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Magical Alaska
By Neil Gray
June 13, 2005
Monday
Dave Kiffer's article was very
good. Reminds of the first day in 1971 that I flew to Ketchikan
the "first" time I worked for KTKN Radio. My first
thought getting off the Western Airlines jet, and transferring
to the the Grumman Goose was, "what have I done?" However,
I never regretted it.
On another lighter side of
life.. I was in the Best Buy store in El Cajon a couple of weeks
ago doing shopping for a TV and got into a conversaton with the
sales clerk. For some reason the topic of Alaska came up, and
the clerk says, "My uncle was Governor of Alaska."
Of course that prompted a little more detailed discussion about
Alaska. His uncle: Jay Hammond. It just goes to show no matter
where you go, Alaska still has that magical, mystical effect
on people.
Neil Gray
E-mail: ngray(AT)barona.com
Lakeside, CA - USA
Related Column:
"Going
once, going twice......" by Dave Kiffer - File this
under "if money were no object."
I spend way too much time on internet auction sites, trolling
about for cool stuff. And stuff relating to Ketchikan's history
is always the coolest. - More...
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