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From the moment my father began working for the U.S. Army in Whittier, Alaska, in the fall of 1957, until he retired from his own practice in Soldotna in the fall of 1998, he was a dentist. Just over 40 years, beginning the year after he married my mother.

The conclusion of a three-part story about the life of the man most people knew as “Windy”

AUTHOR’S NOTE: The last third of Charles Wagner’s memorable life involved occasional run-ins with the law and, later, declining health. Still, the trapper and former licensed hunting guide was an integral part of his community and the owner of a larger-than-life personality. This is the conclusion of a three-part story about the life of the man most people knew as “Windy.”