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Transcript to Alaska

Concord residents Roy and Margie Garcia traveled north to Alaska in August to visit former Concord residents Ed and Terri Mooradian. Ed, a Concord police officer from 1955-68, and Terri live in Willow, Alaska, and they served as guides for the Garcias in a tour of the area. The group went to Homer for a few days, where they stayed at the rustic Land's End Lodge, complete with a mermaid relaxing on the sign, on the end of the Homer Spit. The Garcias took a short break from their busy schedule to catch up on the community news in the Concord Transcript, and then they were off for a boat tour of Seldovia, a stop at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center in Portage and a visit to the small, quaint tourist town of Talkeetna.

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