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# Thanksgiving in the Susitna Valley in 1970
- URL: https://ktna.org/thanksgiving-in-the-susitna-valley-in-1970/
- Published: 2018-11-16T18:24:21.000Z
- Updated: 2018-11-16T18:24:21.000Z
- Description: As part of our celebration of 25 years on air, KTNA has been playing stories from the archives. In this excerpt from a 1996 Thanksgiving Special produced by Johanna Eurich,
- Author: Corinne Smith
- Tags: News, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 01:28

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Rick and Kathy Ernst, Talkeetna teachers, 1970

As part of our celebration of 25 years on air, KTNA has been playing stories from the archives. In this excerpt from a 1996 Thanksgiving Special produced by Johanna Eurich, Rick Ernst talks about his first Thanksgiving in the Susitna Valley in 1970\. Rick was a long-time Valley resident until his death in 2016.