Friday
January 21, 2005
Fog
Over Ketchikan
Front Page Photo by Lisa Thompson
Ketchikan: Borough
Drops White Cliff Property On City Government by Joseph Branco
- In an apparent 'Mission Impossible' exercise, the Borough skillfully
disposed of a lingering problem to the unsuspecting City government.
In a letter cleverly disguised as a human resources document
and laced with headaches and liabilities was the deed and keys
to the White Cliff property. Much like a junior-high romance
gone sour, the news and belongings were delivered via letter
with no explanation and no sign of respect to the City. During
the City Council meeting Thursday night, members discussed the
outcome and strange circumstances resulting in the transfer of
responsibility concerning the property. - More...
Friday - January 21, 2005
Ketchikan: Silver
Lining Retail Store Closing - After approximately 20 years,
NorQuest Seafoods is closing its Silver Lining retail outlet
in the Westflight Building.
"When Silver Lining started
back in the early 1980's, there really wasn't any place in Ketchikan
where you could buy fresh seafood," said Leigh Gerber, NorQuest's
plant manager. "That's changed in recent years and more
opportunities are now available. It's become more difficult to
compete in this climate." -
More...
Friday - January 21, 2005
National: Government
growth ... tanks reign ... elms make comeback - Expect President
Bush to use his Feb. 2 State of the Union address to persuade
Congress it's time to freeze federal spending and tame the Washington
Leviathan.
That old Leviathan is sure
one tough beast to bring to heel. Since Bill Clinton famously
used his 1995 State of the Union address to declare, "The
era of big government is over," the number of civilian employees
on the federal payroll has barely budged, from 2.8 million in
1996 to 2.7 million in 2003. The federal judiciary has actually
added 6,000 federal employees since 1995, to 35,000 on its payroll
today. - More...
Friday - January 21, 2005
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A reconstruction by
well-known dinosaur artist Michael Skrepnick shows Vegavis in
the immediate foreground with a duckbill dinosaur (hadrosaur)
in the background.
Copyright Michael Skrepnick 2005.
Courtesy North Carolina State University
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Science: Relatives
of Living Ducks, Geese and Chickens Existed Alongside
Dinosaurs More Than 65 Million Years Ago by Mick Kulikowski
- Newly published North Carolina State University research into
the evolution of birds shows the first definitive fossil proof
linking close relatives of living birds to a time when dinosaurs
roamed the earth. - More...
Friday - January 21, 2005
Alaska: Tsunamis
a constant threat in Alaska by Ned Rozell - With a death
toll of more than 226,000 people as of mid-January 2005, the
December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami will probably be the worst
natural disaster in our lifetimes. Some longtime Alaskans remember
a similar terrible event.
On March 27, 1964, a magnitude
9.2 earthquake ripped through the sea floor in Prince William
Sound and generated local and Pacific-wide tsunamis that killed
106 people in Alaska and others as far away as California. Though
the death toll in 1964 is miniscule compared to the Indian Ocean
disaster, quotes from Alaska survivors on a new video and DVD
are similar to those from India, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Sumatra.
- More...
Friday - January 21, 2005
Alaska: Sinking
coastlines may precede large subduction zone quakes - Some
massive earthquakes like the one that generated the recent tsunami
in South Asia are preceded by slight sinking along nearby coastlines
two to five years before the rupture, according to a new study
by scientists from Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, the University
of California, Berkeley, and the Alaska Division of Geological
and Geophysical Surveys. - More...
Friday - January 21, 2005
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Ron Hubbard's Alaska Adventure; His long winter in Ketchikan
- For such a small city in such a remote location, Ketchikan
has had its fair share of experience in welcoming the rich and
famous. Names that come to mind are Bing Crosby, John Wayne,
Cary Grant, as well as Olivia Newton-John, Bill Gates, and Chubby
Checker - plus many, many others! Unlike today's notables who
arrive by cruise ship for brief visits, earlier celebrity visitors
usually came in on their own or someone else's yacht. Most enjoyed
Ketchikan's sights, sounds and attractions for at most a few
days. But one unexpected visitor found himself stranded for the
winter! - Read
the rest of this story by June Allen...
Wednesday - January 19, 2005
 ACS
Bids for KPU Telecom: ACS a longtime presence
Betty
King the Dog Lady; Ketchikan's one-woman humane society
Ketchikan,
Alaska - Let There Be Light! -- Citizens Light & Power and
then KPU
The
State Capitol and Its Marble and keeping the capital in Juneau
A
Legendary Mountain of Jade; Just one of Alaska's Arctic Wonders
John
Koel, Baker to Banker; An eccentric philanthropist
Harold
Gillam: A Tragic Final Flight; Ketchikan remembers the search
Ketchikan's
'Fish House Tessie'; She was proud of the nickname
Fairbanks:
Golden Heart City; A story of its founding
Remembering
'Swede' Risland (1915-1991);The town's most memorable logger
Read more feature stories by June Allen...
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