...the previous day. Sound off on the important issues at Born Oct. 26, 1944, in Stockton, Calif., to James and Gladys Matson, he grew up in Paradise Valley, Nev. He served in Vietnam as a medic, and afterward attended the University of...

...for the Alaska Division of Tourism as a publication specialist for several years. The groom is the son of James and Gladys Matson of Fallon, Nev. A graduate of Pacific University in Forest Grove, Ore., he has practiced optometry in Juneau for...