Six years ago, Palin left Assembly of God to join the non-denominational Wasilla Bible Church.
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She decided to give the speech and then return to Wasilla to deliver the child.
Fox installed equipment in Palin's Wasilla, Alaska, home to make her regular appearances easier.
While Palin talked about her hometown of Wasilla, Alaska, Biden countered with Scranton, Pennsylvania, and Claymont, Delaware.
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In high school, Palin also met her future husband, Todd, who moved to Wasilla in his senior year.
Before serving as governor, Palin was the mayor of Wasilla, an Anchorage suburb with a population of less than 7, 000.
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Teens from small towns like Palin's hometown of Wasilla turn up "all the time" at the Crisis Pregnancy Center, Donovan says.
Palin emphasized her executive credentials as mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, and governor of Alaska, contrasting them with what she said was Sen.
He said Palin's remarks were a "reaction to the denigration of her role as mayor" of the small town of Wasilla, Alaska.
Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's speech at the GOP convention Wednesday was the occasion for parties in her hometown of Wasilla, Alaska.
During her mayoral campaign, many residents of Wasilla fondly recall that she knocked on doors to introduce herself and talk about their concerns.
She has been governor of Alaska for less than two years and was mayor of her hometown of Wasilla, outside Anchorage, for six.
On June 8, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin dropped in on the Wasilla Assembly of God, the church she and her family attended until 2002.
Though many favored her no-nonsense attitude and open door policy, Wasilla substitute teacher Anne Kilkenny compared the atmosphere surrounding Palin to a popularity contest.
Republican Lyda Green, the president of the state Senate who happens to represent Wasilla, said she expects there will be pressure to drop the investigation.
All in all, Palin "made Wasilla a better place, " Thompson says.
Paul with her children, who everyone in Wasilla knows from school.
Then it was Obama's turn for questions, including what he thought about Sarah Palin's criticism of him and what he thought about Palin's public service experience as mayor of Wasilla, Alaska.
Most of Palin's government experience is local: two terms on the city council and two terms as mayor of Wasilla -- a town near Anchorage with a population of 7, 000.
Casting herself in the Ted Stevens mold, however, she had proved herself skilled at collecting federal earmarks for Wasilla, bringing in twenty-seven million dollars for her small town in three years.
Pentecostals believe God routinely intervenes in human affairs and Palin sounded like a Pentecostal when she asked people at Wasilla Assembly of God to pray about building a gas pipeline through Alaska.
Menard's collection of Wasilla High School yearbooks contains pictures of Palin on the honor society, student council, cross-country team and, most notably, as co-captain and point guard of the 1982 championship basketball team.
I'm bumping into a lot of critics who do not buy the legitimacy of small town mayorship (Palin had two terms in Wasilla, Alaska, population 9, 000 or so) and executive as opposed to legislative experience.
To many, Palin's iconic status is well-deserved, considering that the high school basketball star, former beauty queen and television journalist rose from Wasilla City Council member to Alaska's first female governor in less than 14 years.
In Wasilla, a railroad town nestled among the mountains of south-central Alaska, she has earned a reputation for pursuing agendas with such doggedness that critics and supporters alike are compelled to acknowledge her fighting spirit.
"I found the informal manner in which she ran City Council meetings had the flavor of turning city business into a fan club, " said Kilkenny, a registered Democrat who moved to Wasilla from Seattle, Washington, in 1981.
Palin now attends the Wasilla Bible Church.
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As mayor of Wasilla, a metropolis of 9, 000 people, she initiated annual trips to Washington, DC, to ask for more earmarks from the state's congressional delegation, and employed Washington lobbyists to press for more funds for her town.
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