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unusual facts about Knik-Fairview


Knik River

The term "knik," present in the names of the river, the arm of Cook Inlet, and the glacier, as well as the communities of Knik-Fairview and Knik River, derives from the Inupiaq word igniq ("fire").


Amiens Street, Dublin

Further up the street with an over bridge carrying the DART (en route to Tara Street across the Liffey) over the street to the North Strand Road heading towards Fairview.

Annesley Bridge

Annesley Bridge crosses the River Tolka in Fairview.

Chris Keyser

Under the name Fairview Community Health Center, BG/WCPCC now operates two clinical facilities in Bowling Green and one in Morgantown, Kentucky.

Clear Spring, Maryland

The town is situated at the eastern base of Fairview Mountain, along U.S. Route 40 and Interstate 70.

Darci Brahma

Sent to trainer Mark Walker of Te Akau Racing Stables near Matamata for his early education, Darci Brahma quickly established a reputation as a potential star in the making winning his first race (January 2005) on debut, following that up with a strong win in the Listed Ford Fairview Slipper Stakes at Matamata in February and then running 2nd to Mi Jubilee in the Group One Ellerslie Sires Produce Stakes at Ellerslie in March.

Debra Allbery

She lives in Fairview, North Carolina.

Delaware City, Delaware

The Delaware City Historic District, Chelsea, Eastern Lock of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, Fairview, and Fort Delaware on Pea Patch Island are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Dunvegan-Central Peace-Notley

The change in name came from a write in campaign from Alberta New Democratic Party members who wanted to tack on Notley after their former leader Grant Notley onto the electoral district name because he was an MLA for Spirit River-Fairview an old electoral district that existed in the area.

Fairview Baptist Church Marching Band

Notable alumni of the Fairview Baptist Church Marching Band included Jones, Wynton and Branford Marsalis, Dr. Michael White, Joe Torregano, Anthony "Tuba Fats" Lacen, Charles and Kirk Joseph, Lucien Barbarin, Gene Olufemi, and Shannon Powell.

Fairview Hospital

Fairview Training Center, previously known as the Fairview Hospital and Training Center in Salem, Oregon.

Fairview Press

Fairview Press (formerly Deaconess Press) was the publishing former arm of Fairview Health Services, a regional healthcare provider affiliated with the University of Minnesota.

Fairview-Columbia Library

It serves residents of Fairview, Troutdale, Corbett, and elsewhere in the eastern part of the county.

Fairview, Alabama

It was executive produced by Laura Prepon as a way to expand her image as an actress beyond her role on That '70s Show.

Lightning Bug is a fictionalized account of Hall's own childhood and entry into special effects makeup for film and television.

It was the debut film by writer/director Robert Hall, an SFX makeup artist known primarily for his work on the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Fairview, Alberta

Fairview Airport, an airport near the Town of Fairview in northern Alberta

Fairview No. 136, Alberta, a municipal district surrounding the Town of Fairview in northern Alberta, Canada

Fairview, Calgary, a neighbourhood in the City of Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Fairview, Bergen County, New Jersey

Caitlin Sanchez (born 1996), actress known as the voice of Dora on Dora the Explorer.

Fairview, Cheltenham

Fairview is an area of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England.

Fairview, Nova Scotia

Gradually, certain streets in the community became known for criminal activity, culminating in the late 1990s when the Nova Scotia chapter of the Hells Angels outlaw motorcycle gang established a club house in the centre of the old business district.

Fairview, Oregon

House District 49 encompasses the city of Fairview, as well as surrounding cities of Troutdale, Wood Village, and parts of Gresham.

Freedom of speech in Canada

Bernard Klatt was the owner of an Internet Service Provider (ISP) named Fairview Technology Centre Ltd in Oliver, British Columbia.

Greg Guidry

His charred body was found in a car parked in his garage in Fairview, Tennessee.

Happy Planet

In 2005, Gregor Robertson left the company to run for the NDP in the riding of Vancouver-Fairview in the May 19 election.

KABA

KNIK-LP, a low-power television station (channel 6) licensed to serve Anchorage, Alaska, United States, which held the call sign KABA-LP from June to September 2009

KHYM

KHYM is also heard on translators throughout Kansas and Oklahoma, as well as on full power station KHEV 90.3 in Fairview, Oklahoma.

Knik Glacier

Knik Glacier was the setting for a scene in which Captain Kirk and Dr McCoy are rescued from the Klingon ice planet prison Rura Penthe.

Knik River

Much of its length is paralleled by the paved Old Glenn Highway and the paved (as of 2000) Knik River Road, along which can be found the community of Knik River.

KRFT

KQQZ, a radio station (1190 AM) licensed to serve Fairview Heights, Illinois, United States, which held the call sign KRFT from 2000 to 2009

Melford International Terminal

The announced conversion of the Fairview Terminal at the Prince Rupert Port Authority is believed to have been the impetus for creating a similar facility in northeastern Nova Scotia.

Natchez Trace Parkway

The southern end of the route is in Natchez at an intersection with Liberty Road, and the northern end is northeast of Fairview, Tennessee, in the suburban community of Pasquo, Tennessee, at an intersection with Tennessee 100.

Nick Kahl

In the 2008 Oregon legislative elections, he was elected to the Oregon House of Representatives representing District 49 in Multnomah County, specifically the cities of Fairview, Troutdale, Wood Village, and a portion of Gresham.

Parkway Mall

It was commissioned by the Bronfman family of Montreal through Fairview Corp. (later to become Cadillac Fairview), and may have been the first mall to have been thus commissioned.

Pennsylvania Route 390

The route crosses into Blooming Grove Township and turns to the north as an unnamed road, heading back into Palmyra Township and passing to the east of Fairview Lake before running through Tafton.

Randolph Perkins

He was interred in Fairview Cemetery, West New Brighton, Staten Island, New York.

Seth French House

The Seth French House (also known as the Fairview Cottage) is a historic home in Orange City, Florida, United States.

SM City Fairview

This is seen as a preparation for the opening of its newest rival, Ayala's Fairview Terraces, which is just in front of SM City Fairview's Main Building.

Stella Weaver

She had a private funeral and is buried in Fairview Cemetery, in Red Bank, New Jersey.

Vision Vancouver

The choices were Gregor Robertson (a local 'Green' businessman, owner of the Happy Planet juice company and a New Democratic Party Member of the Legislative Assembly for Vancouver-Fairview), Raymond Louie (serving Vision city councillor), and Allan De Genova (Independent Vancouver Park Board Commissioner who defected from the NPA because of his dislike of Sam Sullivan's leadership).

William Duckett Bowie

After the death of his two brothers, Governor Robert Bowie in 1818 and Walter Baruch Bowie in 1832, and by purchasing the interests of his sisters, he became the owner of Fairview where he then made his home.

William P. Lambertson

Born in Fairview, Kansas, Lambertson attended the public schools, Ottawa (Kansas) University, and the law school of the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.

Willow, Alaska

Ships and boats brought supplies and equipment up Cook Inlet, landing at Knik or Tyonek.

Wine humour

The Institut National des Appellations d'Origine (INAO) has protested at the similarity of these names to the French appellation Côtes du Rhône but owner Charles Back's defence is that the names are based upon the goats which roam about his Fairview winery and has made counter-protests with a herd of goats outside the French embassy.


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