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February 03, 2004
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Alaska: Formal Hearings On Cape Fox Land Bill, Craig Land Exchange Wednesday - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski reminded Alaskans Monday the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will hold a formal subcommittee hearing on Wednesday, Feb. 4 to take testimony on four bills, including two of specific interest to Southeast Alaskans: the Cape Fox land exchange (S. 1354) and the Craig land exchange (S. 1778). The hearing by the Senate Public
Lands and Forest Subcommittee and its chairman, Sen. Larry Craig,
R-Idaho, will start at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday in Senate Dirksen
Room 366. Those who will testify on the Cape Fox bill include
Marilyn Blair, President of the Cape Fox Corp.; Buck Lindekugel,
conservation director of the Southeast Alaska Conservation Council,
and Troy Fierro, vice president of Coeur d'Alene Mines Corp;
in addition to an Administration witness, Undersecretary of Agriculture
Mark Rey. Craig Mayor Dennis Watson will testify on the Craig
land bill, as will the Bush Administration. - Read
more... Ketchikan: KFD
Gives Winter Fire Safety Reminders - This year's cold wave
brings snow to the Ketchikan area. Although a welcomed change
by many from our usual damp conditions, the cold and snow can
also bring hidden dangers to local businesses and homeowners.
The Ketchikan Fire Department would like to give you a few tips
to help prevent damage to your homes or businesses from unwelcome
water or fire and the danger to your family from toxic carbon
monoxide (CO) fumes. - Read
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Alaska: Coast Guard Alaska Enlisted Coast Guardsmen of the Year announced - Three Alaska-based Coast Guardsmen are named as Enlisted Persons of the Year. Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Michael T. Fletcher, of the Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley, is the 2003 Alaska Coast Guardsman of the Year; Marine Science Technician 2nd Class Bryan Stachura, at the Marine Safety Office in Valdez, is the 2003 Reserve Alaska Coast Guardsman of the Year; and Avionics Electronics Technician 1st Class William J. Minik, at Air Station Sitka, is the 2003 Coast Guard's Seventeenth District Coast Guardsman of the Year. Petty Officer Michael T. Fletcher,
of Gray Court, S.C., was nominated by his command for his distinguished
and outstanding performance in military leadership, dedication
to self-improvement and unselfish service to the Coast Guard
and local community. Fletcher serves as a helicopter landing
signal officer, a safety and law enforcement boarding team member,
a small boat coxswain and an underway Officer of the Deck, in
addition to his daily deck-force duties. Fletcher has also become
an expert in marlinspike seamanship - a tradition that is fast
becoming a lost art - and passed this skill on to junior members
of the Alex Haley's crew. As a small boat coxswain he is responsible
for navigating, piloting and the safe embarkation and debarkation
of personnel during at-sea boardings. "Petty Officer Fletcher
is an expert small boat handler and is often called upon for
difficult missions in the small boat," according to Cmdr.
Craig Lloyd, the commanding officer. "His ability to handle
a boat at night or during rough weather makes him an invaluable
asset to the Alex Haley." - Read
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And the heroine who survived it There is a desolate island
in the Chukchi Sea on the frigid top of the planet. It is 83
miles north of the coast of Siberia and it is named Wrangel Island
- Wrangel with one L. It is roughly kidney-shaped and said to
be about 80 miles long and 18 to 30 miles across, with a cluster
of low mountains at its center. During the warmth of its very
brief summer, rivers flow north and south over rolling tundra
to the sea. Along the frosty riverbanks are buried the bones
of a race of woolly mammoths, evidence of dwarfed survivors of
a larger race of Russian Steppe mammoths of perhaps 20,000 or
30,000 years ago. The island today is inhabited by a tiny Russian-Eskimo
settlement and is largely visited by polar bears, seals, foxes,
ducks and geese and the occasional scientist from around the
world. - Read
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