Dawn Brettrager:  

Life I was born in Freeland, Michigan and attended Freeland Elem. until 1968 when my parents moved our family to Rose City, Michigan. They opened a campgrounds for motorcycles, dune buggies and snowmobiles. I attended Rose City Elem, and Jr. High. Ogemaw Heights a new high school opened in 1969 and it combined Rose City and West Branch Jr. High Schools. I graduated in 1976. Wow! Over 30 years ago! I attended St. Joseph's College in Rensselaer, Ind. for one year and then transferred to Michigan State University. I played basketball and ran track at St. Joe's and played basketball at MSU. I married Gary Brettrager (Saginaw, MI) in 1981. In December of that year we moved to Palmer,Alaska and have been here ever since. We have 2 children: Sarah, age 21, Kalli, age 18. Sarah is a student at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan and is currently enrolled in an internship in Nuclear Medicine Technology at U of M. Kalli is a freshman at Humboldt State University in Northern California and studying Marine Biology. I currently teach at Colony High School and I'm finishing my 26th year of teaching in the Matanusk-Susitna Borough School District. I teach Health and Physical Education to mostly freshman at Colony High School. I have coached basketball, volleyball, cross country running, swimmi...Expand for more