By KJ Martin
The Summer Reading Program is sponsored by local businesses and non-profits organizations. We thank each of them for encouraging our youth to read throughout the summer vacation thus e maintaining and sometimes even improving reading skills. Through the donation of money, coupons, and prizes, our sponsors show they are committed to the success of the youth in our community. Thank you SPONSORS for your generosity!
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We hope you will get together with your friends ahead of time to create a drug free message for our talent contest. Prizes will be awarded for first, second, and third place entries. Entry Guidelines • All entries must be appropriate and reflective of a drug-free lifestyle • Entries must be registered no later than 9pm. Starts at 10pm. Winner announced at Midnight. o If your entry requires special equipment, please contact below by Dec. 28, 2010. • Lyrics, music, and video clips may be submitted with entries if desired.
If I say the word, MASCOT, you might be inclined to think of a cartoonish bird with a barrel fist, or maybe a googley eyed gecko, but in the Mat-Su Valley MASCOT is the acronym for Matanuska- Susitna Community Transit.
MASCOT director Lamar Anderson, says that the organization recognizes the community’s desire for more routes and quicker trips. One of the biggest challenges for MASCOT is to secure a steady funding source to add and maintain additional routes. The majority
MASCOT has been in operation since 1999. It’s no secret the Mat-Su Valley is growing and so are the demands for public transportation. MASCOT has experienced some growing pains in the past and continues to stretch a limited amount of public funding to meet the needs of seniors, disabled and low income residents in addition to the transit needs of the general public.
of operating funds come from the Mat-Su Borough and federal transportation dollars, MASCOT is always looking for ways to stretch the existing funding while planning for future growth. There are plans to operate a new flexi route on Knik Goose Bay Road that will extend the coverage area to the new correctional facility and Point Mackenzie when additional funds become available.
MASCOT operates routes in and around Palmer and Wasilla and offers routes into Anchorage Monday thru Friday. They have a service area roughly the size of West Virginia.
If you would like to ride MASCOT or find out more about their services Call 907-376-5000 or visit their website at MatsuTransit.com.
For registration contact: SGT Brandy Grisham | mr.mrsgresham@gmail.com
Winter Fun cont. Lake, m30.5 Glenn Highway at the Knik River Access exit. There will be snowshoes & cross-country skis (donated by REI) and ice skates (donated by the Mat-Su Borough), hot cocoa and cookies, warming fires, and much more. In addition, the North American Outdoor Institute (NAOI) will be there to teach folks about avalanche safety. This event is FREE and open to EVERYONE! Come out and experience the magical beauty of this Winter Wonderland right in our own backyard – walk/ jog/ski the newly completed, ADA-accessible, one-mile loop trail, rest on one of the strategically placed benches around the lake, take in the scenic beauty at the new overlook, and enjoy the comfort of new, permanent restrooms! Join us and get to know YOUR Refuge ! Visit www.PalmerHayFlats.org or call 907-3578711 for more information. Reflection Lake Frontage Road
EXIT: Knik River Access
Anchorage Wasilla GLENN HWY (mile 30.5)
Dec 15-Jan 15, 2010
Jennifer Davis
Don’t let the small white buses deceive you. They do not look like big city buses because the Valley is not the big city. MASCOT buses are warm and comfortable. They have the flexibility to maneuver safely around the Valley in the gnarly winters and all are Wheel chair accessible.
MASCOT Public Transportation in the Valley
Alaska State Fair Arby’s (ZAN, Inc.) Beta Sigma Phi Blockbuster Video Burger King Chimo Guns City of Palmer – Palmer Ice Arena City of Wasilla - Curtis D. Menard Memorial Sports Center Cutting Crew Diversified Tires Family Medicine First National Bank of Alaska Friends of the Wasilla Meta Rose Public Library Happy Family Restaurant Just Imagine Toys K & K Enterprises Kevin Berg, O.D. KFC (Wit-Rey) Ladies Auxiliary Post 9365 Luella Maines McDonald’s (MRD, Inc.) MTA Puffin Appliance Stampin’ Around Subway Taco Bell Tacos Cancun Target Valley Business Machines Valley Dermatology Center, Inc. VFW Post 9365 Wendy’s (North Wend Foods)
gaming night on New Years Eve from 8pm-2am. This event will have a variety of gaming systems to include PS2, Wii, and Rock Band. Please help us make this a successful celebration that supports drug free teenagers and fun.
Visit www.MakeASceneAK.com
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News Years Eve Drug Wasilla Library Appreciates the Sponsors Free Fun for Teens By Desiree Compton, for the 2010 Summer United Way Join the coalition and the Army Reading Program National Guard for a free teen