Karen Peterka:  

My schools include Kodiak High School, Alaska Methodist University, AIU online and lots of grant, community mobilization and other relevant trainings. Ted Woods and I were married in June 1968 and had our son, Brian in 1970 on Kodiak. I married Greg Peterka in September 1977. Our daughter, Annie was born the following September and our daughter, Bethie was born in 1980. Greg adopted Brian in 1982 and I thank God that he is Brian's father and raised him to be the responsible and caring man he is today. We have 5 grandchildren, 3 grandsons and 2 granddaughters ages 17, 16, 15, 13 and 2 and of course they are all adorable and we love them to pieces. Greg retired in 2011 after 31 years as Engineering Manager for the PUD of Skagit County - that's the local water company. He is a fly fisherman and ties flies - he even has some in the encyclopedia of flies. I have worked many jobs starting with the crab canneries on Kodiak and then Office Manager at the Kodiak Mirror - my wedding picture and birth of Brian pictures were front page news! I worked at the hospitals in Skagit County for almost 10 years in billing, accounting, purchasing and the E.R. I managed an educational theatre group of tee...Expand for more