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"To help make ends meet, Chuck Heath moonlighted as a hunting and fishing guide and as a bartender, and even worked on the Alaska Railroad for a time. Sally worked as a school secretary and ran their busy household."(Ibid. p16) | "To help make ends meet, Chuck Heath moonlighted as a hunting and fishing guide and as a bartender, and even worked on the Alaska Railroad for a time. Sally worked as a school secretary and ran their busy household."(Ibid. p16) | ||
− | In 1984 Sarah Heath was chosen as Miss Wasilla in a beauty pageant. "The scholarship she won did help pay for college..."(Ibid. p21) She went on to become the 1st runner-up in the Miss Alaska Pageant and received the Miss Congeniality award the same year.([http://www.missalaskapageant.com/ Miss Alaska Pageant official site])</td></tr></table> | + | In 1984 Sarah Heath was chosen as Miss Wasilla in a beauty pageant. "The scholarship she won did help pay for college..."(Ibid. p21) She went on to become the 1st runner-up in the Miss Alaska Pageant and received the Miss Congeniality award the same year.([http://www.missalaskapageant.com/ Miss Alaska Pageant official site])</td></tr></table> Sarah Heath received a bachelor of science degree in communications-journalism from the University of Idaho in 1987. She is married to Todd Palin, who is a lifelong Alaskan. |
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− | Sarah Heath received a bachelor of science degree in communications-journalism from the University of Idaho in 1987. She is married to Todd Palin, who is a lifelong Alaskan. | + | |
In early 1996, in an article about a visit by Ivana Trump to Alaska, Sarah Palin is there stated to be a "commerical fisherman from Wasilla." In that article Sarah stated: "We want to see Ivana, because we are so desperate in Alaska for any semblence of glamour and culture."([http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewer.aspx?img=86298781&firstvisit=true&src=search¤tResult=2 ''Daily Sitka Sentinel'', 3 Apr 1996, page 3]) Later that year Sarah was elected Mayor of Wasilla, defeating incumbent John Stein by a vote of 617-413.([http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewer.aspx?img=83139530¤tResult=3&src=search&firstvisit=true ''Daily Sitka Sentinel'', 2 Oct 1996, page 19]) | In early 1996, in an article about a visit by Ivana Trump to Alaska, Sarah Palin is there stated to be a "commerical fisherman from Wasilla." In that article Sarah stated: "We want to see Ivana, because we are so desperate in Alaska for any semblence of glamour and culture."([http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewer.aspx?img=86298781&firstvisit=true&src=search¤tResult=2 ''Daily Sitka Sentinel'', 3 Apr 1996, page 3]) Later that year Sarah was elected Mayor of Wasilla, defeating incumbent John Stein by a vote of 617-413.([http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewer.aspx?img=83139530¤tResult=3&src=search&firstvisit=true ''Daily Sitka Sentinel'', 2 Oct 1996, page 19]) | ||
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Sarah Palin was re-elected Mayor of Wasilla in 1999, again against John Stein, but in an even bigger landslide vote of 74% to 23%. "I really think the people of Wasilla are pleased with the progress that Wasilla is making", Palin said.([http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewer.aspx?img=101274684&firstvisit=true&src=search¤tResult=27 ''Daily Sitka Sentinel'', 6 Oct 1999, page 1]) | Sarah Palin was re-elected Mayor of Wasilla in 1999, again against John Stein, but in an even bigger landslide vote of 74% to 23%. "I really think the people of Wasilla are pleased with the progress that Wasilla is making", Palin said.([http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewer.aspx?img=101274684&firstvisit=true&src=search¤tResult=27 ''Daily Sitka Sentinel'', 6 Oct 1999, page 1]) | ||
− | Todd and Sarah have five children — Track, Bristol, Willow, Piper and Trig. | + | Todd and Sarah have five children — Track, Bristol, Willow, Piper and Trig. Sarah Palin was elected the first female Governor of Alaska, taking office 4 Dec 2006. On 31 Aug 2008, Sarah was chosen by [[John McCain]], the Republican contender for U.S. President, to be his vice-Presidential running-mate. |
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− | Sarah Palin was elected the first female Governor of Alaska, taking office 4 Dec 2006. | + | |
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
*[http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=409042171 "Sarah Louise Heath Palin"], myspace.com | *[http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=409042171 "Sarah Louise Heath Palin"], myspace.com | ||
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*[http://gov.state.ak.us/bio.html "Sarah Palin"], biography on http://gov.state.ak.us/ | *[http://gov.state.ak.us/bio.html "Sarah Palin"], biography on http://gov.state.ak.us/ | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Palin "Sarah Palin"] on Wikipedia | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Palin "Sarah Palin"] on Wikipedia | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Sarah_Palin "Talk:Sarah Palin"] on Wikipedia | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Sarah_Palin "Talk:Sarah Palin"] on Wikipedia | ||
− | *[http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:wbCGTUeD1r0J:www.gov.state.ak.us/news.php%3Fid%3D1384+http://www.gov.state.ak.us/news.php%3Fid%3D1384&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=firefox-a "Palin pleased with Obama's energy plan"], Google cache of one of her newsreleases, | + | *[http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:wbCGTUeD1r0J:www.gov.state.ak.us/news.php%3Fid%3D1384+http://www.gov.state.ak.us/news.php%3Fid%3D1384&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=firefox-a "Palin pleased with Obama's energy plan"], Google cache of one of her newsreleases, preserved [[SarahPalin1|here]] and apparently [http://www.gov.state.ak.us/archive-59841.html here] |
*[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122029820265387853.html?mod=googlenews_wsj ''Wall Street Journal''], naming her parents as "Chuck and Sally" | *[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122029820265387853.html?mod=googlenews_wsj ''Wall Street Journal''], naming her parents as "Chuck and Sally" | ||
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/palin.htm Ancestry of Sarah Palin], by Robert Battle | *[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/palin.htm Ancestry of Sarah Palin], by Robert Battle | ||
+ | *[[SarahPalin2|A list of the books Sarah tried to ban from the Wasila Public Library? Maybe?]] | ||
+ | *[http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=5766173&page=1 "Did Sarah Palin Try to Ban Library Books?"], ABC News | ||
+ | *[http://michellemalkin.com/2008/09/06/the-bogus-sarah-palin-banned-books-list/ "The Bogus Sarah Palin Banned Books List"], by Michelle Malkin, 6 Sep 2008 | ||
+ | *[http://www.snopes.com/politics/palin/bannedbooks.asp "Books Banned By Sarah Palin"], on snopes.com | ||
[[Category:Alaska]] | [[Category:Alaska]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Idaho]] | ||
[[Category:US Presidential Election 2008]] | [[Category:US Presidential Election 2008]] |