unfolding, who's Governor Palin, and all the investigators racing up to Wasilla, you know, to find out who you really were. PALIN: It was absolutely bizarre. (Fox News)
Why I believe in gun ownership Nov 19, 2009
News and Features for Wasilla, Alaska ... Ron Hamman is pastor of Independent Baptist Church of Wasilla; contact him at 357-4229 or. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Palin book tour has people wondering if it's a campaign tour Nov 19, 2009
News and Features for Wasilla, Alaska ... 2bornot2b wrote on Nov 18, 2009 8:57 AM:" Can someone give me the Republican's solutions to our economy and healthcare issues? I'll be waiting.Wasilla's instigator the playground bully will not be elected or nominated for any political seat, she's all mouth. ". (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Alaskans eager for Sarah Palin book release Nov 19, 2009
Palmer is adjacent to Wasilla, the hometown of Palin, who resigned as Alaska governor in July ... Pandemonium Booksellers in Wasilla will knock off at least 20 percent, said storeowner Shannon Cullip ... Terry Johnson of Wasilla was waiting for his wife to finish her doctor's appointment and decided to pick up a copy there. (Juneau Empire)
• Ketchikan woman trains for Iditarod 2011 Nov 19, 2009
Finally, this year, Redington offered his facility outside Wasilla, his gear, and dogs for her to run the races she would need to in order to qualify. Taggart took her chance. (Juneau Empire)
Palin: My Father Raised 'Tough Hunting Buddy' Nov 19, 2009
She was Miss Wasilla one minute and Sara Barracuda the next for her hometown Warriors. "Basketball was my life, growing up, yes," Palin said. (ABC News)
Doris A. Sisk Nov 19, 2009
News and Features for Wasilla, Alaska ... In January, 1969, she married Kacel Sisk and they resided in Anchorage until 1979 when she retired and they moved to Wasilla ... Doris was a member of First Baptist Church in Wasilla where she enjoyed singing in the choir and playing the piano and organ. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
POLICY ON SUBMISSIONS Nov 19, 2009
News and Features for Wasilla, Alaska ... Thank goodness the citizens of Wasilla made the right choice for mayor ... " steve roanoke va wrote on Nov 6, 2008 8:26 AM:" I weas watching a piece taped from Wasilla the other night where supporters of Gov. Palin stated that she didn't have anything to do with McCain losing. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
POLICE BEAT: Nov. 17, 2009 Nov 19, 2009
News and Features for Wasilla, Alaska ... Nov. 9: Tawna Lynn Davidson, 27, Wasilla, issued a summons for concealment of merchandise ... and Scott Rd.: Katarzyna Zych, 29, Anchorage, Shain Zumbrunnen, 37, Wasilla and Nisa Zumbrunnen, 35, Wasilla, were all in a wreck. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
LETTER: Obama dismantling free-market system Nov 19, 2009
Todd's old business partner, the one the folks in Wasilla say Sarah was sneaking around with, could duke in out for her hand on stage. I won't buy her book, but I would pay to see that one. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Brenda Lee Cunningham Nov 19, 2009
News and Features for Wasilla, Alaska ... Visitation and a funeral service will be today beginning at 6 p.m., at Alaskan Heritage Memorial Chapel, 1015 S. Check St., in Wasilla ... Burial with graveside service will be Monday at 1 p.m. at Wasilla Aurora Cemetery. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Viewpoints: Palin's all-American life much like ours, except for moose eyes Nov 19, 2009
Palin is so determinedly American that, when she went into labor with Willow on the Fourth of July while kayaking on Memory Lake in Wasilla, she writes, "I so wanted a patriotic baby that I paddled as hard as I could to speed up the contractions, but she held out until the next day.". I approached reading her book with trepidation, worried I might learn that I am not a real American, dang it, just another dread "enlightened elite.". (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
Letters to the editor (11/19/09) Nov 19, 2009
Anchorage Daily News. Daylight : 9:16 AM - 4:14 PM. (Anchorage Daily News)
Driver sentenced for ATV accident that killed woman Nov 19, 2009
WASILLA -- Brandon Dickey of Wasilla received a 13-month sentence for a four-wheeler accident last April that killed Kirby Anderson, a 24-year-old Wasilla woman who was riding in the side-by-side four-wheeler he was driving. Story tools. (Anchorage Daily News)
Hundreds line up for chance to meet Palin00004000, get signed book Nov 19, 2009
Wide variety of galleries following Sarah Palin, from Wasilla childhood to political celebrity on a global scale. Hundreds line up for chance to meet Palin, get signed book. (Anchorage Daily News)
The Going Rogue Index Nov 18, 2009
mistakes________betraying Todd's stepmom by not backing her for Wasilla mayor, 87________not making a bigger issue of Rev. Wright, 307 ... Wasilla, notable nicknames for________Home of the Iditarod, 64________Duct Tape Capital of the World, 66. (Slate)
Sarah Palin Says Her Life Is Already 'Kind of a Reality Show' Nov 18, 2009
Behind her very , Palin, a self-described from Wasilla, Alaska, is a mother of five: ; Bristol, 19; Willow, 15; Piper, 8; and Trig, 1. It was Bristol who, at age 17, surprised the nation when her pregnancy was announced in September 2008. (ABC News)
Palin on controversies, future Nov 18, 2009
Video: Wasilla awaits 'Going Rogue. RELATED TOPICS. (CNN)
Opinion: Insider Palin playing a rogue Nov 18, 2009
While she was mayor of Wasilla, The Washington Post reported, she hired a Washington-based lobbyist, Steven Silver, to secure $27 million in federal earmarks for a town of just 6,700 residents. As governor, she presided over a state that ranked No. 1 in pork barrel spending in 2008, according to Taxpayers for Common Sense, and hired an East Coast PR company to promote a gas pipeline in Alaska. (CNN)
Levi: I Look at Palin with "Disgust" Nov 18, 2009
I am ashamed," he said..} by sierra_hotel83 November 17, 2009 9:01 PM EST More knowledge then given credit for? Boy your 19. What the hell do you know? The only reason your famous is because you knocked up the then-governor of Alaska and she ran for VP. Other than that, your a nobody. The only reason your in your little **** magazine is because who you knocked up. Your not famous and I hope someone knocks your teeth out soon. Maybe then you will realize your place in the food chain by... (CBS News)
Palin memoir samplling Nov 18, 2009
Wide variety of galleries following Sarah Palin, from Wasilla childhood to political celebrity on a global scale. Palin memoir samplling. (Anchorage Daily News)
Kott lawyer suggests perjury in00002491 corruption trial Nov 18, 2009
After Stevens' charges were dismissed, the Justice Department turned over some 4,500 pages of FBI interviews and other documents to lawyers for Kott and another former legislator, Vic Kohring of Wasilla, who were already appealing their convictions. In the hearing Tuesday, Sedwick asked the lawyers to limit their arguments to the central issues in the charges: for instance, the above-invoice $7,993 Allen paid Kott for floor work. (Anchorage Daily News)
Recession hasn't killed Knik Bridge Nov 18, 2009
The mayors of Houston and Wasilla in the Mat-Su sued over the earlier AMATS decision to delay construction, saying they hadn't had a chance to comment on that idea. The mayors agreed to settle the lawsuit if AMATS rescinded its decision and started over. (Anchorage Daily News)
Release of book prompts perspectives on Palin Nov 18, 2009
Wide variety of galleries following Sarah Palin, from Wasilla childhood to political celebrity on a global scale ... Palin writes about her Wasilla upbringing, her marriage and children, and how her early aspirations to be a television sports reporter turned into a life of politics ... She describes her trajectory from Wasilla city politics to governor; from the vice presidential campaign trail to her resignation this summer, when she decided it was time to "pass the ball.". (Anchorage Daily News)
Wasilla-based Predators take to football field in March Nov 18, 2009
Arctic Predators owner Chris Kokalis, coach Hans Deemer and owner Ken Moninski held a press conference at the Menard Sports Center in Wasilla to celebrate the new team's acceptance into the Indoor Football League ... WASILLA -- From coaching pre-teens playing their first game to running professional-level players through drills, coach Hans Deemer lives and breathes football ... Now the lifelong football fanatic is leading a professional indoor football team whose home is the Menard Sports Center... (Anchorage Daily News)
Charges against man who shot four bears dismissed Nov 18, 2009
WASILLA -- The story of Yukon Don Tanner and the four bears has a happy ending -- for Tanner, at least. Story tools. (Anchorage Daily News)
Colony dress code needs consistency Nov 18, 2009
News and Features for Wasilla, Alaska ... wrote on Nov 17, 2009 7:38 AM:" To Colony Parent: I agree with Colony's dress code, however it is no suprise that I can feel the disdain and superiority you feel about our other schools in the valley. My child goes to Wasilla, is a great student AND takes advantage of his ability to choose difficult classes, etc. He also finds girls who wear clothing that is not revealing attractive. Please, please stop thinking that Colony families have cornered the... (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Wasilla to buy shopping center for expanded library Nov 18, 2009
News and Features for Wasilla, Alaska ... WASILLA The city is planning to buy the Meta Rose Square as the future home for the Wasilla Public Library, a move that has shocked both the library steering committee and the shopping center s tenants ... Wasilla has signed a purchase agreement to pay 1. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
LETTER: Obama dismantling free-market system Nov 17, 2009
Todd's old business partner, the one the folks in Wasilla say Sarah was sneaking around with, could duke in out for her hand on stage. I won't buy her book, but I would pay to see that one. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Alaska Troopers say shooting was 'unavoidable' Nov 17, 2009
The deadly standoff started at about 2 a.m. Saturday when a Wasilla man in a wheelchair called authorities and said the woman who helped take care of him, Nora J. York, was suicidal and threatening him with a shotgun. The man said York had been threatening him all day and he was afraid she might hurt him or a neighbor, Holloway said. (Juneau Empire)
POLICE BEAT: Nov. 17, 2009 Nov 17, 2009
News and Features for Wasilla, Alaska ... Nov. 9: Tawna Lynn Davidson, 27, Wasilla, issued a summons for concealment of merchandise ... and Scott Rd.: Katarzyna Zych, 29, Anchorage, Shain Zumbrunnen, 37, Wasilla and Nisa Zumbrunnen, 35, Wasilla, were all in a wreck. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Indoor football franchise introduced to Mat-Su Valley Nov 17, 2009
News and Features for Wasilla, Alaska ... WASILLA Hans Deemer had a vision ... ROBERT DeBERRY/Frontiersman Chris Kokalis, a Wisconsin businessman, was introduced as a co-owner of the Arctic Predators, a Wasilla-based professional indoor football franchise that will make its Indoor Football League debut in March of 2010. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Going Rogue, the autobiography by Sarah Palin, Nov 17, 2009
had never left Wasilla, Alaska. The tactic does appear to have merit; Johnston, who has sparred repeatedly with his former mother-in-law-to-be, continues to warn that she should leave him alone, or he might dish some serious dirt that "will hurt her.". (W-USA News, DC)
FACT CHECK: Palin's book goes rogue on some facts Nov 17, 2009
PALIN: Writes about a city councilman in Wasilla, Alaska, who owned a garbage truck company and tried to push through an ordinance requiring residents of new subdivisions to pay for trash removal instead of taking it to the dump for free this to illustrate conflicts of interest she stood against as a public servant. THE FACTS: As Wasilla mayor, Palin pressed for a special zoning exception so she could sell her family's $327,000 house, then did not keep a promise to remove a potential fire hazard... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Palin book tour opens with a round on Oprah's show Nov 17, 2009
Wide variety of galleries following Sarah Palin, from Wasilla childhood to political celebrity on a global scale ... "She called me in tears and was saying, 'Oh, Mom, now not just (in) Wasilla do they know what's going on in my life, but now the whole world knows, Mom. And should this be news? Should it be a top news story?' And I said, 'No, it should not.'". (Anchorage Daily News)
Familiar face will lead new Valley football team Nov 17, 2009
Last week the IFL accepted the Arctic Predators of Wasilla into the 24-team league. In a Monday press conference at the Menard Sports Center in Wasilla where the team will play, a crowd of about 40, half of them in purple and black Predators jerseys, hooted and clapped when Deemer took the podium to speak about his vision for the team ... " The Predators' arena capacity and potential fan base are both near the low end of the scale for IFL teams, but Benizio said that's not necessarily a... (Anchorage Daily News)
One-shot wonder Nov 17, 2009
Lisa Pelfrey of Wasilla used her Thompson Center Triumph ... For several days earlier this month, Wasilla hunters Lisa and Tom Pelfrey had traipsed the woods of Fort Richardson, desperately seeking a moose but not seeing a single animal. (Anchorage Daily News)
Fight on between fish protectors, AK mine backers Nov 17, 2009
Heck, she moved to Alaska when she was too young to speak and grew up in the small town of Wasilla, but doggone it, why did she talk like someone from the movie "Fargo". Three University of Wisconsin-Madison linguists tackled the conundrum in a research article to be published in the Journal of English Linguistics next month. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Why I believe in gun ownership Nov 17, 2009
News and Features for Wasilla, Alaska ... Ron Hamman is pastor of Independent Baptist Church of Wasilla; contact him at 357-4229 or. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
POLICY ON SUBMISSIONS Nov 17, 2009
News and Features for Wasilla, Alaska ... Thank goodness the citizens of Wasilla made the right choice for mayor ... " steve roanoke va wrote on Nov 6, 2008 8:26 AM:" I weas watching a piece taped from Wasilla the other night where supporters of Gov. Palin stated that she didn't have anything to do with McCain losing. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Palin Goes `Rogue' on McCain, Facts, Reality: Margaret Carlson Nov 17, 2009
Blame it on communications aide , who went into her closet while ABC was setting up for interview in Wasilla and said No, no, no to what she found hanging there. Thus did $150,000 come to be spent on designer suits. (Bloomberg -- Columnists)
AP: Palin book goes after McCain camp but not Levi Nov 17, 2009
But it's as if Johnston, who was among those hastily spiffed up to appear at the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota, had never left Wasilla. The tactic does appear to have merit; Johnston, who has sparred repeatedly with his former mother-in-law-to-be, continues to warn that she should leave him alone, or he might dish some serious dirt that "will hurt her.". (Missourian Publishing, MO)
Alaskans eager for Sarah Palin book release Nov 17, 2009
Palmer is adjacent to Wasilla, the hometown of Palin, who resigned as Alaska governor in July ... Pandemonium Booksellers in Wasilla will knock off at least 20 percent, said storeowner Shannon Cullip ... The same discounts apply at Borders' Waldenbooks store in Wasilla. (WCAX.com, VT)
AP: Johnston strangely absent from memoir Nov 16, 2009
Wide variety of galleries following Sarah Palin, from Wasilla childhood to political celebrity on a global scale ... had never left Wasilla. (Anchorage Daily News)
Discounters, digital books test local store owners Nov 16, 2009
The Waldenbooks in Wasilla is expected to remain open. Along with other Borders in the Lower 48, and like Title Wave, the Borders in South Anchorage remodeled last summer, adding an educational-toy section, increasing the number of books, expanding its seating area, and shrinking its multimedia section of music and DVDs. (Anchorage Daily News)
Leaks set stage for Palin on book tour Nov 16, 2009
Wide variety of galleries following Sarah Palin, from Wasilla childhood to political celebrity on a global scale ... For Shannon Cullip of Pandemonium Booksellers & Cafe in Palin's hometown of Wasilla, Palin's book is the hottest sell her bookstore has ever seen. (Anchorage Daily News)
Palin's way of talkin' dissected, you betcha... Nov 16, 2009
Heck, she moved to Alaska when she was too young to speak and grew up in the small town of Wasilla, but doggone it, why did she talk like someone from the movie "Fargo" ... The UW researchers said people living in Alaska's Matanuska and Susitna valleys, where Wasilla is located, are largely descendants of farmers who moved there in the 1930s from the Upper Midwest ... More than 200 farm families moved to the Wasilla area in 1935 as part of a government program to start a new farming community. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Palin publicity tour part campaign, part Twitter- and Facebook-fest Nov 16, 2009
had never left Wasilla, Alaska ... For Shannon Cullip of Pandemonium Booksellers & Cafe in Palin's hometown of Wasilla, Palin's book is the hottest sell her bookstore has ever seen. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
The Palin Tax On The GOP Nov 16, 2009
Little understood by those outside this culture was her religious worldview, cultivated during the 20 years she spent worshipping at the Wasilla Assembly of God, a right-wing Pentecostal church in her hometown north of Anchorage ... Three years earlier, in 2005, Muthee had anointed Palin during a public ceremony at the Wasilla Assembly of God, laying his hand on her forehead while praying to protect her "against all forms of witchcraft." The bishop claimed that he had personally battled a witch... (CBS News -- Opinion)
'Going Rogue' renews Palin divide Nov 15, 2009
Wasilla, Alaska (CNN) -- At Pandemonium Booksellers, the Sarah Palin 2010 calendars are hot sellers, and since the election, the traffic in political books has been decidedly to the right ... In the window, there is a small Wasilla Chamber of Commerce sticker and an image of the town's famous mayor-turned-governor-turned-GOP vice presidential nominee ... " Palin's fast political rise has been good for business: Books on Palin's tenure as governor are in the section; "Audacity of Hope" is among... (CNN)
Board enacts phone policy Nov 15, 2009
News and Features for Wasilla, Alaska ... The bulk of the discussion regarding the cell phone policy centered around something that happened last year the brief evacuation of Wasilla High School. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Brenda Lee Cunningham Nov 15, 2009
News and Features for Wasilla, Alaska ... Visitation and a funeral service will be today beginning at 6 p.m., at Alaskan Heritage Memorial Chapel, 1015 S. Check St., in Wasilla ... Burial with graveside service will be Monday at 1 p.m. at Wasilla Aurora Cemetery. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Doris A. Sisk Nov 15, 2009
News and Features for Wasilla, Alaska ... In January, 1969, she married Kacel Sisk and they resided in Anchorage until 1979 when she retired and they moved to Wasilla ... Doris was a member of First Baptist Church in Wasilla where she enjoyed singing in the choir and playing the piano and organ. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Before fame came Nov 15, 2009
For more than 25 years, Gary and I have spent the month of November doing craft shows in Anchorage, Fairbanks and Wasilla. Here we display all our books, notecards, posters, prints and artwork. (Anchorage Daily News)
