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2000 Alaska Teacher of the Year

Commissioner of Education and Early Development Rick Cross named four finalists for the year 2000 Alaska Teacher of the Year honor. They are: Patricia Lee Gilbert, a science and math teacher at Wrangell High School; Ron Lange, a choral music teacher at Chugiak High School; Marilyn Rosene, a fifth grade teacher at Dillingham Elementary School; and Kathryn Yahr, a kindergarten through fourth grade teacher at Twin Hills School in Togiak (based in Dillingham).

Northwest Strategies

The Hatcher Pass Ski Resort Presentation, a 10-page booklet designed by Kent St. John of Northwest Strategies, won a 1999 Excellent Award in graphic design recently from the National Association of County Information Officers.

Anchorage Convention & Visitors Bureau

Molly Gray, the Anchorage Convention & Visitors Bureau convention and meeting sales and service sales manager, has been promoted to sales manager for the Denver market.

MicroAge

Lynette Vig, a Microsoft certified professional, recently joined MicroAge as an account executive.

Fairbanks Convention & Visitors Bureau

Deb Hickok has been appointed executive director of the Fairbanks Convention & Visitors Bureau. She has been a consultant since 1992 and has coordinated numerous seminars on travel and destination marketing.

Ventures Resource Corp.

Ventures Resource Corp. promoted C.G. Bigelow to president and CEO of the company. Bigelow has been associated with the company since its inception and is responsible for the exploration program.

Lewis & Lewis Computer Store

Lewis & Lewis Computer Store promoted Philip Fontana to the position of president. Fontana has nearly 15 years of computer sales and service experience and has been with the company since 1985.

The Color of Gold

The 3-D stereoscopic documentary film, The Color of Gold, has received a silver medal.

Written, produced and directed by Alaskan filmmaker Jan Welt, the unique stereoscopic documentary had a dual Lower 48 premiere last month. The same week it was the featured attraction at the Rhode Island Film Festival in Newport, it won a silver medal at the Annual Stereoscopic Film Festival in Los Angeles. The film is a celebration of the centennials of the Alaska and Klondike gold rushes.

ANTHC

The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium hired Joaqlin Estus as its public communications director. Estus has more than 10 years experience as a reporter and producer in public radio and television, with stints at KTOO in Juneau...