 by Gigi Pilcher July 26, 2003
 Pam and Gary Leask of Ketchikan catch up with each other on the downtown dock recently. Pam works as a dock representative for one of the local tour companies and on her day off she stopped by to visit with her husband, Gary, a longshoreman, who was getting ready to tie up a cruise ship. During the summer months the longshoremen keep very busy with tying up as many as six ships a day. With the pulp mill closure in 1997, the longshoremen have been glad to have the work of tying up visiting cruise ships.
 Representative Bill Williams, pictured with Gary Leask, still keeps his skills sharp at tying up ships as a member of the local longshore union.  gigi@sitnews.org
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