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January 01, 2004
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Photographer: Harriet Elizabeth Hunt; Donor: Ketchikan Public Library; Courtesy Tongass Historical Society
From Bookcase to Building(s) by June Allen
Madison Lumber & Hardware, Inc. ~ Downtown Drugstore ~ Alaska Glass & Supply ~ Sourdough Bar Liquor Store ~ Davies-Barry Insurance ~ Sitnews... |
One thing Ketchikan's founding fathers didn't think
of was a library. In their 1900 petition for Incorporation of
the city - and thereby for the ability to qualify for outside
assistance as well as the right to raise local taxes to pay for
community needs - one of the first things those men had been
thinking of was the need for a school. In fact, there were those
fellows who were certain their down-south sweethearts or wives
would refuse to join them in the wilds of Revilla Island if there
were no school for their children! And so the first schoolhouse
was promptly built. As mothers arrived with their children and
newcomer families also began to arrive, Ketchikan promised to
grow. And it was the women of Ketchikan who thought immediately
of the need for a library. - 
Ketchikan & Statewide: Jobs
Advertised for State's New Fast Ferry -
The Alaska Marine Highway
System this week began recruitment efforts for a number of crew
positions on the new fast ferry, the FV Fairweather, according
to Tom Briggs, director of Marine Operations. - Read
more... Mike Reagan Columnist: - Michael Jackson Needs Help, Lots of It - I don't know what happened to Michael Jackson when he was a child, but whatever it was it created a badly scarred human being capable of badly scarring a new generation of youngsters. Think about it, nobody does
to their face what he has done to his if they are happy on the
inside. It's very obvious that he is anything but happy on the
inside. It shows that he can't even face himself in the mirror,
and that's why he has tried to change his appearance so radically.
Then he discovers that even though he can change his appearance,
he can't change what is on the inside, gnawing away at him. Every
time he looks in the mirror he sees himself, and he hates what
he sees. - Read
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